Archive for the 'Processor cooler' Category

Processor Fan or Cooler for a Gaming PC

Monday, March 7th, 2005

The stock processor coolers that come with retail boxed processors will do the job just fine for keeping your CPU nice and cool. It’s when you want to over-clock your processor or quiet your computer you’ll have to start looking at third party CPU coolers.

One in particular that does a fine job of both […]

Processor Cooler for a Business PC

Monday, March 7th, 2005

For an office computer we do not need to buy a special CPU fan/cooler. If you buy a boxed retail processor, it will come with a standard fan or cooler and that’ll do just fine.

Processor Cooler for a Budget PC

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

As processors get faster they also produce more heat. Today’s CPUs can get as hot as 140o F and still be considered running “cool”. To dissipate all that heat we need to cool the processor by using a heat-sink/fan combo. A heat-sink will transfer the heat away from the CPU and the fan will blow […]