[Gllug] [OT] CPU Coolers / MS9620

[Karanbir Singh]

Hi,

At work, my desktop machine is a dual opteron 250 machine built on a 
MS-9620 mother board ( 
http://www.msicomputer.com/productp_spec.asp?model=K8N_Master2-FAR ) and 
in the last few months the machine has become really loud - source of 
this tracked back to the cpu coolers. There is another case fan ( as 
exhaust, at the back to the case ) which is very quiet, and turning it 
off seems to make no difference to the overall sound. The PSU also seems 
to be relatively quiet.

Anyway, the plan is to replace those CPU coolers with something quieter, 
and we got some Noctua coolers ( 
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/amdcooling/nh-do ). But, 
inspite of them saying that it will work with a Socket 940 based Mobo, 
these ones dont fit! the problem being that the MS9620 seems to have 
some sort of a custom bracket for the fans already on there, and there 
seems to be no 'usual' hinged/clip type mounting for the cpu coolers. 
Whereas the Noctua coolers only have that usual hinge/clip mounting. 
I've taken some pictures of mounting for the existing cpu coolers, you 
can see them here : http://www.karan.org/pics/ms9620/

Anyone know what replacement coolers I might be able to get for this MoBo ?

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