Conina said:
Without CPU fan and heatsinks even a 90,000-watts fan is barely enough (03:50 - 04:30 in the video, around 90 degree Celsius with a Ryzen 1800X): |
Cool video, but these guys must work for Volkswagen, or did. jk
Fan has a huge gap between it and the case, no heatsink, case is way too enclosed, etc. Making the case flow do a 90 degree turn already isn't great, but making it do a 180 and exit where air is trying to enter the side is just asking for poor results.
Passive heatsinks have existed for a quite a while now and would be totally fine for many users with one large side fan in a fairly open case. In a higher end rig where it's being pushed, you'd almost certainly want a CPU fan still, even if the case was very open all around like I said. It may not give you the absolute max possible performance, but it would likely be good enough for those who'd sacrifice a bit for next to silent operation.