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by throwaway-9320 2139 days ago
> silent is better than quiet

In most cases the beefiest air cooler + the lowest tolerable fan curve (meaning no overheating) will do the job just fine, especially if the CPU TDP is between 35-65W. Alternatively you can also limit the CPU power usage by disabling turbo or doing other tricks that forces it to run slower, but more efficiently.