Threadripper in Epyc Server board

[oumpa31]

Hello everyone I have been toying around with getting another x399 motherboard for my old Threadripper 2920x that I replaced with a 2950x in my TrueNAS Scale server. I ended up water cooling it to keep the temps under control in my rack. I came across the ARCTIC Freezer 4U for AMD SP3, sTRX4, TR4 that from the reviews works quite well. Unfortunately on a x399 the socket goes top to bottom and it would blow directly into my PSU in a 4U rack case. So I started thinking about an Epyc server board from like super micro or somewhere but I don’t want to spend the money on a board if it wont work.

Has anyone tired to put a threadripper in an Epic board just to see if it would work?
I know Der8auer managed to get an Epyc to work in a X399 board but it seams like no one has tried it the other way.

[Trooper_ish]

I haven’t tried a tr4 chip in a sp4 housing, but did get a 4U cooler, which does blow 90 degrees to my case flow (nothing major)

But the 4U cooler with the heat pipe ends, does not sit inside the 4U case.

I have to either have the case slightly open, or mod the cover. Not sue which, but check the clearance before you go too far…