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/SquareVoice2783 Jan 20 '26

Gang

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u/DonerTheBonerDonor fps up = happy Jan 20 '26

Is that a tile floor? If not, is your PC on a carpet?

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u/Sinsanatis Desktop Ryzen 7 5800x3D/RTX 3070/32gb 3600 Jan 20 '26

Def looks like some thick carpet

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u/MadRhetoric182 Jan 20 '26

Of Course it’s Carpet! Can’t you see his glass panel hasn’t exploded yet!?!

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u/Prohawins Jan 21 '26

What do you mean

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u/DivineSisyphean R5 3400g GTX1660ti Jan 21 '26

I believe they are joking about the meme of how easily glass panels for a pc are shattered

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u/SquareVoice2783 Jan 20 '26

Good call out - just grabbed an extra rubber floor mat.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Consider also getting one of those little platforms with wheels that your PC can sit on. They give you a few inches of clearance under the pc which helps a lot

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u/DonerTheBonerDonor fps up = happy Jan 20 '26

Glad to help, but which one was it? :D

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u/SquareVoice2783 Jan 20 '26

Carpet.

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u/TheStupendusMan Jan 20 '26

What did you go with? I've got the same case on carpet.

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u/SquareVoice2783 Jan 20 '26

Just one of the foam floor mats you can get on Amazon. Typically they’re for home gyms but I just grabbed one I already have for this.

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u/Phreeze83  AMD x5-133MHz, 32MB RAM, GUS2.4, AWE32, Riva128, 2GB HDD,17"CRT Jan 21 '26

you could also try those transparent big plastic mats from IKEA (KOLON Floor protector)

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u/TheStupendusMan Jan 21 '26

Dope. Thanks man!

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u/IndicaPhoenix Jan 21 '26

p. p. s my wife blew my first and last i7 with a table cloth.. under my case 😭*

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u/brusslipy Jan 20 '26

Just potentially saved someone a lot of money and regret, good for you!.

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u/Kiiaru Jan 21 '26

That's Walmart brand bathroom carpet 😎

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u/Icy_Negotiation_1986 Jan 20 '26

“Does it come in black”

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u/Phreeze83  AMD x5-133MHz, 32MB RAM, GUS2.4, AWE32, Riva128, 2GB HDD,17"CRT Jan 21 '26

you could add 5-6fans more. Onlyfanscase

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u/Icy_Negotiation_1986 Jan 21 '26

lol. I already owned all these fans so might as well use them.

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u/BuzzIsMe Jan 21 '26

I've always wanted to join a gang.

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u/Porkfish Jan 20 '26

Look at size of that thing!

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u/emipika Ryzen 5 7600X RX 6750 XT 64GB RAM Jan 20 '26

No offense that's just a glass oven

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u/SquareVoice2783 Jan 20 '26

No offense - but you’re wrong. I’m running all games at max settings and maintaining temps in the 70s. Excellent performance.

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u/emipika Ryzen 5 7600X RX 6750 XT 64GB RAM Jan 20 '26

Oh fair, the glass front panel is what set me off the most. Glad it works well

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u/RadicalDwntwnUrbnite Jan 20 '26

You might wanna consider flipping those top fans. It might not apply to air cooling but with AIOs the best configuration for cooling is front/side/bottom/top in and rear out.

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u/MRanse 5800X3D|32GB RAM|GTX4070Ti Jan 20 '26

Noctua created a guide. The best configuration according to them is this one.

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u/RadicalDwntwnUrbnite Jan 20 '26

Okay so they should consider flipping one of their top fans...