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Originally Posted by NI3 It looks like the only one is from super micro themselves...[snip]...Provantage has them on special order, meaning 3-4 weeks...[snip]...Is the recessed IHS only for your motherboard (if you can call it that) or all 1567 motherboards? Seems like a poor design choice. |
Indeed, I have placed numerous orders for both the SNK-P0044P's (acceptable) and SNK-P0045P's (preferred) at numerous retailers throughout both Canada and the US including Provantage. In every case, I have received a phone call later saying that no shipment was forthcoming. So far, the only retailer to not cancel my order and tell me flat-out that no stock will ever be available is Metafore. They continue to insist that stock will emerge in the new year. I placed that order on Oct. 7. I'm currently trying a different tact - dealing directly with Supermicro RMA. Since the retail channel appears to be a dead-end, I'm hoping that maybe some heatsinks have been returned to Supermicro for whatever reason.
The socket design is standard for LGA1567 with small retention "ears" (for lack of a better word) that hold the CPU down by the IHS. It is for this reason that the IHS is actually sunken in relation to the retention mechanism of the socket.
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Originally Posted by 3.0charlie Holy crap. I never saw the board's lay-out before your pics, and I now understand the issue. Unless you go for the SM-specific HSFs (that NI3 linked), you'll have to go either for water or custom HSFs (talk to Braineater).
Damn. |
Damn indeed! Water is, unfortunately, a definite non-starter for this rig due to space and enclosure restrictions.
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Originally Posted by Sagath Do you have access to a milling machine? I think you could custom mill these so that they would fit...[snip]...I also suggest you upgrade to Single-Malt Scotch, since you're throwing the barn at this project. I only mix 40 Creek. Straight is SM Scotch, neat  |
Milling machine?

While I may be refinishing my basement, I would hardly describe myself as "handy," at least not to that extent.
And you are talking to a
*lover* of Rye. I'll drink the cheapest bloody swill neat - Rye can do no wrong by me. I've always been a CC Classic man, but 40 Creek may slowly but surely be making its way to the top of my list of favourites - at first the stronger maple and vanilla notes were a bit of a turnoff, but I'm learning to love them. Having said that, I'm also a lover of single malts, particular the peatier textures found principally in the Islay, Jura and Skye malts. Laphroiag is my usual go-to but since a bottle is roughly 2x the cost of a bottle of Rye, I keep it as more of a treat for weekends, holidays or when we have company.
With the volume of whisky required to get me through this LGA 1567 fiasco, it behooves me to keep the expensive stuff at bay!