Silent Cooling

James · 2007-11-03, 19:25

We all know about the passive cases (Hush Technologies and MCUBED HFX) which are very expensive. However, if you have enought space in your case you can drop a Cooler Master GeminII in there (http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/HTPC_cooling).

I've got one in my OrigenAE H5 (http://www.origenae.com/en/htpc_h5.htm) which is as low profile as possible for a full hight case and it fits in with room to spare. (see attached photos).

This is a great heat sink, its cooling my Intel E6420 in passive mode without any problems. I have a passive graphics card in the box too (8500GT), which is running much hotter than the CPU.

Now I have my case down to just one 80mm fan in the PSU and will be looking at some passive external PSUs in the future

Marcusb · 2007-11-03, 21:55

looks like a good solution, but just remember that if you remove the PSU fan in future, then you will have no active airflow and your heatsinks will probably not be enough.

2007-11-03, 19:25	#1 (permalink)
James Portal Developer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,348 Thanks: 4 Thanked 55 Times in 34 Posts	Silent Cooling We all know about the passive cases (Hush Technologies and MCUBED HFX) which are very expensive. However, if you have enought space in your case you can drop a Cooler Master GeminII in there (http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/HTPC_cooling). I've got one in my OrigenAE H5 (http://www.origenae.com/en/htpc_h5.htm) which is as low profile as possible for a full hight case and it fits in with room to spare. (see attached photos). This is a great heat sink, its cooling my Intel E6420 in passive mode without any problems. I have a passive graphics card in the box too (8500GT), which is running much hotter than the CPU. Now I have my case down to just one 80mm fan in the PSU and will be looking at some passive external PSUs in the future Attached Thumbnails Last edited by James; 2007-11-03 at 19:54.

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2007-11-03, 21:55	#2 (permalink)
Marcusb Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,909 Thanks: 61 Thanked 27 Times in 27 Posts Country: My System	looks like a good solution, but just remember that if you remove the PSU fan in future, then you will have no active airflow and your heatsinks will probably not be enough.