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could i use a big enough air cooler as a passive cooler?

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1 hour ago, WowMuchName said:

i plan on running 3 intake 800rpm noise blocker fans, and 1 exhaust 

If that is the case, excusing the pun, then you should be fine to passively cool fairly easy with that CPU Cooler.

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so at the moment, they don't make any passive CPU coolers for am4, so could I use a big enough air cooler and just take the fans off? Thanks

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How about the Noctua NH-U12S? that's the one I'm looking at now

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3 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

If you have enough airflow in the case, then yes, it can work.

If you have enough airflow, this usually means there are case fans. I get the feeling this person does not want fans.

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You can use pretty much any tower heatsink for passive cooling with or without case fans. 

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i plan on running 3 intake 800rpm noise blocker fans, and 1 exhaust 

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1 minute ago, WowMuchName said:

i plan on running 3 intake 800rpm noise blocker fans, and 1 exhaust 

Can you switch it to 2 and 2? 

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

Can you switch it to 2 and 2? 

yeah, that will work

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Ive just always used positive air pressure, but i see that 2 and 2 would increase airflow

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1 hour ago, WowMuchName said:

i plan on running 3 intake 800rpm noise blocker fans, and 1 exhaust 

If that is the case, excusing the pun, then you should be fine to passively cool fairly easy with that CPU Cooler.

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I split an audio split, again

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14 hours ago, WowMuchName said:

How about the Noctua NH-U12S? that's the one I'm looking at now

The NH-U12S makes a pretty terrible passive heatsink due to the dense fins. For passive cooling, you should be looking for a heatsink with a looser fin array. 

What cpu are you cooling? Where are you shopping/located? Why not just run a fan at low rpm on the heatsink since you're using fans anyway?

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