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Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I didn't know there were specially made passive air coolers. What do you think about the SilverStone Heligon HE02 or the DEEPCOOL Lucifer K2 as alternatives, since the TDP of the 3600 is quite a bit over 47W?

PCPartPicker Parts List Motivation: Going to LAN parties with a PC built inside a Fractal Design Define R6 can be quite the hassle. However I love how quiet that case is, which is one of the main reasons it houses my current gaming rig. With PC hardware becoming ever more efficient and lots of companies focusing on better cooling for their components it's only a matter of time until the convenience of ITX builds will be greater than the loss in performance and noise. This is why I want to combine the two: A (close to) silent ITX PC. Concept: 'Passively' Cool Everything. GPUs and PSUs already turn off their fans while idling and only produce minimal sounds when running on a manual fan curve. So the thing to focus on is the CPU cooling. I want to replace the fans on the CPU cooler with a 200mm front intake fan. This 200mm fan would take in fresh air and push through the case and CPU cooler in order to passively cool the CPU, replacing the only constantly running fans with one that is barely audible even at full speed. Components: Case: The BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX is old. Really old. However where I live it's still sold at decent prices (80$ in ~2 weeks or 95$ from stock) and it combines everything that is needed for this kind of build: Natively compatible with 200mm fans, full sized GPUs and chonky CPU coolers Filtered front panel/intake Carry handles; to take to LAN parties The Case is the component I put the most research time into. There are numerous newer ITX cases around but I wasn't able to find one that fits the bill better. CPU Cooler: In order to have a realistic shot at passively cooling a CPU the cooler must be quite massive. The NH-D15 is the best cooler on the market, only really having the Dark Rock Pro 4 as competition, so it's the obvious choice. Rest of Components: This build is meant as a midrange/high-end gaming and midrange content creation PC. This is why the component choice is rather conservative, with a no-dollar-wasted mindset. Both the R5 3600 and RTX 2080 Super are subject to change in case newer components in the same price range outperform them. So is the motherboard. I'd prefer the X570 chipset because there's definitely no BIOS update needed, but those are either not available or still too expensive. What do you think about this build concept? Can a passively cooled CPU with an NH-D15 and a 200mm fan work? Do you know of any case that would be a better choice than the BitFenix Prodigy?

Do you know of a good free alternative? I've run FurMark for half an hour without problems but there's no score there.

Whenever my GPU starts a WU it runs for a little while (~0.1-0.5%) and then apruptly stops. In the logs, it asks "Is your system overclocked?". I turned on Debug mode in the NVIDIA Control Panel which should remove any factory overclocks but it still fails just as often. logGPU.txt What else could cause that problem?

I've started folding a few days ago with 20-35k PPD but am still at 12k points total because there's just no WUs available. Is there an alternative to F@H that also helps with the current crisis where I can use my spare computing power while F@H is overcrowded?

There shouldn't be anything. I restarted windows and did nothing except for opening F@H. But if it's not a common issue with an easy fix it's not a problem. That is my old gaming rig at my parents place and I'm gonna get my new PC running tomorrow, so I'm gonna get those 500k points easy. Also the CPU is running fine so it's still contributing^^

The GPU has a factory OC on it, but nothing more. It would literally burn if it was pushed even harder. Windows update and geforce experience ran yesterday, tho I never updated the bios.

The GPU started working again. Still resetting ofter just a few percent completion. Here's the logs: log_copy.txt

I reinstalled it and since it hasn't even attempted using the GPU, so there are no logs anymore.

My CPU is doing great (17k-20k points per day) but my GPU is only idling and whenever it does start it resets after a few minuntes (GTX 770). Are there just not many WUs for GPUs around at the moment?

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Thats possible, I don't know how long the lifespan of thermal paste normally is. I guess another option would be getting cheap old desktops from craigslist or making another collab with that company that recycles PC hardware (forgot the name), just testing the systems and then retesting with new thermal paste. Theres no way to know which paste it was to begin with tho

I personally would be really interested in seeing how important it is to reapply thermal paste after some time. Similar to the Airflow Dust Experiment you could test different brands and compare it to the Graphite Pad. The results would probably not be as spectacular as a PC filled with dust but we could learn something new and interesting.

I would prefer the Razer Blade Stealth. I'm beginning to study in 11 days, so i need a laptop anyways and the Stealth would be perfect because I don't need a dGPU and especially because I would be hyped like a small kid to be one of the first to ever own a Kaby Lake CPU!