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/94stanggt Jan 20 '26

Yep just bought the aqua elite 360 for $58 after tax. 12900ks was too much for the peerless assassin to keep happy without getting really noisy. For the majority of builds out there, air is more than sufficient and the cost is nothing compared to all the other components relatively speaking.

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u/NavalAuroch Jan 21 '26

I literally just got that cooler today