Corey handles cooling: thermal paste, pads, delidding and liquid metal. He explains where the heat goes in plain numbers and is suspicious of any cooler box that prints a wattage without saying how it was measured.
How to choose a CPU air cooler: towers, top-down and low-profile designs, heat pipes, fins and fans, noise figures, socket mounts, clearance and when an AIO fits. Keep reading »
The best thermal paste for a CPU is non-conductive, needs no curing and comes in a sensible tube. How to read specs, four picks by use and a liquid metal warning. Keep reading »
Thermal pad vs thermal paste: paste goes on CPU and GPU dies, pads fill measured gaps over VRAM, VRMs and M.2 drives. How to pick thickness, plus three picks. Keep reading »
Isopropyl alcohol for cleaning thermal paste: why 90 to 99 percent, which wipes, the CPU lid and cooler base, paste in the socket, liquid metal and drying time. Keep reading »
How much thermal paste on a CPU: a 4 mm bead for most desktop chips, more for long or large lids, a thin film on laptop dies, and how to check the spread. Keep reading »
What TDP, PL1, PL2 and PPT really mean, why cooler watt ratings are not a standard, and how to size a cooler for a stock or overclocked CPU, old or new. Keep reading »
How to repaste a desktop or laptop CPU: when it helps, safe cooler removal, cleaning, paste amount and pattern, even mounting pressure and the first temp check. Keep reading »
Liquid metal moves heat far better than paste but conducts electricity and attacks aluminium. Where it pays off, where it does not, and how to apply it safely. Keep reading »
Which Intel chips hide paste or solder under the lid, how delid tools compare with vise and blade methods, how to relid or go direct die, and what it gains. Keep reading »
