Saturday 16 April 2011

Why Good Cooling Is Important For Your Computer Part 2

     Now I am going to cover cooling for your computer case and why it is so important to your system. Today's computers case come in a variety of sizes from one that will fit in your hand to the very big bulky ones.
     With the computer case that I am using the Fractal Design R3 this case has six fans running. Some of them are 140mm fans and the other ones are 120mm fans. The reason for the different sizes is because this is were they thought the best air flow design would be. How I have the fans set-up is blowing the air in the case from the front and bottom out the back and top of the case. The reason for this is because the CPU cooler is blowing the air out of the top of the case as well. The CPU cooler is drawing the cool air in the push pull (2 fans) to cool down the CPU better. With all this air being drawn this way it has a better chance to cool all the components. Now what ever design you you have for a computer case you should use all the spots for the fans. This is extremely important if you are pushing your computer components beyond what they are meant to do because of the heat issue.
     If you are worried about how loud your computer could be with all them fans. You can get low rpm fans some as low as 600 rpm. Now at that speed it will not push as much air but some is better then none. Remember when you are installing the fans there will be arrows on the fan to let you know what way the air will be pushing. This will be important because of the air you will be pushing either in or out of your computer case.
     Now you maybe wondering about if you have a laptop how can you cool it down even more. You can buy a laptop cooler it is a thin pad with fans that your laptop would sit on. This will help to displace the heat that most laptops get on the bottom of the case. You can spend from twenty dollars and up on a cooler. Remember to get one that is meant for the size of your laptop. If you get one to small or to big your laptop will not cool properly.
     Now that we have looked over cooling for your computer case, in part 3 I will be going over cooling for your power supply and video card. With power supplies I will cover the different ways they are cooled. With video cards I will also be covering the different ways they can be cooled. Cont 3

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