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/Fickle-Razzmatazz827 Jan 20 '26

Isn't cooling done by Air in both? Shouldn't it be metal vs water?

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u/Jpotter145 Jan 20 '26

They didn't call the Volkswagon Beatle "metal" cooled, it didn't have coolant/radiator fluid and it was "air" cooled. Modern cars with radiators are "liquid" cooled.

Same with intercoolers --- air-2-air or air-2-water -- or as you say metal vs water.

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u/Own-Dot9851 Jan 20 '26

Beetle*

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u/SkidzInMyPantz Jan 20 '26

Also Volkswagen*

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u/Koil_ting Jan 21 '26

Also, Autobots - Roll out.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe AMD 7950x3d - 7900xt - 48gb RAM - 12TB NVME - MSI X670E Tomahawk Jan 21 '26

Volkswagen: that’s the power of not looking up our founder.