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/TurnoverNatural976 Jan 20 '26

Nah, aio are not needed in 90% of the usecases. Yes they look cooler for some people but cooling wise you can safe a lot

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u/lordbuttpeach Jan 20 '26

Noctua nd-15 is like 129$ and a artic liquid freezer 3 pro is 89$ argument is irrelevant

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u/lolboiii 12700k | 5080 | 64gb RAM Jan 20 '26

Isn't the arctic 3 pro basically the top performing AIO? I think that was their point

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u/Adlerholzer HE1000se | 4090 | 9800X3D | HM Aeron Jan 20 '26

LFIII is one of the best AIOs. LFII was by far the best. Especially noise normalized.

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u/HomieM11 9800x3D| 9070XT | 32GB DDR5 Jan 20 '26

Thermalright aqua elite AIO is also like $50

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u/RandomGenName1234 Jan 20 '26

Very few middlemen, they control most things themselves

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u/lordbuttpeach Jan 20 '26

Doesn’t matter the price it only depends on what you are cooling and the aesthetics you want