Let's face it; with today's processors heat is an ever increasing issue. While some of us opt for the more exotic cooling methods on the market, i.e. Phase Change, Dry Ice a.k.a Dice or even LN2 for the extreme overclocker, most people will never have need for such cooling methods in their day to day computer use. For someone looking for a mild to mid range overclock or just looking to improve the cooling efficiency of their system is where aftermarket cooler manufacturers like Deepcool, Noctua and Cooler Master come into play as most stock heat sinks offer at best minimum cooling over Intel and AMD's specifications. Aftermarket coolers offer a significant improvement in cooling, which offers the end user the ability to achieve higher overclocks and system stability while helping to increase the lifespan of their system components without having to make the move to extreme cooling methods.



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