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<blockquote data-quote="RobNorthcott" data-source="post: 535808" data-attributes="member: 57999">Yes, I realised that just as I clicked submit <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />It doesn't run hot at the moment, even with the fans running very slowly and it's only got a standard AMD OEM heatsink on the cpu (with a Noctua fan grafted on).&nbsp; With a bigger heatsink I reckon I'd _almost_ get away with turning the fans off completely, but the inside of the case would get pretty warm I reckon - probably not good for the drives and general machine health just to avoid brushing out a bit of dust every now and then.&nbsp; Interesting thought though.A proper fanless build from scratch would be interesting - with heatpipes leading to heatsinks outside the case (or vaned aluminium case like the ridiculously expensive Zalman fanless ones, but on a smaller scale).&nbsp; Some not-too-expensive PSUs do claim to shut the fan off completely if they're not running hot (&quot;semi fanless&quot;).&nbsp; But that's going off-topic really.Rob</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobNorthcott, post: 535808, member: 57999"] Yes, I realised that just as I clicked submit :rolleyes: It doesn't run hot at the moment, even with the fans running very slowly and it's only got a standard AMD OEM heatsink on the cpu (with a Noctua fan grafted on). With a bigger heatsink I reckon I'd _almost_ get away with turning the fans off completely, but the inside of the case would get pretty warm I reckon - probably not good for the drives and general machine health just to avoid brushing out a bit of dust every now and then. Interesting thought though. A proper fanless build from scratch would be interesting - with heatpipes leading to heatsinks outside the case (or vaned aluminium case like the ridiculously expensive Zalman fanless ones, but on a smaller scale). Some not-too-expensive PSUs do claim to shut the fan off completely if they're not running hot ("semi fanless"). But that's going off-topic really. Rob [/QUOTE]

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