How to choose the right Cpu heat sink? Liquid cooling or Air cooling?

Posted by carlzhou9 on January 14th, 2020

As we all know, high temperature is the enemy of integrated circuits.The high temperature will not only cause the system to run unstably, the service lifespan to shorten, but also cause some parts to burn out.The heat that causes high temperatures does not come from the outside , but inside.The role of the heat sink is to absorb this heat keeping the temperature of the computer components normal.

The kind of heat sink is various, CPU, video card, power supply and so on, among which Cpu heat sink can be the most frequently touched .Subdivision of heat dissipation, can be divided into air cooling, heat pipe, water cooling and so on.

Cpu heat sink is one of the necessary accessories in the computer, and plays an important role in the system, the current mainstream of the CPU heat sink mode is mainly divided into two categories, one is liquid cold plate, another is air-cooling heat sink. Liquid cold plate includes water cooling, oil cooling, etc., mainly water cooling, and air cooling is a common heat sink with a fan embedded in the heat dissipation, which is the most various and the most commonly used. Water cooling using liquid in the pump driven by forced circulation can take away the heat of the heat sink. Compared to air cooling, it has cooling stability, less dependence on the environment and other advantages.

Generally speaking, water cooling has a better ability than air cooling, but the price is more expensive. And the performance of integrated water cooling heat sink is equivalent to the top air cooling.