Passively cool 5820k at stock

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Potato Joe

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The pump in my AIO liquid cooler is starting to fail and I'm more than likely going back to air cooling. Are there any air coolers good enough to passively cool a 5820k at stock speeds? The case is a HAF 932 Advanced, so case flow is a non-issue.
 
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After looking into the MasterAir Maker 8, I don't see how it could possibly compete with the NH-D15 just based on size... Doesn't seem worth the price IMO
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That's why you look at benchmarks and tests and not size. The MasterAir Maker 8 uses a 3D Vapor Chamber which allows it to compete even with some of the low end dual-rad AIOs (although not with the likes of NZXT Kraken or Corsair H-series) in terms of temps, while being quieter and more reliable. Going with passive cooling doesn't eliminate points of failure because your case fans can still fail, and it's actually even worse because with active air cooling you have the redundancy of 2 fans so in the event a case fan or one of those 2 fans fail your CPU doesn't start rapidly...
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After looking into the MasterAir Maker 8, I don't see how it could possibly compete with the NH-D15 just based on size... Doesn't seem worth the price IMO

But yeah it's mostly because I'm trying to eliminate points of failure for future use.
 
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After looking into the MasterAir Maker 8, I don't see how it could possibly compete with the NH-D15 just based on size... Doesn't seem worth the price IMO
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That's why you look at benchmarks and tests and not size. The MasterAir Maker 8 uses a 3D Vapor Chamber which allows it to compete even with some of the low end dual-rad AIOs (although not with the likes of NZXT Kraken or Corsair H-series) in terms of temps, while being quieter and more reliable. Going with passive cooling doesn't eliminate points of failure because your case fans can still fail, and it's actually even worse because with active air cooling you have the redundancy of 2 fans so in the event a case fan or one of those 2 fans fail your CPU doesn't start rapidly building up heat, whereas with passive cooling one case fan failure can make your CPU start thermal throttling.
 
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