Passive Cool I3 "Skylake"

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Xill

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I'm thinking on an almost passive setup, only the power supply will have fan(or neither that).
What can possibly cool an i3-6300? No fan doesn't count as long "No fan" not sell's anything in my country.
Please mention CPU cooler that can achieve that, without it's fan.
And motherboard which can survive higher temperate due to lack of airflow.

Many thanks, and sorry for my English.
 
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The No-Fan heatsinks aren't very good anyway. Zalman used to make a passive heatink for CPUs called FX100 I'm not sure if they're still available but it would fit a Skylake socket.
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what do you mean "passive"? a pc wont work for long time if there's no cooling. the cpu would easily overheat and automatically shuts down.
maybe you should take a look at intel new NUC mini pc, thats some good stuff packed in one small package.
 
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This website (http://www.silentpcreview.com/) specializes in silent PCs. You will find there advice as to what can be done and what not. While an all passively cooled PC is possible, you have to be careful, and balance the components carefully. Heat will build up in the case, and if there are no fans at all to remove it from the case, you may have problems. If there no fans at all, you can only rely on convection (natural flow of air between different temperature areas) to carry the heat away, so you would need a case that is open both at the bottom and at the top, to leave paths for convective currents. Again, check that site and their forums ;)
 
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Each of them is "NoFan" I cant buy them since they're not selling in my country, I'm looking for alternatives, with big enough coolers.
 
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The No-Fan heatsinks aren't very good anyway. Zalman used to make a passive heatink for CPUs called FX100 I'm not sure if they're still available but it would fit a Skylake socket.
 
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Thing is, even a single very slowly spinning fan (at 800RPM, something like a Noctua 120mm fan is effectively silent) will greatly increase your ability to cool the CPU. I find Intel's stock cooler to be almost completely silent under idle and partial load, as it includes a very high quality fan.

Why not try the stock cooler and see how satisfied you are with the noise?

 
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If you do end up going this way, I'd recommend the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3. It's basically the quietest option when it comes to high-end air coolers. The Notua is slightly louder, but has slightly lower temps, but if you can't get the Be Quiet it's good too.
 
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