Also, the amount of control you have over the fan speed may range from not much to quite a lot. Generally the more expensive the motherboard, the more control you have. On a cheaper board you may only get the option of slow, medium or fast! Many people still prefer 3-pin fans because of the amount of control they offer. If you have a 3-pin fan it means that the fan spins at a constant speed or by using a fan controller you can change the speed of the fan.
They even work on a 4-pin fan header. A common misconception is that you have to keep your eye on the temperature and keep adjusting it at regular intervals. However you do need to set the fan speed while all of the cores in your CPU are under full load.
Search the net for such programs. Currently, CPU Burn-in is a popular example of this type of utility. That way no matter how much load your CPU is under, you know it can handle it.
When you have done setting the fan, it will be running slower and quieter than it would have been at full speed. The very first thing you need to do is know about your motherboard is your socket type see step 1 if you are not sure.
Popular socket types at the moment Nov are , AM2 and the new, up and coming So as well as choosing a cooler you must also choose one that is compatible with your particular socket type. Currently, a lot of CPU coolers are compatible with most of the popular socket types although there are some only support one socket type. Yes, you always need a CPU cooler, though stock ones do well enough if you don't overclock.
Just make sure it's attached right. Intel stock coolers are a bit trickier than AMD's. Silverion, to explain why I'm not considering your 'alternatives' is simply because I can't buy them.
I live in South Africa, and apart from the expensive internet and massive latency when playing games, we don't really have that many options when it comes to buying hardware. Something as simple as a CPU cooler costs twice as much here than it does in America. And our options are limited when it comes to manufacturers.
Those are basically the only ones I am willing to buy, because all of the other options are just fans. With my situation in mind, which out of those do you find preferable? I live in South Africa You must log in or register to reply here. I have a Cryorig C7 cooler. CPUs 14 Sep 27, Post thread. News Comments. Question Super giving me worse frames than a ?
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