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Passive Cooling Question.....

Most PSUs will die without a fan. A very quiet 80x80x25 fan may be enough to keep it alive though. You could try a Panaflo L1A or NMB from SVC.com. I dont think there are really any 60mm fans that are "quiet". You probably need an 80mm there too.

Brian
 
If you ran it open, I bet it'd be fine without a fan, assuming there's somewhere at the top of the cabinet for hot air to come out.

OTOH, line the cabinet with some foam or something, and you'll never hear 1 or 2 <20db fans... Why chance a PS dying and taking everything with it?
 
Check out: Silent PC Review and the forums at that site. You'll find lots of good info for quieting things down.

And to answer your question: most PSUs REALLY need the fan--all the power from your PC runs through it, and it gets quite hot. I have the Nexus PSU (recommended at SilentPCReview) and its VERY quiet.

Good luck!
 
Ok thanks for the help.

I just want to put alot into this, the cabinet is fairly big and I dont want to cover the whole thing with that foam stuff, and i dont want to start cutting holes for fans either...


Josh
 
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