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 ...

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 ...

Building a powerful PC often raises one big question: is water cooling necessary for PCs, or is air cooling enough? With modern CPUs pushing higher wattage and turbo speeds, thermal management plays a ...

In the deep, dark past of computing, water was the default means of keeping a computer cool. Now, in the 21 st century, it is making its presence felt again. If you compare the use of water to air as ...

Every computer, from the smallest of home theater PCs to the most hulking of gargantuan gaming rigs, generates heat during operation—heat that can kill your PC’s precious internals if you’re not ...

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 ...

Custom water cooling just took another step towards being a viable option for many more system builders, thanks to Corsair. With its Corsair CH405i iCUE Link water cooling kit, it has provided a ...