Quiet gaming PC builds rely on smart cooling, airflow tuning, and case design to reduce noise while maintaining strong ...

Cuong Nguyen, Dr. James E. Smith Jr., and Xiaolin Wang are members of a University of Alabama in Huntsville research team. Image courtesy of UAH Around this time last year, I wrote about a way to cool ...

Cooler Master has showcased the MasterFan A Series at CES 2026, with the new fans being an aluminum design capable of hitting ...

Sarfraz is an avid PC enthusiast who has a decade of experience in PC hardware. He has written extensively on all types of consumer PC components and peripherals on Xtremegaminerd since the time when ...

Several super-thin air-moving technologies have emerged in the last few years. This sounds like sci-fi but it's totally real.

One of my favorite things about PC hardware is that it’s always getting better. Every year I get to enjoy the latest CPUs, GPUs, and memory advances and watch those numbers go up in turn. But there’s ...

While seemingly basic compared to the other components, your computer's fan actually plays a massive role in maintaining the system's optimal performance. It does so by regulating the internal ...

Building a PC is more accessible than ever, and many people tend to lean toward customizable options as personal design preferences can range from form-over-function builds to those that are built ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to set up PC fans, and take you through the principles of PC airflow and cooling. From knowing which way round to mount your fans, to where you should put the ...

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 ...

When your laptop fails due to overheating, it’s the Second Law of Thermodynamics in play. As the electricity in your computer continues to produce heat without proper cooling or airflow, the enclosed ...

Regardless of whether a fan is mounted to your central processing unit, your case or sitting on your floor, its purpose is the same. Fans change how air flows, more effectively moving it from one ...