The CPU generates a large amount of heat when it is working. If the heat is not dissipated in time, the cpu may crash or burn down. Cpu heat sinks are used to cool the CPU, so cpu heat sinks play a decisive role in the stable operation of the CPU, so it is very important to choose a good cpu heat sink when assembling the computer.

Classification: Air cooled cpu heat sink

Reason: CPU will generate a lot of heat when it is working

Note: It is very important to buy a good cpu heat sink

Heat sink classification

The CPU heat sinks can be divided into three cooling types: air cooling, heat pipe cooling and liquid cooling 

Air cooled cpu heat sink

Air cooled heat sink is the most common type of heat sink, including a cooling fan and a heat sink. The principle is to transfer the heat generated by the CPU to the heat sink, and then take the heat away by the fan. It should be noted that different types and specifications of CPU use different heat sinks. For example, AMD CPUs processor and Intel CPUs processor use different cpu heat sinks. Intel 478-pin CPUs use different cpu heat sinks and Intel 775-pin CPUs. 

Heat pipe cpu heat sink

The heat pipe cpu heat sink is a heat transfer element with extremely high thermal conductivity. It transfers heat through the evaporation and condensation of the liquid in the completely enclosed vacuum tube. Most of these fans are "air cooling + heat pipe", which has the advantages of both air cooling and heat pipe, and have extremely high heat dissipation.

Liquid cooling heat sink

      The liquid cooling cpu heat sink uses liquid to forcefully circulate under the drive of a pump to take away the heat of the cpu processheat sink. Compared with air cooling, it has quiet, cooling stability, and less dependent on the environment and so on.