While seemingly basic compared to the other components, your computer's fan actually plays a massive role in maintaining the system's optimal performance. It does so by regulating the internal ...

Ive been having a wierd problem with my CPU fan, when I start my computer up it hums rather loudly for about a min then the loud humming subsides. Now recently it will periodically make a diff higher ...

When balanced mode secretly behaves like performance.

June 17, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google First things first: I'd probably stop hitting your laptop because that isn't going to help. Unless you're The Fonz ...

Fans in our high-powered PCs keep getting bigger and louder, since our high-powered CPUs and high-powered video cards keep pumping out more and more heat. And no matter how “silent” they’re advertised ...

Whether they want to be or not, many PC enthusiasts are well-acclimated to noisy fans; however, some choose quiet operation over impressive overclocking. Of course, that's exactly the problem: ...

I have just received approval from accounting (the spouse) for putting together a new sytem for my 40th birthday!<BR><BR>Case: Antec Sonata II or P180<BR>CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800<BR>GPU: ...

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.