Hello, all! In addition to my first build (http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1665306/amd-fx8350-build.html) I am going to be building a smaller, much less powerful secondary system. The reason for this is that I want to run FSX over 2 computers (yes, it's possible, but this will be relegated to purely a weather/ATC generation system as it doesn't have the same grunt as the main pc has!) and have a secondary machine to do things such as surf the web, watch films and things like that. I want this machine to be as quiet as is possible and am currently configuring it as such:
As I said in the title, I'd like this system to have a passively cooled CPU (to keep the noise down) and I was wondering if any of you guys knew which one would be best for this task and small enough to fit into this already tight case, or whether or not I should abandon the passive cooling idea and just use the stock heatsink/fan combo... Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks, Daniel
MSI FM2-A75IA-E53 AMD FM2 Mini-ITX
AMD A6 5400K Black Edition (Dual Core 3.6GHz+HD7450D GFX)
8GB LP Corsair RAM @ 1600MHz
CiT Mini ITX case with built in 300W PSU (should be fine for a 65W APU)
2.5" Seagate Momentus 250GB 7200rpm HDD (possibly an SSD for noise reasons)
Windows 8 (same as the main system)
As I said in the title, I'd like this system to have a passively cooled CPU (to keep the noise down) and I was wondering if any of you guys knew which one would be best for this task and small enough to fit into this already tight case, or whether or not I should abandon the passive cooling idea and just use the stock heatsink/fan combo... Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks, Daniel
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