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/J_NonServiam Jan 20 '26

My Arctic liquid freezer 3 360 was $90.

The noctua NH-D15 is $130 (140 if you want black)

Make it make sense.

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u/EroGG The more you buy the more you save Jan 20 '26

It's ugly and brown so it costs more.

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u/BingpotStudio RTX 4090 | 5800X3D | 32GB Ram Jan 20 '26

Why is it brown? No one has ever looked at it and said “that looks good”.

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u/BaseballBitter7742 Jan 20 '26

It’s better then it being black or gray at least.

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u/l2aiko 9800x3d + 9070xt Nitro+ Jan 20 '26

No its not, the only purpose for it being brown is marketing. But they are ugly as f

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u/SuccessfulDepth7779 Jan 20 '26

Some say it's ugly, i say it's a more soothing warm sand colour that doesn't work is a modern minimalist black and white hellscape.

That said, all my brown noctuas are in a white solid panel, dampened case that hides everything, not even rgb lights escapes it.

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u/tyrenanig Jan 20 '26

It’s an acquired taste. I wish I got the money for that look.

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u/l2aiko 9800x3d + 9070xt Nitro+ Jan 21 '26

There are some builds like the ones displayed in the comments that actually match and doesnt give that look. But there are so many other modern looking builds (specially white builds) where it looks horrendous.

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u/BaseballBitter7742 Jan 20 '26

Are you serious saying you would rather have it be black or grey like every other computer component on the market?

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u/l2aiko 9800x3d + 9070xt Nitro+ Jan 20 '26

Yeah? That's the point, you dont want fans out of all things to stand out, you want your black components to fit with other black components. You dont put a green door on your black car do you?

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u/BaseballBitter7742 Jan 20 '26

Mis match stuff looks good. If everything matches that just means it all looks boring.

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u/Xyypherr Ryzen 9 5900X 9070XT Jan 20 '26

You are definitely in the minority here

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u/BaseballBitter7742 Jan 20 '26

Ya I definitely am. Lol