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Four ATX Cases For High-Capacity Water Cooling, Reviewed March 14, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
Big radiators need lots of space that most enclosures simply weren't designed to offer. We're using Swiftech’s latest triple-fan cooler to test ... Read more
In Pictures: Four ATX Cases Perfect For High-Capacity Water Cooling March 8, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
Big radiators facilitate lots of cooling power without much noise. But taking the plunge into water also requires a specially-designed case. We ... Read more
Big Air: 14 LGA 2011-Compatible Coolers For Core i7-3000, Reviewed February 16, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Tweaking & Tuning
Do Intel’s Core i7-3000-series CPUs really need closed-loop liquid cooling? Today we're testing fourteen different LGA 2011-compatible air ... Read more
In Pictures: 14 LGA 2011 Coolers For Your Core i7-3000 CPU February 7, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
Do LGA 2011-based processors really need to be matched up to closed-loop liquid coolers? Not at all. We collected 14 different high-end heat sink ... Read more
Antec Kühler Vs. Corsair Hydro: Sealed Liquid CPU Coolers Compared December 5, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
Offering a taste of liquid-cooled performance without the maintenance hassle, sealed-liquid systems are the logical choice for many high-end ... Read more
How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC, Part 2 November 16, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
After discussing the theory of PC cooling, in Part One, we now move on to technology and implementation, discussing case fans, CPU coolers, and ... Read more
How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC, Part 1 November 8, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
What better way to wrap up a scorching summer than with a last word on cooling? We explain the most important rules for creating ideal airflow, ... Read more
Thermalright's Shaman VGA Cooler: The Quiet Giant? December 28, 2010 – 12:00 AM – Tweaking & Tuning
Thermalright's Shaman is the largest VGA cooler we've ever seen. Having recently reviewed three competing aftermarket graphics cooling solutions, ... Read more
Roundup: Six Sub-$40 Performance CPU Coolers Compared November 24, 2010 – 1:00 AM – Cooling
Remember when overclocking was all about getting more performance for less money? It's hard to do that when you're spending top dollar on premium ... Read more
Three Aftermarket Graphics Coolers On GeForce GTX 480 November 8, 2010 – 1:00 AM – Cooling
Today we're testing three of the largest graphics card coolers available: Arctic Cooling's Accelero XTREME Plus, DeepCool's V6000, and Zalman's ... Read more
Corsair H70: Next-Gen Self-Contained Liquid Cooling October 29, 2010 – 2:00 AM – Cooling
Liquid cooling still has the image of being expensive and complicated. Corsair, in cooperation with the cooling specialists at Asetek, now offers ... Read more
Overclocking On Air: 10 LGA 1156-Compatible Performance Coolers January 27, 2010 – 2:00 AM – Cooling
Intel’s latest Core i5 and Core i7 processors for the LGA 1156 interface are great overclockers, but they still have thermal limits. Today we ... Read more
Small Water Versus Big Air, Part 3: Cooling Questions Answered September 11, 2009 – 2:00 AM – Cooling
Parts one and two of our air and self-contained water cooler reviews compared components on an open bench with each model's included fan. ... Read more
Is It Worth Upgrading Your Stock CPU Cooler? September 3, 2009 – 2:00 AM – Cooling
Retail processors usually come with a bundled cooler, which will serve you well—at least until you try to overclock. We replaced the heat sink ... Read more
Part 2: Little Water, Big Air--Corsair H50 Versus Rosewill FORT120 July 31, 2009 – 2:10 AM – Cooling
Immediately following our first air versus water cooling comparison, Corsair and Rosewill announced new products. In part two, we test these ... Read more