Which cooler is best passivly?

[DarkSlayer]

Which cooling solution for cpu's are best in passive mode ( without a fan )?

Is it the Zalaman Flower thing?

 

[scottchen]

The CNPS7000A-ALCU is fairly quite on silent mode. about 20dB you can't hear that so it's highly recommended if you're looking for silent cooling.

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[error_911]

and even watercooling requires a fan to cool the radiator (unless one has a HUGE radiator), since the rad cannot disipate heat very well without forced air

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[DarkSlayer]

mmm .. think I formulated myself a bit wrong... a bit rusty english...

I know that I cannot have a cooling solution without a fan. But the problem with all reviews is that they measure how good the coolers are when they use their fan, and not how good their core is.

What if I wanted to buy a good cooler, put another fan on it, so I could modify it to be more silent. I guess I would have a better shot at succeeding if the core is good.

but I will look at your suggestions...

thx

 

[error_911]

ahh i get it now - in that case take a look at the swiftech mcx-462V, the thermalright SLK900U, and zalman's CNPS7000

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