Thasp Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 I enjoy a very cold room temperature in the winter. I've always preferred that weather. Apparently, so does my PC. I tested, and for ten minutes, turned off every fan and monitored temps with [email protected] running, as specced in my sig. The RAM went to 35c, the CPU to 43c then 45c, and went back down over and over, and the chipset's passive heatsink was a bit cooler than it usually is in the summer. I think, for the peace and quiet, stock speeds may be worth having all fans excluding the PSU's not running. Is there anything I should look into regarding superior passive cooling, opposed to just using copper heatsinks on everything that gets hot? This would make for an interesting project, if I have any time off this week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted October 30, 2005 Posted October 30, 2005 It really isnt all that hard to make a nearly inaudable PC if you are willing to have stock speeds. No fans might be a great ideal but not very pratical. Sooner or later heat will build op and if things get hot the PSU's fan(s) are going to work harder than it needed. You might have some very low speed fans and do just fine unless playing games. Good fans going under 1250 barlly make any noise but still move air..... of cource then you need to worry about the racket the once quiet hard drive makes http://www.silentpcreview.com/ Good site for that kind of infor though performance is rarly a real priority. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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