In another thread, it was mentioned about running a heatercore without a fan would escalate temps until cpu death. That thread is locked and I do not care to bring that discussion here (so please don't).
Well, being the ever curious sort that I am, at 10:30 tonight, I unplugged my fan.
Some of you may remember that my heatercore is in the cool basement (cellar really) below my desk, so you might not expect the same temps, but I wouldn't think it'd be too far from 10C higher. It hangs vertically so air can't flow too well through convection, but I do have some copper tubing in my case that may act somewhat like a secondary cooler.
By 12:00 I got tired of waiting for it to stabilize (patience is a virtue, but I'm not that virtuous), so at 37C and idling, I kicked in SuperPI to load it. Temps went up to 39C and stayed there until 1:30 when I got no change for an hour.
Once I stopped SuperPI it promptly went back to 37C and is sitting there now.
My normal temp with this waterblock (Gemini low-flow) is 27C while I'm waiting for my new block top's paintjob to dry.
Point is, there's hope for systems who's fan dies, and passive cooling isn't that hard to accomplish. Maybe I'll try some copper tubing next, hanging from the rafters in the basement.
Well, being the ever curious sort that I am, at 10:30 tonight, I unplugged my fan.
Some of you may remember that my heatercore is in the cool basement (cellar really) below my desk, so you might not expect the same temps, but I wouldn't think it'd be too far from 10C higher. It hangs vertically so air can't flow too well through convection, but I do have some copper tubing in my case that may act somewhat like a secondary cooler.
By 12:00 I got tired of waiting for it to stabilize (patience is a virtue, but I'm not that virtuous), so at 37C and idling, I kicked in SuperPI to load it. Temps went up to 39C and stayed there until 1:30 when I got no change for an hour.
Once I stopped SuperPI it promptly went back to 37C and is sitting there now.
My normal temp with this waterblock (Gemini low-flow) is 27C while I'm waiting for my new block top's paintjob to dry.
Point is, there's hope for systems who's fan dies, and passive cooling isn't that hard to accomplish. Maybe I'll try some copper tubing next, hanging from the rafters in the basement.