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Fanless CPU heatsinks

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I am planning on making a silent build and have been on the lookout for some fanless CPU heatsinks. The only one I have found as of now that officially supports fanless mode (and by "officially" I mean that it is stated at the company's website) is the Deepcool Lucifer, but I can't seem to find it in any store that is remotely close to me. Then I read on a forum that pretty much any heatsink can be used "fanless" as long as it is really big in size and has a low FPI count. Can anyone confirm this? Are there any other characteristics I should look out for? Also I would appreciate if you could suggest me a few CPU heatsinks that support fanless mode, or ones that would be good at it.

 

Thank you for the help!

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Then I read on a forum that pretty much any heatsink can be used "fanless" as long as it is really big in size and has a low FPI count.

Seems about right.

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Well if you go with NoFan products, they're designed for fanless operation.

Or you could use a Dark Rock Pro 3 like Linus did with his silent build guide:

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The NoFan CR-95C is available on Amazon and Ebay but it is more expensive than some high end coolers.

It's massive though. Like seriously massive. 

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I've seen the nofan stuff and honestly, the price is almost as insane as the size of the thing, I would go with a big dual tower, Noctua NH-D15/14, Thelmalright Silver Arrow, Cryorig Ultimate, Be Quiet! Dark rock 3 and the Phanteks one which name i always forget. I really wouldn't OC on a fully passive system and i would keep the fans, you can shut them off and only use them if you really need them with the mobo's Bios

System

  • CPU
    I7-4790K @ 4,7GHz
  • Motherboard
    Asus MAXIMUS Formula VI
  • RAM
    Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz
  • GPU
    MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X
  • Case
    Cooler Master Cosmos SE
  • Storage
    Samsung 840 EVO 500GB+WD Green 3TB
  • PSU
    EVGA SuperNOVA 850G2 80PLUS Gold Certified
  • Display(s)
    ASUS PB277Q 27" WQHD 2560x1440 75Hz 1ms
  • Cooling
    Corsair H105 with AP121s and Phanteks fans
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G610 Orion
  • Mouse
    E-3lue E-Blue Mazer II 2500 DPI Blue LED 2.4GHz Wireless Optical Gaming Mouse
  • Sound
    Audio-Technica ATH-M20x
  • Operating System
    Windows 10
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Thermalright Macho Zero

 

logan used this in pistol's x99 build and he said it worked but he added a fan so he could overclock, he used this on a 5820k, so i'd imagine if you have an lower powered cpu you'd be fine

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