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Technical articles and links to all the manufacturers, suppliers and vendors of fans and coolers for cases, chassises and processors.
Actually, the links etc all being put in the manufacturer's listings. This will cover the more in depth and news related items.
Heatsink Database - Excellent resource
Gaming in 3D have a great article comparing Zalman's CNPS7000Cu vs to Thermalright's* SLK-900U
(* Broken link last I tried!)
Incidentally, I swear my the Zalman's myself.
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Here's a little thing that may interest you, what happens if you fan fails? Tom's Hardware did a comparative video a few years back.
Here's the findings:
| Processor |
Socket |
Chipset | Temperature
reached | Effect |
| 2Ghz P4 | 423 | i850 | 29°C / 84°F | App. slows down
CPU survives |
| 1Ghz PIII | 370 | i815 EP | 38°C / 100°F | App freezes
CPU survives |
| 1.4Ghz AMD | 462 | Via KT133 | 370°C / 698°F | App crashes
CPU and motherboard go up in smoke |
| 1.2Ghz AMD Palomino | 462 | Via KT133 ? | 298°C / 568°F | App crashes
Thermal Diode fails
CPU goes up in smoke |
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