THE HEATSINK GUIDE - News Archive (January 2005)

New version of ThrottleWatch Thursday, January 20, 2005 / Tillmann

As most of you probably know, Pentium 4 class CPUs can detect overheating, and will reduce their speed if they get too hot. Users might not even notice this. If you want to be sure that your CPU isn't throttled due to overheating, check out ThrottleWatch. A new version was made available today. The software is free.

New cooler reviews Tuesday, January 18, 2005 / Tillmann

In the past days, we've seen a three reviews of interesting heat pipe based coolers: CoolerMaster Hyper48 Heatsink review at PimpRig.com - universal heatsink for P4 (LGA and Socket 478) and Athlon 64. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 LGA77 at Tweaknews.net - low-noise cooler for P4 LGA only. TECHNIZ.CO.UK reviewed the TITAN Vanessa CPU Cooler - universal cooler for Socket478/LGA/Athlon XP. Also noteworthy are the following reviews: Zalman VF700 AlCu VGA Cooler review at NeoSeeker - for those who find their VGA cooler too noisy. Koolance PC3-720 review at HardwareHell - a case with integrated watercooler. Club Overclocker reviewed the Kingwin Ultra-Cool - an unusual notebook cooler. As always, read reviews critically!

New article about heat pipe technology Sunday, January 9, 2005 / Tillmann

Ever wondered how a "heat pipe" works? I have just posted a new article explaining heat pipe technology.

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