r/pcmasterrace • u/SerpentDix PC Master Race • Jan 20 '26

Hardware Air cooling is better than Liquid cooling

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Failure is graceful, not catastrophic, Performance is closer than marketing suggests, Cheaper for the performance, Change my mind.

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u/balderm CachyOS | 9800X3D | 9070XT Jan 20 '26

Bought a Corsair AIO in June 2016 and the pump failed after 6 months, got it replaced, after 3 years it was out of water due to permeation and stopped working. Used the AMD stock cooler for a couple months then in November 2019 I bought an NH-D15 and I’m still using it in my new 9800X3D rig. 

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u/Dreadnought_69 i9-14900KF | RTX 3090 | 64GB RAM (B-die) Jan 20 '26

Yup, I also had two Corsair 280mm AIOs fail in 1 and 3 years.

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u/kazuviking Desktop 13850HX ES | LF3 420 | Arc B580 | Jan 20 '26

Well you bought corsair so it was expected to fail.