{"id":282646,"date":"2026-10-30T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/?p=282646\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:11:38","slug":"mission-accomplished-hwcooling-techtour-is-a-thing-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/mission-accomplished-hwcooling-techtour-is-a-thing-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Accomplished: HWCooling Techtour Is a Thing of the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Intel (2024)<\/a>, Nvidia (2025)<\/a>, and AMD (2026)<\/a>. Over the years, we managed to bring representatives of very large companies to Slovak schools, for which we are grateful. That goes for the schools, the university production team, and the self-governing regions as well. We believe we accomplished something useful, but this trilogy has crossed the finish line. In any case, where something \u201cold\u201d ends, a new episode or series begins.<\/p>\n

The first edition of HWCooling Techtour<\/a> took place in more intimate settings, where, together with Intel (processors) and Gigabyte (motherboards, but also PC cooling components), we visited three secondary schools. In order, these were in \u017dilina (Secondary Vocational School of Electrical Engineering)<\/a>, in Martin (Secondary Industrial Technical School)<\/a>, and finally in Liptovsk\u00fd Hr\u00e1dok (Secondary Vocational School of Electrical Engineering)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\u00davodn\u00fd<\/a>
The inaugural HWCooling Techtour was successfully aligned with the worldwide launch of Intel Arrow Lake processors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We believe these were attractive conferences, and even here there were competitions for valuable prizes, whether a processor, a motherboard, or an AIO liquid cooler. For these schools, too, we produced posters with a breakdown of PC components, and we left behind physical samples of items that, if I remember correctly, had not passed quality control. That has no effect on their use for teaching purposes, however. The main thing is that students got an idea of what everything looks like in its current, modern guise.<\/p>\n

After positive feedback from the participating schools, the second edition took place at Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1 Secondary Industrial School<\/a>, and two days later we were in Martin again<\/a> to carry out a live broadcast for schools connected online<\/a>. Not only Nvidia but also HWiNFO truly gave this event an energy that sent shivers down the spine. Martin Mal\u00edk, thank you for coming and speaking. We deeply appreciate this initiative.<\/p>\n

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\"Mateusz<\/a>
Mateusz Brzostek (Endorfy) comparing a PC power supply to power plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And for the third time, 2026, in which, besides a larger number of schools and school types (religious schools, art schools, grammar schools… everyone who has an \u201cIT\u201d subject and is interested joined), the decision was also made to provide interpreting for foreign speakers. Endorfy<\/a> (2025) was still purely in English. For the nationwide conference in Martin<\/a>, the participants prepared at Poprad Secondary Vocational Technical School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Ako<\/a>
How does a heatpipe work? Arthur from DeepCool covered that too at HWCooling Techtour \u201826<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HWCooling Techtour is gone, but we will continue our efforts at schools. In a somewhat different way, perhaps with better preparation, we will see. There are certainly some shortcomings, let us call them that, in the current model. Something useful has already been achieved, though, for which we also thank the self-governing regions, which paid for the production of large-format posters with a breakdown of thematic components which were provided for the participating schools. In cooperation with company representatives, we gave them the \u201cprofessional foundation,\u201d but they would not have come about had we lacked the funds for them. Thank you for the trust. Thanks also to Datacomp<\/a> (2024 and 2025) and Tich\u00e9PC<\/a> (2026), whose team also showed how cabling for a PC power supply is made.<\/p>\n

\"Takto<\/a>
This is what one of the school classrooms looks like, its walls decorated with posters breaking down PC components<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Fun facts: <\/strong> The common denominator of all three editions of HWCooling Techtour was the participation of the Axagon<\/a> brand, which focuses on expansion devices. And besides the main players, a trio of \u201csecondary\u201d ones took turns: Gigabyte<\/a> (2024), MSI<\/a> (2025), and Asus<\/a> (2026). The last of them (Asus) also brought a team of people who demonstrated live processor overclocking using liquid nitrogen (and in this way, with a Ryzen 9 9950X3D under the direction of Slovakia\u2019s most successful extreme overclocker, an exceptional result<\/a> was achieved).<\/div>\n

English translation and edit by Jozef Dud\u00e1\u0161<\/em><\/p>\n