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Hey LTT gang,

 

Working on a new rig for gaming and need some advice.

 

Planning on running a Ryzen 3600.

 

I'd like this thing to be as quiet as possible. 

So going for a quiet case and as few fans as possible.

 

One option I'm considering is passively cooling the CPU.

 

Looking at running one of these without a fan:

DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm ASSASSIN II-CPU

 

DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm Lucifer V2-CPU

 

The idea being that the large 140mm front two case fans and one rear case fan would be sufficient to pass enough air across the heatsink to cool the processor.

Leaning toward either Noctua or be quiet! fans.

 

  1. Can I passively cool the Ryzen 3600?
  2. Even if I can cool it passively, are there good reasons not to?
  3. What sort of case is going to give me the best airflow across the heatsink?  Been looking at some of the cases that let you invert the mobo as maybe giving better air flow across the processor (e.g., a couple of the be quiet! cases).  But have seen a few tests where the performance really wasn't much better than regular mobo placement.
  4. What are some good alternatives to passive cooling that are also super quiet?

 

 

 

Thanks for your help.  ?

 

 

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Passive?  No way.

 

I'd run a Dark Rock Pro 4 with only the 135mm fan.  Should be quiet enough and still give you the airflow you need.

"And I'll be damned if I let myself trip from a lesser man's ledge"

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Passive cooling on a 3600 doesn't sound like a good idea...

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i guess you can get a noctua nh-d15 and try running it without the fans. and if it doesnt work you can put the fans back on and they would probably run at low rpm and barely make any sound even at full load

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Can be done but you need appropriate cooler.

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A good way to achieve near silent, is to run many fans at very low speed, like 300-400 rpm. You will need ears of a bat to hear the noise.

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2 hours ago, Claptrap said:

Hey LTT gang,

 

Working on a new rig for gaming and need some advice.

 

Planning on running a Ryzen 3600.

 

I'd like this thing to be as quiet as possible. 

So going for a quiet case and as few fans as possible.

 

One option I'm considering is passively cooling the CPU.

 

Looking at running one of these without a fan:

DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm ASSASSIN II-CPU

 

DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm Lucifer V2-CPU

 

The idea being that the large 140mm front two case fans and one rear case fan would be sufficient to pass enough air across the heatsink to cool the processor.

Leaning toward either Noctua or be quiet! fans.

 

  1. Can I passively cool the Ryzen 3600?
  2. Even if I can cool it passively, are there good reasons not to?
  3. What sort of case is going to give me the best airflow across the heatsink?  Been looking at some of the cases that let you invert the mobo as maybe giving better air flow across the processor (e.g., a couple of the be quiet! cases).  But have seen a few tests where the performance really wasn't much better than regular mobo placement.
  4. What are some good alternatives to passive cooling that are also super quiet?

 

 

 

Thanks for your help.  ?

 

 

No need to run passive when fans like the NF-A12X25 are silent at 1000rpm or lower.

 

Just get a NH-D15S (single fan version) and 2 of Nocuta NF-A12x25's to replace case fans .. tune the fans to run silent. Job done.

CPU: Intel i7 3930k w/OC & EK Supremacy EVO Block | Motherboard: Asus P9x79 Pro  | RAM: G.Skill 4x4 1866 CL9 | PSU: Seasonic Platinum 1000w Corsair RM 750w Gold (2021)|

VDU: Panasonic 42" Plasma | GPU: Gigabyte 1080ti Gaming OC & Barrow Block (RIP)...GTX 980ti | Sound: Asus Xonar D2X - Z5500 -FiiO X3K DAP/DAC - ATH-M50S | Case: Phantek Enthoo Primo White |

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD + WD Blue 1TB SSD | Cooling: XSPC D5 Photon 270 Res & Pump | 2x XSPC AX240 White Rads | NexXxos Monsta 80x240 Rad P/P | NF-A12x25 fans |

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I heard that Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT is a semi-passive CPU air cooler, you just need to take off the fan and you got a passive massive cooler heatsink just like that.

 

Here, I quoted the conclusion from Techpowerup's review of this cooler

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The ability to be used passively is nice, but I doubt anyone will considering how quiet it is.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/thermalright-le-grand-macho/9.html

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Thanks for all the suggestions!

 

@Princess Luna WOW that is a crazy heatsink.  Will absolutely research it.  Seems like the RGB / just for looks stuff in mobos these days could cause some issues, but I really like the concept.

 @LinusTech needs to test and torture one of those in a vid.  Maybe even get one of the larger NoFen versions lol.

 

On 10/25/2019 at 1:45 PM, SolarNova said:

tune the fans to run silent. Job done

I'm leaning toward this being the best option.  Not ruling out passive cooling just yet (because reasons, because fun), but the more I look at fan tuning the more I think heatsink + fan will be the best route for cooling, longevity of parts, and noise.

 

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