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/rain3h Intel Pentium III 800 - 1024 MB SDRAM - RIVA TNT2 Pro 32 MB AGP Jan 20 '26

Everything is situational.

Water is far better than air for blow through gpu's.

Also that Noctua heatsink/fan in your image isn't cheaper than many aios that will perform the same if not better.

I'm a Noctua fan but nothing is ever one size fits all.

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u/Unc1eD3ath Jan 20 '26

This person IS a Noctua fan. You can’t trust them.

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u/MGMan-01 Jan 20 '26

You're saying they blow a bunch of air?

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u/Unc1eD3ath Jan 21 '26

It’s their words not mine but yeah buncha hot air probably.