Cooling System Engineer

[Michael641]

Who works on the design and implementation of cooling systems in computers?

 

[Gam3r01]

Im dumb. Ignore that.

 

[giantbucket]

typically a mechanical engineer, not a computer engineer. whether the heat is a CPU or a blowtoch makes no difference to there being plenty of extra heat to transfer and get out.

 

[Gam3r01]

I totally read cooling as coding. My bad.

Yes, cooling is mechanical engineering. Thermal transfer is the same concept across all platforms, its the same mechanic.

 

[lodders]

i'm a mechanical engineer, and I can't believe the weird ideas that people come up with when cooling their computers...

Basic advice... True 99% of the time

Memory heat spreaders don't do anything.
Either have all your case fans blowing IN at the BOTTOM of the case, or all of them blowing OUT at the TOP
Two 120mm case fans is plenty for all normal computers. If you have a big overclock or two graphics cards, you may need 3 fans.
The stock cooler is plenty for Intel processors up to and including a fast i5
If you are running such a big overclock that you need water cooling for your Intel CPU, you are also shortening your Intel CPUs life by excessive overclocking.
Don't worry about cable management causing overheating, unless of course you wrapped your cables round the heat sink.
A cheap case performs about the same as an expensive case.
Thermal paste - all of them perform about the same
Idle temperatures don't matter