passive cooling

Forum discussion tagged with passive cooling.
  1. Matiseli

    [SOLVED] Is passive cooling really more energy efficient than active cooling (Windows power management)?

    At first glance, passive cooling seems to be a more energy efficient option. But let's try to think about it more... I'll give an example: I work in Adobe Premiere Pro. I have passive cooling set up in Windows. As a result, every operation in that application takes a little longer to complete...
  2. C

    [SOLVED] Passively Cooling RAM and VRMs on a modern graphics card?

    I'm finally in a position where I can build a desktop, and was lucky enough to snag a 3070. I want to liquid cool my build primarily for aesthetic/fun project reasons with a secondary focus on performance and noise reduction. Therefore I'm going to build a primarily Barrow and alphacool loop...
  3. A

    [SOLVED] Passive GPU on PCH x4

    Some years ago I have built a fanless configuration, including NOFAN cr-95 cooler and NOFAN Micro ATX case (CS-60). After several upgrades current configuration includes i7-8700 CPU and MSI MAG Z390M Mortar motherboard. Recently I've got a new screen ASUS VG289Q. I noticed that when I run it in...
  4. stanlye3690

    Question Passive cooler for Haswell Pentium

    Hello. I have an older PC setup with 1150 Haswell Pentium G3250 on. It works well for things I do, but the stock fan is noisy and it makes me mad. So I started to look on less noisy fans and I found ARCTIC Alpine 12 Passive, that has no fan and thus makes zero noise. However, the producer states...