“Keeping a computer running coolly isn’t just about placing a giant heatsink on the hotspot – although it undoubtedly helps. Just shifting the same stale air around isn’t going to help keep the components cool, in fact, it’ll only heat them up. So, aside from on-site planning, you need a bit of global planning as well to insure you have a cool computer case. After all, you have a CPU, a GPU and a power supply to cool in there.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Thermalright HR-05-SLI Chipset Heatsink Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
- Spire Verticool II SP601B3 Heatsink @ motherboards.org
- Zalman Reserator 2 WaterCooling Kit Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- Zalman Reserator 1 V2 Water Cooling @ 3dGameMan
- Thermaltake Embedded 7″ Addon LCD @ techPowerUp
- Alphacool NexXxoS Complete WaterCooling Kit Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- AquaXtreme MP-05 Pro Water Block @ Overclock3d
Buying big fans won’t help much if you don’t know how to use them
Technibble reveals the theory behind airflow in cases and how to best utilize it. Without getting incredibly technical, they show why a sealed negative case is the worst possible situation and why unsealed positive is the best way to go … plus explaining what those terms mean.