An expensive VGA cooler could be the answer to VGA heat but we built our own for under $5.

Gigabyte's 3D Rocket-SE heatsink is the stripped down version of the impressive 3D Rocket Pro that previously blew us away.

It's efficient, impressive and quiet. That's a triple in the heatsink game and Gigabyte's in a good position to steal home.

If your notebook is experiencing BSODs or complete shut-downs then the culprit be a dusty, dirty CPU and heatsink. This means it's time to clean it and gain back stability. Just how to do it is what this guide is all about.

Thermalright has come back with a vengeance. Their latest heatsink, the XP-120, is truly unique.

How many have thought a ADSL/DSL modem could generate enough heat to cause instability? We went where others haven't looked and packed on additional cooling power to, of all things, the modem.

Low temperatures are what we want. PC cases become like Swiss cheese riddled with fan holes in the quest for cooling. Is there an optimum configuration? Is one cooling fan enough or is it the combination of fans? One PC case was set aside and filled with fans to find out just what combination works best for airflow's effect on heat.

The thought of hanging a heatsink that weighs nearly 2lbs. on the motherboard scared the crap out of me. I had nightmares about the socket giving way under the strain and this copper behemoth crashing down to the bottom of the pc case taking the processor and video card with it. The Zalman CNPS7000A-CU pure copper heatsink tips the scales at 733 grams (1.61 pounds) and, quite frankly, is one of the best heatsinks for noise, ease of installation and cooling efficiency.

One look through the Titan website and one fact stands out. Titan produces quiet cooling solutions for both AMD and Intel processors with not one heatsink generating over 33 dB(A). The Titan TTC-CU5TB may look "cool" but looks can be deceiving.

I dropped in at my favorite place to spend money the other day, AMK Computers, and they said "Give this a try". It always starts that way doesn't it? At first glance I thought the ADDA B53 CPU Cooler was rather plain and boxy.