running celery 1.2ghz with no fan?

willhub · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:28

Hi.

I have this old PC, its got a crappy loud fan on the CPU, would a celery 1.2Ghz overheat if I took the fan off it and just let it run passive?

WJA96 · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:40

Probably OK.

Banjo · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:42

To be honest it depends what the heat sinks like and what the airflow in the case is like (if there is any)

Also it depends what the environment around the PC is like, whether the PC is going to be left under full load 24/7 and whether there's a lot of dust in the case.

If it's a pretty big heatsink, there's an extractor fan on the power supply nearby and the case is generally free of dust / excessive cabling then you might be all right, although I'd leave it stressing for a day or so before you start using it for anything "mission critical" just to make sure that the heat won't build up and cause the thing to shutdown/fry.

Justintime · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:46

It'll be fairly cool as its a Tualatin core, so not too shabby on the power either, would need a substantial sink and case cooling to be passive though. It would'nt fry as the thermal cutout is pretty good.

willhub · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:47

The PSU is actually inside the case as the case is a micro atx size and the PSU dont fit.

Guess I'll just try a quiet 80mm fan on it then or try a bigger case.

Justintime · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:49

What i'd do is get a big socket A heatsink with a big quiet fan, most will fit 370.

willhub · 30 Jun 2008 at 21:55

heatsink on it atm is like this:

http://www.infinetpc.com/images/***-725.gif

Maybe abit bigger or same size but is not that colour, probs made from alu.

Wayne~ · 30 Jun 2008 at 22:26

I wouldn't put my bets on it being stable

willhub · 30 Jun 2008 at 22:32

Well that suks coz it sounds like that worlds largest aircraft is inside my room.

Defcon5 · 30 Jun 2008 at 22:34

See how far you can undervolt it

willhub · 30 Jun 2008 at 22:37

I cant undervolt it, overclock it or do anything to it since there is no options for it in bios.

Wayne~ · 1 Jul 2008 at 00:03

Try find a cheap fan somewhere I guess, not many CPUs will run passive that I know of

WJA96 · 1 Jul 2008 at 06:58

Basically, what you want is an AMD Socket A heatsink and fan. Thermalright XP-90 will work without a fan, as will the XP-120. Arctic Cooling make a decent Socket A cooler.

I still think you'll be surprised at how it will run without the fan.

willhub · 1 Jul 2008 at 07:15

Well I'll give it a try, just hope I dont end up getting a fireball in my room