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Link to article (Overclockersclub.com)Almost every component in a computer generates some amount of heat and usually this heat can, and will, hinder the performance of your computer. Usually when you hear about heat, you think of the CPU, the graphics card, or even sometimes the north bridge. But for most people, the hard drive does not come to mind right away. After all, they aren't performing millions of calculations every second. However, hard drives do spin at amazing speeds; up to ten thousand revolutions per minute, which is faster than most car engines. This spinning, coupled with the seeking for data, can generate large amounts of heat that can wind up slowing your read rate, increasing the CPU usage while accessing the drive, and, in extreme cases, cause your drive to fail. The Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler aims to help with this problem.
The Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler is a lightweight heatsink that attaches to your hard drive, giving the drive additional area for the heat to go and additional surface area for the heat to radiate off of. As the cooler's name implies, the heatsink fins are constructed of aluminum, while the cooler also utilizes an additional four heatpipes that arc across the unit. The cooler is passive, so no additional noise should be present from using this device. Let's take a more in-depth look at exactly how well the Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler performs!
Link to article (Overclockersclub.com)One thing that has always plagued computers is heat. The physics behind the computer is where this heat comes from, and if too much heat is present, you will see your computers performance drop, and even in extreme cases, become unusable. To battle this problem of heat, a heatsink is used. These heatsinks transfer the heat from the computer's main chip, the CPU, to itself, which has a larger surface area, allowing the heat to dissipate faster. Most heatsinks nowadays are growing larger and larger and attempting to get more and more air flowing over them. Recently, the idea of the heatpipe, a hollow pipe filled with a liquid that has a low boiling point, was introduced and a lot of heatsinks then added these to their spec sheets. What CoolerMaster did with the Hyper212 was shrink the heatsink's size but increased the number of heatpipes that run through the heatsink. While the Hyper212 does not hold the record for the number of heatpipes, it does have more than most, coming in at four. They also allow for two fans to be attached to the heatsink to add additional airflow, where most heatsinks only have one. Will these changes allow the CoolerMaster Hyper212 to outperform its larger brothers? Let's find out.
Link to article (Overclockersclub.com)Most people that use notebooks love them, even though they have several obvious flaws. Two of the most notable flaws that most notebooks have are the heat generated by them and the poor quality of the speakers. What TITAN aims to do is to address two of these flaws with one product, its G5T Notebook Cooling Pad. The G5T uses USB audio to power two speakers, both of which the notebook rests on to elevate the bottom of the notebook, allowing for increased airflow under the chassis.
