Installing liquid cooling on your CPU can transform your system’s thermal performance and reliability while adding a premium aesthetic to your build. Whether you’re upgrading from an air cooler or building a new system, this comprehensive guide will walk you through how to install an AIO CPU ...
This article will help you set up your ELITE series liquid CPU cooler in your PC system.NOTE: The iCUE RGB ELITE Liquid CPU cooler comes with the Intel mounting bracket preinstalled. If you have an AMD system, you will need to swap out the bracket with an AMD-compatible mounting bra...
Closed-loop liquid cooling solutions (CLCs) provide far cooler temperatures than air coolers with minimal hassle and easy installation. Smaller 120mm units are available, but if you plan on overclocking, consider moving up to a model with larger 240mm radiator or even a huge honking 360mm radia...
Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of how to overclock a CPU, let’s clarify what overclocking actually means. CPU overclocking is the process of increasing your processor’s clock speed beyond its default settings. This pushes your CPU to perform more operations per second, potentially improvi...
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The processor (CPU) in your PC always needs to be accompanied by an adequate CPU cooler. So, you need to ensure that your AIO liquid cooler or air cooler is firmly installed on the processor before you mount the motherboard in your PC case. This is a tough task, given the number of...
The other way to improve cooling isn’t as much an improvement as a complete replacement. We’re talking aboutwater cooling. It has been proven that liquid cooling is better at dissipating heat, but you run the smallchanceof it accidentally breaking and completely ruining your entire PC. ...
A liquid-cooling system for a PC works a lot like the cooling system of a car. Both take advantage of a basic principle of thermodynamics — that heat moves from warmer objects to cooler objects. As the cooler object gets warmer, the warmer object gets cooler. You can experience this prin...
The article discusses sealed liquid coolers, examining how to install them in computers as well as the benefits and disadvantages of different types of coolers. The article looks at air coolers and liquid coolers, noting that ...
Intel's overclockable chips don't come with a bundled cooler, and you'll need at least a 240mm All-In-One (AIO) liquid cooler (or air cooler equivalent) to squeeze out any meaningful all-core overclocking with the Core i5-12600K. You'll want a more powerful 280mm, 360mm AIO, or...