[Guide] "Lego" 8-bay, dual Xeon, ultra-quiet build (2019 updated)

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@NinthWave

Honestly, I can understand that sockets can change in time as technology evolve and things in the SB or NB get moved to the CPU… so pins change accodingly on the CPU but the holes spacing for the freaking CPU Heatsink, this I don’t get.

Were those 2-3 mm difference from 115x, 1366 and 2011 really really necessary… Good grief

In the last years, AMD has made a good job in keeping the socket as “stable” as possible. Until EPYC and Threadripper bit then again, those should not be consumer products except for those who just have unlimited funds and “can”.

115X and 1200 all share the same mounting. These are consumer sockets.

Server/enterprise sockets are different.
1366 and 1356 share the same mounting exactly.
2011, 2011-3, and 2066 have the same mounting holes as 1366/1356 but use different screws.