Category - Aircooling

Alder Lake’s cooling problem straightened out by 5 degrees! – Simple ILM-Mod for Intel’s LGA-1700 socket | Practice

Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs run hot, very hot. A few weeks ago, Igor had already identified the bending of the CPU and motherboard due to the LGA1700 socket as a potential cause for this. Today I’ll show you a simple modification that can gain up to 5 °C in CPU core temperatures, and it almost couldn’t be simpler. Thanks (again) to [...]


Noctua NH-P1 CPU Cooler Review – Passively Cooled or Massively Overrated?

The first prototype was unveiled at Computex 2019, and it has since become a retail reality. Noctua recently unveiled their new cooler, and today we’re going to take a look at it with and without fans. The following article will tell you how he does in each case: Packaging and scope of delivery Gigantic external dimensions already indicate [...]


Noiseblocker NB-eLoop X B12-PS ARGB PWM Review – Not cheap but quiet and colourful | Lab test with sound samples

Just under 28 euros is not cheap, but still significantly cheaper than an ARGB fan from Corsair. Blacknoise advertises the Noiseblocker BP12x-PS-BL PWM ARGB as a particularly quiet running bionic fan, which relies on the proven rotor blade design and a magnetic barometric bearing. The whole rotor is not white, but transparent and is illuminated [...]


SilentiumPC Fera 5 CPU air cooler in test – cool insider tip?

We already had a good air cooler from SPC in the form of the large Grandis 3 in review, the newest member of the compact Fera series should now also perform well. Whether you should give in to the temptingly low price, you will find out in the following article: Packaging and scope of delivery They curiously sent me both versions of the cooler [...]