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Do you really need passive or simply inaudible?
So called inaudible coolers are far from inaudible. While they may initially seem inaudible, you just need to settle and you'll soon hear them.
No, not unless you live in an anechoic chamber.
I'm sorry, but you are wrong. All I can do is ask you to try it for yourself in a quiet room. It may take 15 or 30 minutes, but you do hear the fans and it really bugs me.
Are you using the case as a pillow?I'm sorry, but you are wrong. All I can do is ask you to try it for yourself in a quiet room. It may take 15 or 30 minutes, but you do hear the fans and it really bugs me.
Are you using the case as a pillow?
As long as your head is a few feet from the case you can have an inaudible PC that has fans. If you think you can build a totally passive 4770k with 0 fans in a normal case and not have it overheat under load you're going to be in for a surprise. Passive components assume some airflow from other fans. They can not deal with natural convection and black body radiation only.
The NoFan CR-95 cannot handle a Core i7,
The odds of it being completely silent are still not good. With all the inductors and capacitors there's going to bound to be some electrical noises. And the high temperatures will decrease the life of all the components. Fans are not the enemy.Due to the reduced TDP, the Nofan will handle the new I7s.
You are, however, quite correct on the cases. The best cases for the Nofan CR95 are the Silverstone FT series. A FT02, FT03, or FT05 will work just fine with a fanless PSU, a Nofan CR-95, and an ordinary GPU, and will be totally silent in 2D mode, with only the GPU fan noise when gaming. This was my original setup.
Due to the reduced TDP, the Nofan will handle the new I7s.
You are, however, quite correct on the cases. The best cases for the Nofan CR95 are the Silverstone FT series. A FT02, FT03, or FT05 will work just fine with a fanless PSU, a Nofan CR-95, and an ordinary GPU, and will be totally silent in 2D mode, with only the GPU fan noise when gaming. This was my original setup.
It can probably handle one of the 65W i7's, but definitely not an i7K with its 95W TDP.
The odds of it being completely silent are still not good. With all the inductors and capacitors there's going to bound to be some electrical noises.
And the high temperatures will decrease the life of all the components.
And it won't work in a case with 0 fans.HTL tested the Thermalright Macho Zero on a 4770K and it did quite well. The cooler is passive but can be aided by a duct that uses the rear case fan to draw air through it, however the duct is not a necessity.