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Date 2005-10-24
Author: Niko Lupala
Editor: Amber Lupala
Air or Watercooling?
The main thing to do if you are going to choose an air cooler is to read up on the specific one you think would suit your needs, and check out several website reviews to see how they perform. You can usually find links on the manufacturer’s website or just search on google.
We have to remember also that thermal paste is something that counts as an option. Normal standard thermal paste does not cool as well as Artic Silver 5 or Coolermasters thermal paste.
With the right “goop” as it’s also called you can get a few degrees lower temperatures and by that way be able to run the cpu cooler on lower fan speed.
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Tip of the day!!
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There are recommendations on how hot the cpus can run but normally an AMD cpu still runs decent on 60 celsius (140 Fahrenheit) and the same thing with Inte. I would dare say that when you start coming up to 65 celsius (149 Fahrenheit) during idle or load it’s time to start looking at your cooling.
The other thing is what we brought up a bit about earlier which is case fans, I would go for slow rpm fans in the front and rear of the case to get a good airflow in the case which also then cools down and transports the hot air from the cpu. For this there are fan filters that filter out most of the dust and helps keep you case clean. These filters have to be cleaned from time to time though but it’s a lot easier that removing the fans and cleaning them off.
The cpu cooler listed before are good performance and quiet noise wise. I would not recommend you using anything that makes more noise than 30 dB which is still in my ears quite loud.
To conclude this I have to say that for the casual user to go for air cooling, for the extreme user go water.
Check reviews about the coolers on different websites to form your own opinion and go for whichever cooler you have in mind. Remember also my recommendations on the brands you should look for with cooling and noise performance.
//BigMan Editor-in-chief
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