i need some advice here.
can i run the cooler master v10 without the fan shroud ala passive cooling?

i ran into some problem of space due to a miscalculation on my side. the second set of heatsinks and fan with the shroud on didnt clear the 5.25" drive cage.

i'm hoping to mod the 5.25" drive cage in a while but i need to use the pc also. i'm using only the TEC fan at the moment and have another 80mm fan which is i mounted above the second heatsink using cable ties.

its messy but the tempreature i'm getting is lower then the standard heatsink which died a few days ago.

just for fun to day i ran my rig with out any fans in my CM v10. and the results are surprising actually.

the v10 has 3 sets of heatsink. 2 vertical and 1 horizontal. the vertical set of heatsink which contains the peltier element got hot very2 quickly and couldn't be touch at all , while the other 2 was very2 warm to touch.

my cpu temperature on normal with the fans on is around 42 degrees idle. but without the fan it was hovering around 53 degrees.

this was with an amd 955be oced to 4ghz.

i think if i reverse the rear fan to blow on to the bare heatsink and also reset my proc to it's original clock, the v10 could be a very nice fanless cooler.