Have You Noticed the Details of Selecting the CPU Cooler?

Active Nowadays, the temperature is getting hotter, some players may have encountered the problem that the CPU temperature is too high. But you have already cleaned the main engine, replaced the radiator with silicone grease, and added a fan to the chassis. How can you still do this? Likely, you did not notice some details when selecting the CPU cooler so the cooler cannot fully cope with the heat of the CPU in an environment with high room temperature.

Although the price threshold of the integrated water-cooled radiator is not as high as before, the air-cooled radiator is still the first choice for most players when installation. So what details should players pay attention to when selecting a CPU cooler? Today we will talk about this topic in detail.

The installation mode has a great influence on the heat dissipation effect

Most of the current mainstream air-cooled radiators are multi-platform compatible, and the most common way is to use the elasticity of metal fasteners to press the bottom of the radiator and the top cover of the processor. If installed correctly, there should be no problem with heat dissipation.

However, if the user makes mistakes during installation, such as the bottom of the radiator and the top cover of the processor are not aligned, the bracket is not fixed in place, etc., it may lead to poor contact between the processor and the radiator. How can the heat dissipation effect be achieved?

There is another fixing method for the air-cooled radiator, which is to lock the radiator on the processor with screws. Compared with the above-mentioned fastening, the probability of installation error is relatively low, and the pressure reduction caused by metal fatigue after long-term use is also less than that of the fastening.

Multiple fans are not necessarily effective

Generally, the side blowing radiator is equipped with only one fan, but many products are equipped with double fans. Will the cooling effect be better if there are more fans?

To improve the cooling capacity of the fan, the air volume and pressure of the fan must be increased. However, due to the small volume of the radiator, it is impossible to install a fan with a larger size. A fan with a higher speed will bring more noise. In this case, it seems to be a good solution to add a fan.

The bottleneck of radiator performance is not the air volume, but the heat transfer efficiency of heat pipes and bases. Heat cannot be conducted out, no matter how large the air volume is. At the same time, you will also face additional resonance, noise, and other problems. Therefore, when you buy radiators, if you need to add a lot of budget to buy products with more fans, the price-performance ratio is not high. It is better to buy products with more heat pipes and stronger materials to achieve better results. If the price difference between single and double fans is not large, it can be considered.

The base is very important

To conduct the heat generated by the CPU quickly, a base with high heat absorption efficiency is required. As far as the base is concerned, the heat pipe direct contact type or metal base is common. Relatively speaking, the heat pipe direct contact design has high heat dissipation efficiency. It should be noted that the surface of the base heat pipe must be carefully observed after receiving the product. If the manufacturing process is not good, it will seriously affect the heat dissipation effect.

If it is not the direct contact design of the heat pipe, the thickness of the heat absorbing end must be up to the standard, to ensure sufficient heat capacity and prevent the processor from being hot once it is started.

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