I just bought an ASUS M4A785-M AMD 785G Socket AM3 motherboard to replace a bad board in a free HP I got. I transfered the CPU, heatsink and fan onto the new board and noticed that the fan connector ...

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 ...

I'm building a PC for the first time 10+ years, and I have a noob problem. I can't find the right case fan connection on my motherboard. I'm using the Gigabyte Z690i ITX motherboard. According to 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 ...

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 ...

Lian LI's new fan technology offers a smart new way to fill your gaming PC with beautiful-looking fans, without the excess wiring. Though its benefits only become clear the more you add. PC Gamer's ...

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 ...

What is the best PC fan? All gaming PCs need good cooling to ensure consistent operation without any crashes or drops in the speed of its components. If you're building a new system, many PC cases ...

Cooling is super important. The cooler you can keep your tech—a battery, machine part, computer component—the more energy efficient it is. This means you get more power for the amount of power spent.