Air Cooling

Discover more about Air Cooling with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.

DeepCool AK620 and AK400 G2 Review

Second-generation AK coolers deliver strong thermal performance, quiet noise levels, and your choice of woodgrain top covers or a digital display.

Cooler Master V4 and V8 3DHP

Cooler Master’s 3DHP heatpipes, in its Master V4 and V8 coolers, are the biggest advancement in air cooling technology in years. But early adoption comes at a price.

Montech NX600

Montech’s NX600 is a new dual-tower air cooler powered by six heatpipes and two 28mm thick high-performance 120mm fans. We’ve tested it with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D to benchmark its thermal efficiency.

Arctic Freezer 36-S

We tested Arctic’s entry-level Freezer 36-S with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and it did better than you might expect for a single-tower air cooler.

Sudokoo SK620V and SK700V

We tested Sudokoo’s unique SK-series air coolers on the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Read the full review to see how they deliver big performance without annoying noise levels.

A TechTuber has constructed a bulbous 15x fan PC case side panel as a cooling experiment. It seems to do a good job.

The Fanhattan Project

"Now I am become airflow, the destroyer of CPUs"

Noctua celebrates its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit

A photo showing PC hardware being installed into a freezer temporarily

Trashbench succeeded where others failed, thanks in large part to the size of his freezer, which helped prevent large temperature swings that cause condensation.

MSI MPG CoreFrozr

The MSI MPG CoreFrozr features 8 heat pipes, a nickel-plated copper base, and a 6-inch LCD.

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