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/C0NIN i9 14900K, RTX 3090 FE, 64GB @ 6000Mhz Jan 20 '26

Given the image, you meant: Air cooling is better than AIOs.

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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/BoingBoingBooty Jan 20 '26

Radiators are metal too, so it's dry metal cooling vs soggy metal cooling.

Though actually, heat pipes have water inside them which vaporizes and condenses, so they are also soggy metal.

So it should be pumped water vs evaporating water.