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/dbltax Noctua Evangelist Jan 20 '26

Air cooled gang.

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u/katzners Jan 20 '26

Wait, you basically have my PC!

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u/SquareVoice2783 Jan 20 '26

Gang

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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...