What is the difference between active and passive cooling in reference to cooling a CPU? What would an Intel Heatsink-Fan be classified as?
Active cooling means it uses a fan, passive cooling means it's just a heatsink without a fan. So an intel heatsink with a fan would be active cooling.
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To add to PriMaTe, temp and noise factor into why people might choose a passive or active cooling.
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