Best Internal Fans & Cooling Components
Style: 4 Heat Pipes |. Color: Hyper 212 Evo. Well-balanced cooling performance provides fin optimizations with perfect balance between high and low speed operations. Well-balanced cooling performance provides fin optimizations with perfect balance between high and low speed operations.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Purchased the AMD FX-8350 with the intent of not overclocking it for now and stick with its stock heat sink and fan. For the first few weeks, the stock cooling ramped up on the RPM for fan speed when I played most games (ie. Built an identical system for the girlfriend but with a different case which included more case fans. I purchased a few 120mm case fans and installed them. This cooler only comes with one fan but includes the additional clips to attach another 120mm fan. I had to take out the top two 120mm case fans due to the case not having enough room but did place one of them as the second fan on this cooler and set it up to where the airflow goes through the heat sink for better cooling."
"There's a backing plate that mounts underneath the motherboard at the CPU location, and an awkward X-style bracket on the top, which holds the heat sink down on the CPU and attaches through the motherboard holes to the bracket on the back."
"After using the Hyper 212 EVO in my PC, I now know why people say this is one of the best around for an air cooler - it works, and works well."
"I must say I am very impressed with this cooler after seeing the temps improve even though it was an air cooler and not a water cooler."
"I've had this cooler for about two years, and have run into no problems with it!"
Perfectly safe for use around today's high-performance microprocessors (CPU) and graphic processors (GPU), accidental contacts with electrical pins/traces/leads will NOT cause short-circuits or static shocks compare to metal-based/capacitive thermal compounds. ARCTIC MX-4's carbon micro-particles effectively and efficiently fill up microscopic pores and gaps between contact surfaces for optimum heat transfer. THERMAL COMPOUND: Formula, the MX-4 guarantees exceptional heat dissipation from the components and supports the stability needed to push your system to its limit.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I used both hands to work the applicator as I had been sternly warned to use only a bead of goop the size of a grain of rice for the best heat transfer, and it was a great success."
"I tend to reconfigure my systems from time to time, and this is great for those times and new builds."
"Used this paste on every PC build I've done in the last 10+ years."
"Having used Arctic Silver 5 forever, I finally moved on to Arctic's later thermal compound, MX-4."
"My computer had an overheating problem."
"I used this stuff to replace the thermal paste on my 7 year old laptop."
"Not sure if it is worth the extra money."
"I have been a fanboy of Arctic Silver for years."
• Full 1 Year Manufacturer's Warranty Our Tree New Bee products are built to the highest quality standards and we stand behind our products with a full 1 year manufacturer's warranty. • Life/MTBF: 10,000 hours Product Includes • 1 Cooling Pad • 1 USB Cable • 1 Warranty Card. Extra USB ports and switch: Extra USB port and wind speed switch design, built-in dual-USB hub allows for connecting more USB devices.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I love this cooling pad!"
"The mat allows you to control front and back fans separately, also has two nice little notches at the front that acts as a guard that keeps the laptop from sliding downward."
"The cooling power is pretty good -- I play on a 13" laptop (13.3" screen) so it fit my laptop perfectly. I only play games like LoL or Maplestory (don't judge me) and run my laptop on high performance to get best FPS for the former game, so my laptop tends to heat up. I put some paper in the gap for the plastic bit so it doesn't protrude out of my laptop and into my arm; it's low enough to hold my laptop back and for me to not feel it."
"The fans on my PC are way at the top (underneath) by the monitor hinge and my internal laptop fan blows air to the left out of the side of the laptop frame (rather than the bottom...) so I need wide, rear coverage which I get in full. NOTE: Still haven't used the two bottom kick stands but they are hard to get out or strong whichever way you view it. Owned over a week... After 6+ months the only thing to know is that you can use a standard can of compressed air to blow the dust out of these if they are left out daily."
"Great Cooling Pad, lightweight but has great air movement with 2 banks of 2 fans in each bank that you can control the speed of each bank."
"This is the first cooling pad I've ever had and I think it works really well. I don't particularly like the design of the cooling pad, but as my laptop is always on top I guess it doesn't really matter."
"There are two small lift-up levers on top nearest the user. They are there so the laptop won't slide toward the user."
Best Computer CPU Cooling Fans
Style: 4 Heat Pipes |. Color: Hyper 212 Evo. Well-balanced cooling performance provides fin optimizations with perfect balance between high and low speed operations. Well-balanced cooling performance provides fin optimizations with perfect balance between high and low speed operations.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Purchased the AMD FX-8350 with the intent of not overclocking it for now and stick with its stock heat sink and fan. For the first few weeks, the stock cooling ramped up on the RPM for fan speed when I played most games (ie. Built an identical system for the girlfriend but with a different case which included more case fans. I purchased a few 120mm case fans and installed them. This cooler only comes with one fan but includes the additional clips to attach another 120mm fan. I had to take out the top two 120mm case fans due to the case not having enough room but did place one of them as the second fan on this cooler and set it up to where the airflow goes through the heat sink for better cooling."
"The ambient temp has been a steady 70ºF (before and after the change). The Cooler Master fan speed is half of the OEM. Another suggestion for those that aren't experienced in getting into their system would be to take a picture of your current arrangement (SATA cables, Power supplies, etc). It's very important to put the SATA cables back to the same drive they were attached to in the beginning. In retrospect, I should have done a dry fit and paid more attention to the details in the cooler orientation would have made."
"- Air flow is way easier to design with with a stand-up fan blowing from front to back. - Optional second 120mm fan can be mounted with provided attachment. - Cheap. - Versatile, can be used for many chipsets, so if you ever make a new build you will most likely be able to use it again (see product description). Not really cons, but to keep in mind: - No preset thermal paste (tube included). - If your RAM has extra metal on top (heatsink), it might be tight/hard to fit/not fit (easy-breezy with low-profile Ballistix). - If it's an upgrade, you will have to remove your motherboard as there is a part to attach at the bottom. Also, they mixed multiple chipset AMD/INTEL setup instructions so pay attention to the top left corner of each drawing."
Best Computer Case Fans
The NH-D15 features two of Noctua's premium class NF-A15 140mm fans. 6 heatpipe dual radiator design.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I installed this cooler on my ASUS Sabertooth X99 along with ADATA DDR4-2800 32GB RAM. Using silent PWM profile from the Motherboard I had I can keep my 4.2GHz 5820K cool with merely a 240RPM. The cooler may have some fitment issues with tall RAM heatspreader."
"If you're unsure about the optional secondary fan fitting, take a 140mm case fan and set it on top of your RAM (vertically as if it were on the cooler sitting above the RAM). If it still clears the side of your case with a few millimeters to spare then you're likely OK. Even with the slight offset of the optional fan with the Corsair Vengeance LPX sticks I had plenty of headroom in the Air 540 even though it stated a 170mm clearance."
"HUGE, it's HUGE. Does it's job as described."
"Installation was easier than other air coolers, though I personally had a problem lining up two screws on the bottom to secure it."
"After installing this beautiful cooler it dropped my temps down 30c at full load and won't let my cpu get above 58c."
"What a difference over the stock AMD cooling fan (that sounded like a small jet engine in my living room). No big deal, just do not unscrew the 4 mounting screws at the same time, the back plate will fall off."
Best Graphics Card Fans
It offers efficient cooling for RAM and voltage regulators and thus does not just allow higher clock rates but mainly increases the graphics card's service life. - Multi-Compatibility - Accelero Xtreme IV features a versatile, problem free mounting system that allows this cooler to accommodate a wide range of graphics cards. UNMATCHED COOLING PERFORMANCE: With a cooling capacity of 300 Watts, the Accelero Xtreme IV offers an unmatched cooling performance. BACKSIDE COOLER FOR HIGHEST EFFICIENCY: ARCTIC has developed and patented a back side cooler for unparalleled VRM and RAM cooling performance.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Which I did not :), I connected the cooler originally to the gpu fan control unit, which I later changed to 12V adapter that comes with the cooler. At that temp it felt like there was a Harrier hovering above my room due to the reference fan trying to cool it. After installation+12V+side case fan my temps on full load were 65-84C (avg 76C) for main chip, VRM1 was 68-86C (avg 78C). I highly recommend getting a side case fan to cool the VRMs. That's why connect cooler to MOBO or 12V adapter so fans spin faster."
"The end result is that there is a lot of work that goes into this and unless you buy additional parts right away you will likely have to do an install on this 2x. Pros: Great GPU cooling went from 60s idle to 40s in R9 390. Quiet Fans. Good overclock potential. Cons: May need additional heatsinks for memory and VRM. Plastic bracket for GPU backplate heatsink is a PITA to install. Huuuge(unless you have a massive gap between gpu and front rack... dont bother). Edit: Its been 11 months and the middle fan has burnt and now emits such a pungent smell that i am forced to remove the shroud."
"However, when I received this unit I found that while this cooler will bolt onto my card over the GPU, the cooler added significant total length to my card. The problem is that the GPU is centered on my card but the GPU heat sink on the cooler is offset far to one end, which made the card along with cooler WAY too long."
"Sure enough, I was getting a full 12V at the fans. Nothing I did would make either of the two coolers work."
Best Desktop Computer Fan Grills
• Full 1 Year Manufacturer's Warranty Our Tree New Bee products are built to the highest quality standards and we stand behind our products with a full 1 year manufacturer's warranty. • Life/MTBF: 10,000 hours Product Includes • 1 Cooling Pad • 1 USB Cable • 1 Warranty Card. Extra USB ports and switch: Extra USB port and wind speed switch design, built-in dual-USB hub allows for connecting more USB devices.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I love this cooling pad!"
"The mat allows you to control front and back fans separately, also has two nice little notches at the front that acts as a guard that keeps the laptop from sliding downward."
"The cooling power is pretty good -- I play on a 13" laptop (13.3" screen) so it fit my laptop perfectly. I only play games like LoL or Maplestory (don't judge me) and run my laptop on high performance to get best FPS for the former game, so my laptop tends to heat up. I put some paper in the gap for the plastic bit so it doesn't protrude out of my laptop and into my arm; it's low enough to hold my laptop back and for me to not feel it."
"The fans on my PC are way at the top (underneath) by the monitor hinge and my internal laptop fan blows air to the left out of the side of the laptop frame (rather than the bottom...) so I need wide, rear coverage which I get in full. NOTE: Still haven't used the two bottom kick stands but they are hard to get out or strong whichever way you view it. Owned over a week... After 6+ months the only thing to know is that you can use a standard can of compressed air to blow the dust out of these if they are left out daily."
"Great Cooling Pad, lightweight but has great air movement with 2 banks of 2 fans in each bank that you can control the speed of each bank."
"This is the first cooling pad I've ever had and I think it works really well. I don't particularly like the design of the cooling pad, but as my laptop is always on top I guess it doesn't really matter."
"There are two small lift-up levers on top nearest the user. They are there so the laptop won't slide toward the user."
Best Internal Hard Drive Cooling Fans
• Full 1 Year Manufacturer's Warranty Our Tree New Bee products are built to the highest quality standards and we stand behind our products with a full 1 year manufacturer's warranty. • Life/MTBF: 10,000 hours Product Includes • 1 Cooling Pad • 1 USB Cable • 1 Warranty Card. Extra USB ports and switch: Extra USB port and wind speed switch design, built-in dual-USB hub allows for connecting more USB devices.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I love this cooling pad!"
"The fans are not as strong as the previous cooling unit I had."
"The blue bar just above the cooling pad is from my laptop, but doesn't hurt that the color matches my laptop also."
"The cooling pad is powered by USB through a connection cord provided to connect the cooling pad to the laptop. Another family member's laptop used to be terribly hot all the time even with another cooling pad that was used, but since using this same one by Tree New Bee, the laptop is always cool!"
"The underglow is a nice touch and reminds me to turn on my fans if I don't see it on."
"This is the first cooling pad I've ever had and I think it works really well. I don't particularly like the design of the cooling pad, but as my laptop is always on top I guess it doesn't really matter."
"First the braiding from the cord came unglued, which I think really doesn't matter too much since it's just for aesthetic, but this can always be indicative of poor craftsmanship overall. It would either stop running entirely or it would cause a notification on my computer letting it know it kept getting "plugged in", These notification are very obnoxious, but I feel they're potentially too important to turn off. Also sadly one of the little legs broke off much too easily, I popped it back in but it was never the same :/. I may have to part ways with my little Baby Blue Bee, as sad as that is, and maybe try another brand."
Best Heatsinks
Enjoy better cooling performance and lower noise, and protect your investment in your CPU. New, improved SP120L fan offers lower noise and better performance. Mounting brackets for Intel LGA 115x/1136/2011 and AMD AM2/AM3/AM4/FM1/FM2.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Quiet, does a good job in my daughter's rig."
"The resolution was to go to Home Depot and purchase a pack of “Everbilt” 5/32 Neoprene washers (SKU# 597 411), put those on the back bracket before inserting into the mobo and the loose pump problems were done!"
"In fact, looking at the temps, it's dropped them close to 30c over the Artic10 air cooler I used to have. I don't see myself trying for a 5GHz overclock any time soon, but it's nice to have that headroom for overclock if needed in the future."
"Now, the flaw, and it’s not insignificant.... check your motherboard for capacitors that are inside that box created by the heat sink support holes."
"My problem was: GTX 1080ti running hot when overclocked and under load. Installed 4 Corsair Quiet 120mm case fans (two top: exhaust, two front: intake) to direct airflow. The hot air from the GPU was exhausting at top of case and passing directly over the stock CPU air cooler rising it's temp to +71 Celsius. The Corsair H75 remedied that nicely, now I'm seeing temps in the low 40's and mid 50's under load with 'IntelBurnTest' running at maximum load level or while running AC:Origins in 4K Ultra settings."
"The Prolimatech 140 mm x 15 mm fans just fits. BUT although the Prolimatech fits the 120 mm bolt holes, I had to file the fan shroud to clear the radiator hose fittings. If this scares you, substitute a Prolimatech 120 mm x 15 mm fan, it will fit just fine and its extra blades will make up for its diminished thickness.."
Best Water Cooling Systems
Liquid cooling works better than air cooling, and the self contained design of the H115i gets you up and running quickly so you can spend more time enjoying the performance of your overclocked processor and less time assembling, filling, and maintaining your cooling system. Improved coldplate and pump design: better efficiency gives you lower temperatures with less noise.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The fans on the radiator are SP120L PWM fans which are very solids fans however are still a bit loud for my liking. Here is a link to the fans that I purchased Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fan. Compared to an air cooled system you can expect to see a decent drop in temps anywhere from between 5-10C depending on the cooler you are using. A couple things I want to point out: Installation is very easy however to install this cooler you will need to install a support bracket on the underside of your motherboard. For others that are simply looking at transferring over from an air cooled build then you most likely will have to remove the motherboard from the case in order to install the cooler. In summery this is an amazing cooler for those that are not ready for the DIY liquid cooling builds. Corsair coolers are really top notch and I highly recommend them to anyone interested in using a liquid cooled system."
"I could not wait the 10 business days (or more) the RMA and replacement would take, so purchased this v2. I have an Intel CPU and had to pick from three different offset screws, all identical in color and similar in size. I needed the ones that screwed right into the mobo's mounting plate - and this was not mentioned in the instructions. Works fine, keeps my overclocked CPU running below 55C when I'm rendering or editing."
"For shipping times, I am located in Arizona, and Corsair is located in California...if you live on the other side of the country, or worse, the planet, I'm certain you can expect a longer wait considering they used standard shipping during the return. If you would like to pay more for shipping (cause who doesn't! If you are planning on getting this product, I highly recommend you mentally prepare yourself for the possibility that it might fail on you. However, I am NOT giving this product five stars, as it broke after a month, and because Corsair made me pay for return postage."
"Waterline failed on less then one day."
"I contacted Corsair and found out they don't cover shipping and the RMA process could take over a month!"