> i have a very tiny fan and heatsink that is right on > the processor. the rest of the system is fanless (no > fan for the PSU - no fancy GPU needed for what i do). > i almost bought a bigger heatsink so that the entire > thing could run without the fan, but the small fan > provided with the CPU has been adequate and quiet enough > that i never have felt i had to buy the heatsink after > all. i may do that in the future if this fan goes out.
I recommend to go fanless whenever possible. Computers should be silent. Stefan