Effective heat removal from the processor requires the cooling system, whether it is passive or active, water or air. Air cooling systems are represented by coolers, ordinary or tower, the principle of operation is one - dispel heat accumulated on the radiator. Currently, the CPU cooling device is quite extensive, so that even to the inexperienced user will be good to know which cooler is installed on the processor of his computer.
Definition of CPU Cooler
Being the main element of the cooling of the "computing heart" of the PC, the cooler itself is a rather modest component. Most often, it is represented by Boxing, i.e. Going complete with a processor fan, for mounting the CPU acquired socket. At the same time, it is programmatically impossible to know its model, as the cooler does not have a complex electronic filling, it will always be no more than "CPU_FAN" for the system. Its interaction with the motherboard is limited only to power consumption and the adoption of commands on the need to install a velocity of rotation, depending on the temperature of the processor or user preferences. In order to find out his model, you need to study the accompanying documentation that went along with it or with the CPU, but if there is no one, it remains only to open the computer and inspect the cooler itself.
If you have not changed the cooler from the time of installation of the processor, and the fan itself walked complete, most likely, you are waiting for "Box" cooler from Intel or AMD.
Unlike AMD Intel models, standard and unified, while the "red" fans can be represented in several variations. For old models:
And for the newest (even with the "native" RGB-backlight):
However, if the computer got from another user and you know that he himself mounted a cooling system, then you can meet a third-party tower cooler, information about which will be given on a moving core:
Or even water cooling represented by pump on the processor, the tubes from which lead to a separate cooler.
In some cases, you can even see passive cooling, produced only with the radiator.
See also: Making quality cooling processor
As part of this article, a single reliable way to find out which cooler is on the processor, and the most common cooling types that can wait for the user "under the hood of its typewriter".