Passive cooling a4-3300

[Cruorzy]

Hey, i want to passive cool a a4-3300, it will be under load for mostly the entire time 24/7

 

Do you guys have recommendations for a cooler?

[Himommies]

Why

[Theguywhobea]

Probably any large CPU cooler would work fine. Something like a Noctua NH-D15 or a BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3. Just take the fans off.

[zzzzzzzhhh]

Don't know much about passive coolers, but this is a list of coolers that will fit for your CPU, check clearance for it first though: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu-cooler/#F=1&xcx=0&c=20&sort=price&page=1

 

Good luck picking the right one.

[Himommies]

Just now, Theguywhobea said:

Probably any large CPU cooler would work fine. Something like a Noctua NH-D15 or a BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3. Just take the fans off.

I have no idea where that would be applicable

[Zase]

I managed to find this passive one on Newegg that will fit you CPU, but I'm not sure how well It'll hold up

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186138&cm_re=passive_cool-_-35-186-138-_-Product

[Theguywhobea]

Just now, Himommies said:

I have no idea where that would be applicable

What do you mean? You don't know where it would be applicable to put an air cooler on something and remove the fans? It seems to me it would be applicable where you wanted passive cooling?

[Himommies]

Just now, Theguywhobea said:

What do you mean? You don't know where it would be applicable to put an air cooler on something and remove the fans? It seems to me it would be applicable where you wanted passive cooling?

Usually the situation when you want absloute silence you don't use a A4 or it probaly won't fit

 

[Theguywhobea]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

Usually the situation when you want absloute silence you don't use a A4 or it probaly won't fit

 

I'm not sure I'm understanding you, what do you mean by A4?

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Theguywhobea said:

I'm not sure I'm understanding you, what do you mean by A4?

A4 the cpu

[iRileyx]

You're gonna have a hard time passively cooling a 65W cpu, especially running 24/7.

[Theguywhobea]

Just now, Himommies said:

A4 the cpu

Oh, so you're problem with this whole thing isnt the idea of passively cooling a CPU, it's that this guy is using the wrong CPU? Could you suggest on to the OP that would be better then? It seems like he probably already has this machine and wishes to cool it passively regardless so I'm not sure what telling him he has the wrong platform is going to do for him.

[Himommies]

Just now, Theguywhobea said:

Oh, so you're problem with this whole thing isnt the idea of passively cooling a CPU, it's that this guy is using the wrong CPU? Could you suggest on to the OP that would be better then? It seems like he probably already has this machine and wishes to cool it passively regardless so I'm not sure what telling him he has the wrong platform is going to do for him.

There's probaly no point.situatations that you need complete silence(science or music shit) will need a much more powerful CPU and in the other side of the use case(HTPC and that) those coolers won't necessarily fit 

[Theguywhobea]

Just now, Himommies said:

There's probaly no point.situatations that you need complete silence(science or music shit) will need a much more powerful CPU and in the other side of the use case(HTPC and that) those coolers won't necessarily fit 

What if he has a decent size case and he wants to use this for BOINC or Folding@home? OP didn't tell us his intention for  this machine so I think it's not right to just tell him "ur doing it wrong bud"

[Himommies]

5 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

What if he has a decent size case and he wants to use this for BOINC or Folding@home? OP didn't tell us his intention for  this machine so I think it's not right to just tell him "ur doing it wrong bud"

Stock Cooler plus closet

[Cruorzy]

Thanks for the replies tho,

 

@Theguywhobea

Thanks for the suggestion, i might even put a CPU cooler with a fan in it. But it has to be quiet..

Dont think that would be a problem tho, i was just curious if it was easly to cool this amd cpu passive.

 

@Himommies

What im doing with it or any regard to the reason why im using a a4-3300 shouldnt be the topic here.

[domandric034]

12 hours ago, Cruorzy said:

Hey, i want to passive cool a a4-3300, it will be under load for mostly the entire time 24/7

 

Do you guys have recommendations for a cooler?

Hyper TX3 Evo

[Stefan1024]

Zalman FX-70, but it is out of production, so not sure if you can get one. But it's a very good passive cooler.

[WoodenMarker]

On 6/16/2017 at 4:09 AM, Cruorzy said:

Thanks for the suggestion, i might even put a CPU cooler with a fan in it. But it has to be quiet..

Dont think that would be a problem tho, i was just curious if it was easly to cool this amd cpu passive.

How quiet does it need to be? Is the rest of the system going to be passively cooled? Where is the system going to be?