A new cooler shouldn't be the first thing on your mind.

So, you recently acquired a new CPU cooler, but your system still heats up enough to fry an egg. The fans are screaming, your temper is rising with the CPU's temperature, and you're just about to rage ...

So, you're a few months or a year into your build, concerned about high CPU temperatures, even when your chip is mostly idle. It's easy to pin all the blame on your CPU cooler, especially if it's an ...