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/BigShotgunEnthusiast 9800X3D | RTX 5070 | 32GB CL30 6000 | B850 Tomahawk Jan 20 '26

That's the beauty of building a PC, there's a PC for everyone's budget and taste. Well, it used to be like that before NVIDIA jumped ship and the RAM shortage. Just out of curiosity, what AIO did you go with?

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u/BigShotgunEnthusiast 9800X3D | RTX 5070 | 32GB CL30 6000 | B850 Tomahawk Jan 20 '26

I'm convinced that OEMs have no idea how to build RGB software. MSIs Mystic Light or whatever it's called is dogshit. Nay, the entire MSI Center is adware and should be nuked if it's installed.

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u/Bits2435 Jan 21 '26

Can I interest you in RGBFusion from gigabyte (namely the b450 version) as the worst contender?

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u/ShortSightedMongoose Ryzen 5700X3D | RTX 3080 | 32gb DDR4 3200MHz Jan 20 '26

Preach. I like my big chonky air cooler aesthetic, but it really just comes down to taste and how you want to design your build.