if you're an average computer user odds are excellent you're using one of these
to cool your CPU on today's fast as possible we're going to tell you all you
need to know about the basic aftermarket CPU cooling options that are available
to you now to be clear if you're not overclocking that is turning up the
speed of your CPU the stock cooler is very functional it's inexpensive in fact
it comes free with most CPUs it's easy to install It's relatively quiet as long
as again you're not trying to do anything crazy with it and it'll fit in
pretty much any case and will not interfere with other components on the
motherboard such as high-profile memory sticks that stick up high like this the
problem with stock coolers is the performance isn't very good look at the
size of this an aftermarket air cooler can have way more surface area and use
much larger fans than a stock cooler it's also inherently very reliable
because there's almost nothing to fail on it it's great for overclocking and in
terms of quiet operation being able to use large highly optimized high
performance performance fans such as this one or even taking all the fans off
it and just using the case fans to passively draw air through a large heat
sink like this can make your system not only look great but be incredibly silent
now the disadvantages of large aftermarket air cooling heat sinks can
be mostly compatibility I can fit it on this way but I'm only going to be able
to put a fan in the middle because my high performance high-profile memory
gets in the way on this side and my mosfet gets in the way on this side also
if I oriented the this way and I had seven PCI slots and my top slot was for
my graphics card I wouldn't be able to install that graphics card and you can
clearly see it's not going to fit on this way at all if you buy a small you
know non-cooling optimized case you can even run into issues where the heat sink
is so high-profile off the motherboard that you can no longer close your case
side panel you do have to do some planning and put some thought into it
when you're using aftermarket air these pre-filled liquid cooling units can
offer some advantages versus other Solutions they're very low profile on
the CPU socket usually the pump and the cooler are mounted on the CPU with tons
of room around it for high-profile memory or mosfet heat sinks or anything
else you'd want while the bulk of the cooling is actually done away from the
CPU socket using a large radiator you
get that performance that comes with having options available that even use
dual 120 mm or dual 140 mm fans and you
get Great Looks the only disadvantage for stuff like liquid coolers is it does
add a second point of failure to your system so if either the pump or the fan
fails on your liquid cooler then your CPU won't be very cool and your system
will probably automatically shut down and they can be a touch difficult to
install so while they come in a variety of configurations thick radiators thin
radiators 120 mil 140 mil single radiator dual
radiator you're going to have to plan for it if you don't have a large gaming
oriented chassis there is a chance that a liquid cooler like this won't even fit
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