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All,
In an attempt to make my dedicated music PC even quieter, I decided to order a new heatsink/fan for my CPU, as well as a new fan for my power supply. I installed them yesterday, but: 1) the new heatsink/fan are HUGE, and I have to strap the power supply on the back of the micro-ATX case because there's no clearance with the new fan; and 2) the end result isn't that much quieter than stock.
So...
I was wondering how wise/unwise it would be of me to simply remove the fan from the new heatsink, and let it cool passively. The heatsink is large enough that this might be okay, and since there's a case fan about 1.5" away from the heatsink (diagonally), there would be a little bit of airflow anyway. This would also allow me to mount the power supply back inside the case, and would make things quieter overall.
Since I'm only running Winamp and the Bemused client on the PC, and have disabled all unnecessary services, the CPU wouldn't even be working that hard, so it would need less cooling than normal, correct? Do you all think that this larger heatsink will provide enough passive cooling to keep the CPU temperature at safe levels?
All thoughts/opinions/advice/$0.02 would be much appreciated!
In an attempt to make my dedicated music PC even quieter, I decided to order a new heatsink/fan for my CPU, as well as a new fan for my power supply. I installed them yesterday, but: 1) the new heatsink/fan are HUGE, and I have to strap the power supply on the back of the micro-ATX case because there's no clearance with the new fan; and 2) the end result isn't that much quieter than stock.
So...
I was wondering how wise/unwise it would be of me to simply remove the fan from the new heatsink, and let it cool passively. The heatsink is large enough that this might be okay, and since there's a case fan about 1.5" away from the heatsink (diagonally), there would be a little bit of airflow anyway. This would also allow me to mount the power supply back inside the case, and would make things quieter overall.
Since I'm only running Winamp and the Bemused client on the PC, and have disabled all unnecessary services, the CPU wouldn't even be working that hard, so it would need less cooling than normal, correct? Do you all think that this larger heatsink will provide enough passive cooling to keep the CPU temperature at safe levels?
All thoughts/opinions/advice/$0.02 would be much appreciated!