Alyssa Shearrow is a Commerce Writer from the United States. She is an experienced PC builder, with a background working in System Integration and a focus on water-cooling. She's the "go-to" friend ...

Combined cycle power plants have become in large measure the de facto replacement for the many coal plants that are being retired. A particular aspect of these new plants is that they are often ...

Every PC needs some kind of cooling mechanism to transfer heat away from the processor, at which point you'll need to choose between air cooling and liquid cooling. As a PC enthusiast who builds my ...

Every computer, from the smallest of home theater PCs to the most hulking of gargantuan gaming rigs, generates heat during operation—heat that can kill your PC’s precious internals if you’re not ...

In the deep, dark past of computing, water was the default means of keeping a computer cool. Now, in the 21 st century, it is making its presence felt again. If you compare the use of water to air as ...

Air cooling and water cooling are the two main temperature control options for your home computer. And if you’re the type of person who enjoys building your PC from the ground up, you’ll know just how ...

I’ve stated it before on Hackaday but one of the most interesting engineering challenges posed to me this year was “how could you store enough energy to power a decent portion of a home for several ...

We haven't had any reports of the PlayStation 5 overheating (yet). However, that didn't stop a Vietnamese PC modder from creating a custom water-cooling solution for the console. That's right; someone ...