Windows PCs and laptops require a dedicated fan to support heat dissipation. The fan helps keep the hardware cool and ensures it doesn’t overheat in any intensive work or task. During peak performance ...

Fan Control is a great tool for doing exactly what its name suggests, giving you complete control over your system's fans, including your CPU and GPU fans, plus any water cooling pumps that you may ...

As anyone who has worked with their laptop on their lap knows, after a while your computer gets hot. The greater the demands you place on your notebook, such as running multiple programs or using ...

The point of this guide is to show the latest and greatest in fan control technology on Intel Z270 motherboards and to help you understand what each brand has to offer in their high-end products. I ...

This post is a quick sequel of my previous article jam-packed with my personal experiences and observations while I was fiddling with standard 4-wire PC cooling fans. Today I will be talking about the ...

The CPU is the brain of any computer system, handling millions of calculations every second. All that computer power generates heat, though – enough to disable the delicate electronics. A CPU cooling ...

CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT are entirely different and serve distinct purposes in the context of a computer cooling system. CPU_FAN or CPU Fan Header is the primary 4-pin fan header on a motherboard, and it ...

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MSI continues to mass produce AIO coolers, with its MAG series particularly crowded. Most of these liquid coolers are mid-range or borderline-budget options that tempt fans of air CPU cooling to ...

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So, I'm using a stock Intel cooler with my i7-2600K, and I'm noticing that the cooler isn't running at a consistent "humm". It keeps wavering (the RPM slightly speeds up for just a second and slows ...