Core i7 2600 System With No Moving Parts?

You might be able to get away with a large tower heat sink but no fans on it. I think they used to have passive CPU heat sinks as well.

On the other hand, you could invest in a sturdy case with sound proofing.

By a large tower do you mean something like a Noctua NH-D14 with the fans ripped out? The soundproof case is out of consideration unfortunately, I need this thing to really have no moving parts.

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Yeah, that's basically what I mean.

Also a quick google found this http://www.acousticpc.com/fanless_cpu_coolers.html

Sorry, not sure about the email. It might show up shortly otherwise maybe you can get in contact with a site admin

Yeah, like the Scythe Ninja, I guess that the question is going to be who is going to have an adapter mounting kit for the LGA 1155 socket first. I sure hope that one of these fanless HSFs can keep up with the i7 2600's cooling requirements as I'd sure hate to have a lump of fried 32nm silicon on my hands.

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Ive ran a fanless heatsink on a I3 OC to 4.3ghz lol you should be fine, but use DIAMOND thermal grease, its worth the extra 15 bucks, and make sure your heat sink has 3 things, its almost a must for 14 hour grind sessions, copper not alum., micro finished bottom plate, extra 10 buck will give you 5-6 C lower and also dont have it have that pre-grease crap the factory puts on it, if it does, clean it off perfectly. And with a SSD drive PCI-E drives are viable until the sandy bridge chips come out and you should have what your looking for and for reasonable $$ wise, would like to see your temps when your done and maybe a SS of the Mobo would be cool.

This one is easy to get and will work for large systems , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

but there are specialized ones for the price of a lowend liquid cooling systems, for a cheaper one that will get you by http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... will do ok too, not the best ones you can find, but they will be at your door in 3 days.

for the grease, http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml..., it works wonders and its only 15 bucks now, win win

Some more good stuff is http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml..., its maybe one of the best on the market, but its a carbon hybrid and it'll only last 2-3 years before it breaks down and youll see your temp go up a small bit but youll have hotspots in a couple of years which can damage a chip. but stay on top of it and you'll be fine, if your new to breaking to the hardware of the system, its really not as hard as people think, I'm in my stuff twice a week lol. also, on you Mobo, put the grease right on your on board graphics card, people say dont do it, but just dont have it touch the sides are there is actual metal connectors. Just be careful and onestep at a time and watch videos on youtube. I passed my A+ exam by youtube videos and burning out my own chips to see how far itll go, watch videos of them taking off the heatsink completely while the system is running, its kinda funny to see chips still work without ANY heat diss.

Great to hear that a fanless HSF can handle such a high OC. The Sandy Bridges should run nice and cool so I might just be ok on this. Is Diamond grease preferable over my old standby Arctic Silver 5? Which HSF is the most effective running fanless? I certainly don't mind spending a few extra bucks on this build to buy the best quality products, so I'll use whatever is better not only in grease but also in the HSF. I'll definitely keep you guys in the loop as to what the final build gets to be.

Sorry for the double post, are there any good and recent comparison tests on fanless HSFs? Also what temps are supposed to be normal? I've had a long standing debate on this going back several CPUs. My CPUs always run way warmer than they're "supposed to". I always run SpeedFan and CoreTemp and on my last four or five CPUs (different cases, different HSFs, different everythings) my idles are always high 40s and under load always low 60s sometimes hitting low 70s for a few seconds. Ambient temps are always 21-22C. The 30s idle and 40s load temps people talk about I've never seen on SpeedFan or CoreTemp.