Cold CPU

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What is the best way to keep your CPU cool, if not cold? If it involves a product, please tell me.

 

Thanks,

Scott

 

[mikat]

3 minutes ago, ScottThePC said:

What is the best way to keep your CPU cool, if not cold? If it involves a product, please tell me.

 

Thanks,

Scott

 

liquid helium, but it's not really that practical

 

watercooling is more practical

 

what's your budget?

[Messisan321]

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[FrenchToast]

One of the best "practical" ways to achieve the coolest temperatures would be via phase changing.

 

I say "practical" because even though it's quite advanced, it's not completely "impractical" like liquid nitrogen, where it's pretty much impossible to maintain.

 

Linus has a guide here: 

 

It's pretty insane, but its give equally insane results...

[Castdeath97]

I would stick with air cooling if you want the best value to money and don't want to spend much, otherwise water cooling is fine with a decent AIO.

[ThinkWithPortals]

11 minutes ago, ScottThePC said:

What is the best way to keep your CPU cool, if not cold? If it involves a product, please tell me.

 

Thanks,

Scott

 

Air cooling your CPU using something like a tower heatsink is cost effective and performs well, especially with some of the higher end coolers like the Noctua NH-D15, CRYORIG R1 and be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3. AIOs aren't worth it IMO because they have more points of failure than a traditional air cooler for not much performance increase over a quality air cooler, and they're normally substantially more expensive. If you really wanted to go balls to the wall you could do LN2 or phase change cooling but both are pretty impractical and not really suited for everyday use.

TLDR: If you want good performance and low noise for a reasonable price, go for a high-quality air cooler.

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24 minutes ago, mikat said:

liquid helium, but it's not really that practical

 

watercooling is more practical

 

what's your budget?

My budget is around $350.

 

19 minutes ago, FrenchToast said:

One of the best "practical" ways to achieve the coolest temperatures would be via phase changing.

 

I say "practical" because even though it's quite advanced, it's not completely "impractical" like liquid nitrogen, where it's pretty much impossible to maintain.

 

Linus has a guide here: 

 

It's pretty insane, but its give equally insane results...

I like the idea, but I don't have $1500 to spend on that.

 

20 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

I would stick with air cooling if you want the best value to money and don't want to spend much, otherwise water cooling is fine with a decent AIO.

 

14 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Air cooling your CPU using something like a tower heatsink is cost effective and performs well, especially with some of the higher end coolers like the Noctua NH-D15, CRYORIG R1 and be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3. AIOs aren't worth it IMO because they have more points of failure than a traditional air cooler for not much performance increase over a quality air cooler, and they're normally substantially more expensive. If you really wanted to go balls to the wall you could do LN2 or phase change cooling but both are pretty impractical and not really suited for everyday use.

TLDR: If you want good performance and low noise for a reasonable price, go for a high-quality air cooler.

Ok, thanks.