Today I will be talking about the importance of proper cooling for your computer components. If you have read our past post you will have read that our test computer CPU is over-clocked. With this over-clock our CPU will create a lot of heat that will have to be dealt with.
CPU cooling has been a issue since the first processor came out to the market. Through out the years CPU coolers have changed quite a bit from just a heat sink with no fan to the extreme dry ice cooling (VERY DANGEROUS). Now you maybe asking why has it gone from just a heat sink to the extreme of dry ice. The reason for this is because how fast the CPU is and how many resistors are in it. When you buy a CPU today you can either buy them as a retail box or OEM. If you buy with a retail box you will get a CPU cooler and OEM's do not come with any. Now stock CPU coolers do a really good job of cooling CPU's they do fall short when you want to push your CPU farther. I would recommend a really good after market CPU cooler. You should be expected to pay from $60.00 and up for a good one. Also be aware that most after market coolers will need you to buy thermal paste. Thermal paste is the material between the CPU and the cooler to move the heat from the CPU. You could go more extreme with water cool or more but you will be spending more money for this set-up. New types of air CPU coolers will let you added a second fan to the cooler. The benefit to this is what is called a push pull system. With this set-up you will be able move more air in your cooler to help regulate the temperature.
Now I know I have talked a lot about air cooling for your CPU and you maybe asking about the other types. We'll there are three other types of cooling only two that are realistic. The first one would be water cooled and as the name states it is cooled by water not air. There are different companies out there that make water cooling components. The biggest benefit is that you can add the water cooling to other components for added cooling. You will also notice a larger drop of temperature then you would with air cooling. The biggest issue is if you have even a small leak it can destroy your computer components. The next one is called Phase Change cooling OCZ made one called Cryo-Z. The major benefit to this idea is that you can get a much larger temperature drop for your CPU. Also there would be less chance of leaking in your computer. But the major draw backs out way the positives. First the amount of power the machine takes to work also you would need room for it right beside your computer. Also the fact that you can not use it with any other device on your computer as you could with water cooled. The last way to cool a CPU that we will cover is dry ice cooling and as we stated at the start it is VERY DANGEROUS. The major benefit would be that you would be able to push your over-clocked CPU more without heat issues. With dry ice you can get your temperature to under 0 degrees Celsius. Now for the bad news first it is really hard to get a hold of. Dry Ice is something you can not just get anywhere and you may have to order in. The set up is not meant for daily use you can not use this while in a computer case and running daily. Also why it is dangerous is because it can burn you. If you do not take extreme care you can cause a 2nd degree burn so this is something we would not recommend.
Now that we have covered some basics for cooling your CPU let's take a look at what we will cover in part 2. We will be talking about your computer case and why it is a good idea to have good cooling for your case. Cont 2
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