Water cooling for PCs explained: performance gains, costs, noise levels, and whether liquid cooling beats air for gaming, overclocking, and daily use.

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 ...

September 4, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Water has a high thermal conductivity, meaning it absorbs heat very easily—even moreso than air. As such, it's ...

There was a time when all-in-one liquid cooling solutions for PCs and CPUs were the exception rather than the rule. In 2024, most CPU coolers for the PC DIY market feature a closed-loop water cooling ...