amd 2400 passive cooling

[Bob]

Hi,
I have a AMD 2400 which is cooled by a fan.
The case has a 400 watt psu and a 120mm fan.
Is it possible to cool this processor passively?
Bob

 

[Wes Newell]

I have a AMD 2400 which is cooled by a fan.
The case has a 400 watt psu and a 120mm fan.
Is it possible to cool this processor passively?

It is if you're willing to give up max performance, but you can have max
performance with a large fan that's almost silent. Best cheap solution
would be this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106607

You can run without a fan if you use software control of stop_grant, which
basically keeps the cpu at 0MHz when not in use. Vcool, Athcool, and a few
others are available for this. But you can also lower the fan speed on the
cooler above lower if it's not quiet enough for you.

 

[Ed Light]

Hi,
I have a AMD 2400 which is cooled by a fan.
The case has a 400 watt psu and a 120mm fan.
Is it possible to cool this processor passively?
Bob

If your psu can cool the stuff in the case minus the cpu then you could try
taking the fan off the cpu heatsink and making an aluminum tape duct to the
case fan. It's a pretty awkward build, but if the heatsink is pretty good
and the fan moves enough air it will work.


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[Bob]

If your psu can cool the stuff in the case minus the cpu then you could try
taking the fan off the cpu heatsink and making an aluminum tape duct to the
case fan. It's a pretty awkward build, but if the heatsink is pretty good
and the fan moves enough air it will work.

Thanks for the help, but I think I have found something:
Thermaltake Sonic Tower
http://www.thermaltake.de/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm
Any opinions?
Bob

 

[Ed Light]

Thanks for the help, but I think I have found something:
Thermaltake Sonic Tower
http://www.thermaltake.de/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm
Any opinions?

Good stuff here
http://www.silentpcreview.com/

In their reviews of other fanless heatsinks, they found that there has to be
airflow (of course) and they like to put a big, slow, quiet 120mm fan on
them.

I see that TT shows that very thing in "application 2." But you'd probably
want to look up a quieter fan than the TT on the above site. Maybe a Nexus
or Yate Loon, I think it is. Many fans at coolerguys.com.
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Thanks for the help, but I think I have found something:
Thermaltake Sonic Tower
http://www.thermaltake.de/coolers/4in1heatpipe/cl-p0071SonicTower/cl-p0071.htm
Any opinions?

You're going to spend at least $60 on this setup when an $8 TR2-M3 will
work. Sounds like a winner to me.

 

[Bob]

You're going to spend at least $60 on this setup when an $8 TR2-M3 will
work. Sounds like a winner to me.

I have had 2 Zalman and 1 Nexus "noiseless" CPU coolers in 3 years.
They keep making the most noise; maybe I'm sensitive to the noise.
That's why I looking for something that makes no noise.
Bob

 

[Ed Light]

I have had 2 Zalman and 1 Nexus "noiseless" CPU coolers in 3 years.
They keep making the most noise; maybe I'm sensitive to the noise.
That's why I looking for something that makes no noise.
Bob

Maybe acoustic lining internally would help.


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