Can you feel your PC or Mac running hot? We've found the best ways to check processor temps on your Windows PCs and Macs.

CPU monitoring utilities have a reputation problem, and it is not about accuracy so much as the junk that often rides along ...

I'm trying to figure out what is causing some overheating problems in a new system. It's got a TBird 1.2/266 on an AOpen MK7A. The MK7A has a temp probe inside the CPU socket, and I want to make sure ...

Heat is not a new problem in computer and semiconductor design. It goes back all the way to ENIAC in 1946. In the early 1950s, companies air-conditioned their computer rooms to combat heat. Starting ...

A 3D-printed Janus microchannel heat sink inspired by desert beetles enables ultrafast bubble removal and prevents CPU thermal throttling.

Delidding a CPU is the process of removing its integrated heat spreader, or IHS. This is quite a drastic procedure and runs the risk of damaging or even breaking your processor. But — and it’s a big ...

Cooler Master has just taken the wraps off of a couple of next-gen CPU coolers with the introduction of the new G11 AIO and V8 3DVC, both capable of keeping high-end CPUs cool with up to 300W. The new ...

Under normal circumstances, the CPU in your desktop PC generates modest amounts of heat; a smart fan on top of the CPU runs just fast enough to keep it cool. At this speed, you barely hear the fan.

Scythe has expanded its air cooling lineup with the introduction of the Kotetsu Mark 4, a compact single-tower CPU cooler ...

A fairly straight forward question: can I mount a heatsink rotated 90 degrees? Specifically I'm looking at socket 1156 and the Scythe Mugen2 which comes with a backplate. I'm not sure if the mounting ...

When you look at an Intel CPU straight out of its packaging, you'll see a large piece of metal sitting on top of a piece of silicon. That piece of metal isn't actually the CPU itself, rather a heat ...