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GELID Launches HeatPhase Ultra Phase Change Thermal Interface
GELID has today unveiled its new Phase Change Thermal Interface which has been developed with cutting-edge technology and designed to meet the demands of the latest high-performance CPUs. GELID HeatPhase Ultra The HeatPhase Ultra is effectively an alternative to Thermal Paste and offers a thermal transfer layer without any mess.…
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Alphacool Launches Their APEX Series Soft Thermal Pads
Alphacool have launched their new APEX Series soft thermal pads offering the high thermal performance you come to expect from Alphacool Alphacool APEX Soft Thermal Pads Excellent thermal conductivity thanks to the new Apex thermal pads Soft! Alphacool’s high-performance thermal pads offer a variety of advantages compared to a standard…
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Embr Wave is a Personal Thermostat on Your Wrist
An interesting Kickstarter project called Embr Wave has more than surpassed their $100,000 goal with 14-days to go. What exactly does it do? It is a device that goes on the wrist like a watch, but it claims that it is able to control the person’s immediate temperature. Feeling cold…
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Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Delidding Analysis
Introduction Intel has been utilising poor quality thermal interface material since the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture which increases the thermal values and restricts the overclocking headroom. Modern CPUs are engineered with the silicon die being cooled through a pre-applied integrated heatsink and conductive thermal layer. This method is used because the die emits…
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Bad Mirrors Set Solar Thermal Plant On Fire
When it comes to renewable energy there are a few options, from the power of the sea in tidal factories or the wind in a wind farm, your options are as numerous as the earth offers. An alternative to classic solar farms are the solar thermal plants, like the Ivanpah…
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Nintendo NX May Contain Kinect-Like Features
Rumours galore surround the Nintendo NX, the successor to the Wii U. Now it seems like another one has come forward thanks to a patent showing off what seems to be Kinect-like features. Nintendo took the console market by storm when it released the Wii back in 2006. Featuring motion…
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Gelid SpeedTouch 6 Fan Controller Review
Introduction Gelid are one of the leading names in the cooling market, so much so that we extensively use their Gelid Extreme thermal paste in all of our CPU cooler benchmarks for a good reason; as do many other people around the world. Gelid do much more than create thermal…
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Maxwell Graphics Cards Rumored to Feature New Turbofan Cooling Solution
After successfully announcing the entry-level GeForce 740 and the grand (and expensive) GeForce Titan Z, NVIDIA seems to be ready to announce the long-awaited Maxwell-powered graphics cards later this year. However, with great power also comes great temperatures. This is where the GeForce 700 series, which was the first lineup…
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Two Singapore Based Teams Create Heat Cloaking Device
Cloaking devices have always been a subject up for debate, either shape cloaking, thermal cloaking or any other type of cloaking device. Apparently, thermal cloaking has been a subject more people were interested in, and even brought forth from the imaginary realm to the real world. Two teams based in…
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