I ended up doing the build last night. The xeon kits do bolt to the standoffs, I used the thermalright paste, and set a fan on the bottom side blowing up into the heatsink (push) and the top side blowing up out of the heatsink (pull). So far CPU temps are running between 50 and 55 degrees C in my 78...

I finally got my hands on some coolers and fans. I picked up a pair of Thermalright True Black 120 (Rev C) coolers, with xeon bolt through kits, and a pair of scythe SFF21e fans. I was looking at your diagram and trying to figure out if that would work for me. The coolers do have open sides but the ...

I caught a great sale and picked up a pair of Thermalright True Black 120 Rev C coolers, a pair of Scythe S-flex SFF21E 120mm fans, and a pair of HR-01X Xeon bolt through kits. I am going to be using these on my Intel S5000XVNSATAR mainboard with dual L5310 Quads in a Chieftec EATX mid tower. I have...

Ok I think I follow what you are saying. You seem to be suggesting that I buy a couple of tower heatsinks without fans and then add a cheaper fan to it which will save me money and push the heat in a better direction. Interesting idea. I will see if I can find just heatsinks for the 771 xeons. The N...

Temporarily I am going to use the stock coolers until I have the money for the expensive fans. They seem to be the only aftermarket socket 771 setups I found that had any reviews. Do you know of another mfg that makes good 771 HSF combos? I saw the yate loon fans but no HSF combos. I am mainly conce...

I was looking at using a pair of NH-U12DX units with the optional 3rd fan in between for the tunnel effect. They are supposed to be quiet and effective. Is this a good choice for heatskink/fan combos? It's the best cooler that fits socket 771. Airflow is going to be bottom to top, the case should h...

MFG link if it matters

http://www.chieftec.com/sh-01b-b-b.html

I am in the process of building a dual quad xeon workstation. It will sit on my desk in my office (which I share with other employees) and it needs to be as quiet as possible. It does not have to be totally silent but I want to keep the noise down as much as I can. I am building this on an extreme t...

Well I had a change in plans. I picked up a better motherboard for $115 shipped yesterday. Its a brand new in the box Intel S5000XVNSATAR and it has a better layout and more ram slots. I am working on getting the L5310s ($156 for the pair shipped) for it and I found 8G of PC2-5300 667Mhz REG/ECC FB-...

I am in the process of replacing my workstation. I share an office and I need to keep the noise down. My current dual xeon HT box is loud enough that the people down the hall call me and want to know what the hell is going on when I have multiple virtual machines running (all the fans turn on full b...