HWC has published several analyses that deserve to be revisited. Although they are not from today—or even yesterday—we still consider them useful in practice. Whether it concerns comparative tests of different case designs (from relatively conventional mid-towers to fully passive solutions), a large overview of SSD coolers, or an examination of how an inexpensive CPU cooler copes with changing thermal loads.
Do you know how much of an impact a case’s design can have on the temperatures of PC components? We examined this issue some time ago, resulting in some remarkable cross-sectional tests.
- Link to analysis: Retrotest: 8× PC case. From small to “large”
Should you use the SSD cooler included with your motherboard, or would a third-party model be better? It depends on the specific circumstances. You may find answers to your particular question in our test, which compares more than a hundred coolers.
- Link to analysis: More than 100 models tested. Overview of (M.2) SSD coolers
Historical but still highly illustrative tests: How does a cooler’s efficiency change as the thermal load varies? Sometimes, power consumption exceeds the cooling capacity of a given design—but until it does…
- Link to analysis: Arctic Freezer 33 tasting different heat intensities
English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš
