Best passive cooling for Conroe
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Best passive cooling for Conroe
I want to buy a conroe to put in the Silverstone TJ08 case (buying that to). But I don't want to have any fans except the in and out 120mm. So I will buy two nexus fans for this.
But my question is;
What Heatsink shall I buy if I want to run it passive? Maybe with home made duct to the out fan.
Scythe Ninja?
Scythe Infinity?
Thermalright HR01?
Silverstone NT01?
Noctua NH-U12?
Sunbeam Tuniq Tower?
Thermaltake Sonic Tower?
I just cant find info about passively running these.
Are there any I should rule out directly?
But my question is;
What Heatsink shall I buy if I want to run it passive? Maybe with home made duct to the out fan.
Scythe Ninja?
Scythe Infinity?
Thermalright HR01?
Silverstone NT01?
Noctua NH-U12?
Sunbeam Tuniq Tower?
Thermaltake Sonic Tower?
I just cant find info about passively running these.
Are there any I should rule out directly?
My budget also says months (2-4 though).
I will go with a Seasonic S12. Double Nexus for in and out circulation. A passive Geforce 7950 GT card and the HDD in a Scythe Quiet drive.
Hopefully this setup will work fine if you add the ninja fanless.
The only problem I can see is that the HDD will be far away from any fan in the 5,25 rack.
Maybe a better northbridge cooler is in its place.
I will go with a Seasonic S12. Double Nexus for in and out circulation. A passive Geforce 7950 GT card and the HDD in a Scythe Quiet drive.
Hopefully this setup will work fine if you add the ninja fanless.
The only problem I can see is that the HDD will be far away from any fan in the 5,25 rack.
Maybe a better northbridge cooler is in its place.
I picked up a sonic tower from microcenter-- went in wanting a ninja, but they were sold out
Anyway, after the horrendous installation, it works great "passive" with my two 120mm system fans. Idles at 34-37, haven't looked at load temp yet. Tonight I'm gonna ghetto mod it by inserting another 120mm fan in between the two stacks with some paper clips. I'm betting it'll drop temps another 5-7 degrees based on what other people have said this does, but we'll see.
Anyway, after the horrendous installation, it works great "passive" with my two 120mm system fans. Idles at 34-37, haven't looked at load temp yet. Tonight I'm gonna ghetto mod it by inserting another 120mm fan in between the two stacks with some paper clips. I'm betting it'll drop temps another 5-7 degrees based on what other people have said this does, but we'll see.
Re: Best passive cooling for Conroe
i think it"s time that mike will compare the majorbig passive colling....sgtspiff wrote:I want to buy a conroe to put in the Silverstone TJ08 case (buying that to). But I don't want to have any fans except the in and out 120mm. So I will buy two nexus fans for this.
But my question is;
What Heatsink shall I buy if I want to run it passive? Maybe with home made duct to the out fan.
Scythe Ninja?
Scythe Infinity?
Thermalright HR01?
Silverstone NT01?
Noctua NH-U12?
Sunbeam Tuniq Tower?
Thermaltake Sonic Tower?
I just cant find info about passively running these.
Are there any I should rule out directly?
but until that i think the tuniq ,ninja and the infenity are the best for passive.