Passive cooling for old computer

Passive cooling for old computer I have a DFI Lanparty UT nF3 250GB and an AMD Athlon XP 64 3200+ lying around, which I might use for a "always on" family computer (web browsing, µTorrent, file storage, etc.).
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"this heatsink will do as long as you have some airflow in your case:

price is about €36

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2273"

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"I tried it the hard way this week: my (boxed) cpu-cooler broke after one year, but PC worked for a few more days.
Without warning CPU overtemperature, since the CPU heatsink was big enough and very close to power supply air stream.

The passive cooled graphics adapter was not so lucky, it fried yesterday (that's when I noticed CPU fan fail) and took a part of Mainboard power supply with it:-(

I learned:

Use a silent (expensive) case fan and think about airflow before getting rid of CPU fan.
Dont't operate PC with case opened, because some mainboard heatsinks won't get enough airflow.
Test by touching ALL heatsinks inside PC case. Do not forget graphics adapter."