Passively cooled computer

[Supahos]

Have an odd question.

What are the odds I can passively cool a 6300t in a smallish enclosure? Any recommendations on a non giant passive cpu cooler? Build for a friend basically no budget or size constraints. He wasts 100% silent as he put it "I don't want to be able to hear it if I'm hiding inside the case" and have 4tb disk space. So I figured t series skylake, passive cooler and very expensive ssds and Bluetooth everything as it'll be behind a media cabinet. But I've never tried a 100% passively cooled rig (no case fans either) suggestions?

 

[rhysiam]

If he doesn't need a GPU then it can be done. I have looked into this in the past though and always relented. The thing is that even a single high quality fan, which is virtually inaudible, will increase your cooling something like tenfold.

If you put together a rig with a passive PSU, like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151099
All SSDs, integrated graphics, and the single high quality fan bundled with something like a Noctua U12S or U14S cooler (depending on your case size), it would perform perfectly, and be so incredibly close to complete silence that I really question the merits of removing that single Noctua fan.

Anyways, if he really does want absolutely no fans, good luck. I just wonder whether he's actually had experience with high quality fans (like Noctuas) which really are incredibly quiet.

 

[Supahos]

Yeah ive told him the noise he was hearing on his previous media PC was the hard drive, which won't be in this setup, but he insists. I figure I'll buy a low profile cpu cooler with a fan, build the thing and have a passive one on standby if he freaks. Hes never had a computer with an ssd at all so I'm pretty sure he'll be too busy freaking out over the boot time to notice one fan