COMPUTERS CAN BE NOISY so and so’s, can’t they? Whether it’s the high-pitched whine of an AIO pump, the whirr of an HDD, or the roar of a gaming laptop’s fans, we’ve all heard the effects of systems trying their best to mitigate heat. Thermal design has come a long way in the past few years, with each new generation of components producing less waste heat for the level of performance on offer.