Cooling Archive
Where PC performance is concerned, there are very few things that are as important as cooling. Modern machines leverage throttling to keep components cool. When they get too warm, they’re automatically slowed down. For you, this means that just when your game starts to heat up, you can experience unnecessary lag. Installing a proper cooling system is an important part of keeping your computer running …
When it comes to your systems performance, nothing is more important than your cooling system. Historically, beefy cooling systems were more important for individuals who wanted to overclock their computers. Today, they’re useful for anyone with a modern machine. Why is that? It all has to do with turbo mode. Let’s say that you have a latest generation I-series processor that runs at 4Ghz. You’ll …
It’s no secret that computers and electronics tend to heat-up over time, especially when placed in environments that aren’t always ideal. Often times, placing a router, modem, printer, computer, AV receiver, game console or any other device within a cabinet or closed space can create a massive amount of stale, warm air with little to no air flow. As you may already know, stagnant air …
Take a moment and imagine your dream PC. You’ve got the latest processor jacked into the best Z270 motherboard, four GTX-1080’s in quad-SLI and even the most over-clockable DDR4 RAM, topped off with the liquid cpu cooler. Finally, you’ve spent the last couple days tweaking your overclock to achieve peak performance. Even after all this work, you check the online benchmarks and find that there …
Part of the fun of building your own PC is making a rig that is visually stunning, in addition to practically powerful. A blank, slate-gray brick without any lights hardly looks like a top-of-the-line gaming PC compared to one with spinning and glowing fans. Glowing fans, in particular, can make your PC look like a high-tech machine while also helping you keep your vital components …