What is the best aftermarket CPU cooler for my Intel i7 4770k?
Some of the answers have taken your question a bit too literally. Yes the best cooling will involve phase changing coolants or liquid nitrogen.I suspect you are after the ‘best’ as in value for money and ability. Which is a very open question. While the aftermarket cooler range is huge a few options normally stand out.Noctua ND-15 a giant air cooler, with 2 150mm very quiet fans. This is no shrinking violet but does the job very well, so much I have 2.Cooler Master Hyper Evo 212. Cheaper than the Noctua. Whilenot as good for cooling, its smaller and cheaper.Corsair H110 or anothe similar 240mm Radiator AIO cooler. These will tend to run even cooler but can be a bit noiser due to pump fans and 2 120mm radiator fans. An AIO with a 280mm rad would be better as it takes 140mm fans.
What aftermarket heatsink/cooler/fan to get for an ASUS P8Z77-M motherboard?
You can use any cooler that is for socket LGA 1155 processor and isnt more than 6 inches tall (from the processor towards the side of the case) I recommend the cooler master hyper 212 EVO, its about $25 unless your overclocking, then i would go with the corsair H80 liquid cooler.
Fan and heat sink on tablet?
1. this is by far the stupidest thing you could have ever done, the tablet is now void, the "custom" heat sink will most likely come loose and short out the tablet, or the thermal paste will short out the tablet. 2. tablets cant get hot enough to damage the hardware, running the cpu at 100% for about 6 hours will bring the temp up to maybe 120 F. the internal battery will explode far before the hardware overheats. ( cpu heat damage occurs at 200F while the battery will explode at about 150F) 3. if you wanted to game you should have spent your money on a desktop or a laptop.... tablets are not designed for hard core gaming... 4. even the cheapest tablet will last 12 years running at 100% in a 70F room... ( hardware only) you are far more likey to drop it and damage the screen than you are to have it die from overheating 5. adding anything to your tablet will drain the battery life and will most likely completely destroy the device. 6. if the device is too hot you should only need to wear gloves or use a case... 7. if the tablet needed a fan dont you think that the ORIGINAL makers of the tablet would have added one? 8. If you OCed it using tablet using software from inside the OS then it really isnt OCed, the firmware of the tablet's Motherboard has to support overclocking... and as of now NO tablet motherboards support any overclocking of any sort... all the apps that says they can OC your tablet will just appear as having a higher clock speed... 9. attaching any extra anything will massivly reduce the battery life... hell having the screen on alone takes up to 70% of the battery. the screen runs at about 1/3 of what that fan would run at in electricity use 10. making a custom heatsink for a computer is VERY different from making one for a tablet or laptop. laptops and tablets move quite a bit.. dropping one will cause your mods to undergo stress that they were not designed for... even a small 2 foot fall can be enough to dislodge the custom heatsink you created...
Do motherboards come with fans and heatsinks?
Listen to me dude. You'll have to buy the motherboard, and the RETAIL version of the processor. If you don't buy the retail version then there is the OEM version and with that you need to buy the heatsink. The heatsink will have the fan with it. You also may need some thermal paste. Good Luck!
Are heatsink with fans universal?
Actually that depends on your mounting point. If OEM heatsink, I'm not really sure but I did stumble upon some testimonials about people using lga775 heatsink fan for lga1155 so, I assume that it can. Like I said, depends on the mounting point. You can do the comparison yourself. Edit : I found these > http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=638... and http://superuser.com/questions/232908/ar...
How do I choose the correct fan/heatsink for CPU?
Specs: Model ASUS Desktop PC K30BF_M32BF_A_F_K31BF SERIES PROCESSOR: AMD A10- 7800 Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C + 8G 3.50 GHz RAM: 8 GB 6.95 GB Useable System: 64-bit x64-based processor Window 8.1 I only need to replace the fan, but there are too many types out there. I might replace the heatsink too, since it's a combo. I don't know much about this, so please help me.
How many case fans do you need for your gaming PC?
It's just like Buster said. There isn't really a set answer. It's really what fits for you. Even if you get quiet fans, the more you have, the louder the PC will be. My current case will hold I believe 5 fans in total but I only use 3.
What's the difference between "CPU FAN" socket, "CPU OPT" socket, and a "SYS FAN" socket on motherboard?
Question:What's the difference between "CPU FAN" socket, "CPU OPT" socket, and a "SYS FAN" socket on motherboard?The CPU FAN header is exactly what it says. A typical PC would have a single CPU and a heatsink mounted on top of it with a fan. That is where you would plug in the fan. The reason why that header is important is because it will detect whether your fan is running are not. If it detects the fan is not running or not running properly, it will shut down your system (or refused to start your system) to protect your CPU from overheating.The CPU OPT stands for CPU optional. Typically, this is the header that you would use to connect some type of wiring for a liquid cooling system. For example, I have two pumps running my liquid cooling (two separate loops). Each one of these pumps has a single wire that I can plug into the CPU OPT header. Although I don’t use this feature because I want my cooling pumps to run at full speed. However if I decided to plug those connectors into the motherboard, it would probably allow me to control the speed of the pumps from the motherboard which brings me back to the CPU FAN.Most gaming motherboards will allow you to control the speed of the heatsink fan that is connected to the CPU FAN header. The reason for this is that if you are not using the computer under heavy load, you can reduce the speed of the fan and therefore reduce the amount of noise coming from your system.There is more than one name for SYS FAN. Asus refers to them as chassis fans or CHA-FAN. I have heard of other motherboards refer to them as case fans. Regardless of what name you call it, these are the headers you use to plug in the fans that are used to cool your enclosure or case.As motherboards become more sophisticated, the headers on the motherboard take on more specialization. I just recently purchased the latest 270 motherboard, an Asus Maximus IX Formula. In addition to CPU_FAN, CPU_OPT, and 3 CHA_FAN headers, it also has the following:You will notice that all of the headers are 12 W and 1 A except for the W_PUMP+ and the H_AMP which are 36 W and 3 A. You can control the speed of all of them from the motherboard except for the AIO_PUMP+ and the W_PUMP+.