340: Like a Bong for Your CPU

About this episode

The episode discusses CPU cooling solutions, focusing on liquid cooling and modern hardware testing.

Brad's tired of throttling his CPU due to an inadequate heatsink. Will's been spending a lot more time testing PC hardware of late. Between those two things, we thought it was a good time to do a check-in on CPU cooling, and primarily liquid cooling, so we can establish the facts on the ground about modern AIOs and custom loops with an eye toward helping Brad decide what to get. Turns out, there's more to know than ever, and yet it's also never been simpler. We also talk a little about modern air cooling, CPU spikes in Windows, and other stuff!

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith

Topics covered

• CPU cooling
• liquid cooling
• PC hardware
• AIOs
• custom loops
• air cooling

Keywords

• CPU
• heatsink
• liquid cooling
• AIOs
• custom loops
• air cooling
• Windows

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Windows

Products: CPU, heatsink, AIOs, custom loops, air cooling

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