Alyssa Shearrow is a Commerce Writer from the United States. She is an experienced PC builder, with a background working in System Integration and a focus on water-cooling. She's the "go-to" friend ...

Air vs liquid cooling for gaming PCs explained, comparing thermal performance, noise, cost, and reliability to help you ...

Every PC needs some kind of cooling mechanism to transfer heat away from the processor, at which point you'll need to choose between air cooling and liquid cooling. As a PC enthusiast who builds my ...

No one wants their CPU toasted to an eight-core crisp! Keep yours chill with the right CPU cooler. Here's how to make sense of PC air cooling, water cooling, stock coolers, and even custom loops. I ...

Computers get hot, and they must be cooled. Your average store-bought PC uses a system of fans to pull heat off major components such as the CPU (central processing unit), graphics processor and hard ...

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 ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to fit a fill port to your PC water cooling system. While filling a reservoir isn't hard, doing it in close proximity to your hardware, or with your PC powered on, ...

A PC case interior can quickly get cluttered and messy once you start adding water-cooling gear and multiple graphics cards, but reader Peter Morey has shown that you can still make an intricate ...

Maintaining an efficient cooling setup is crucial for any gaming PC. Without proper airflow, heat can accumulate inside your case, causing components to throttle performance or shorten their lifespan.