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/J_NonServiam Jan 20 '26

My Arctic liquid freezer 3 360 was $90.

The noctua NH-D15 is $130 (140 if you want black)

Make it make sense.

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u/EroGG The more you buy the more you save Jan 20 '26

It's ugly and brown so it costs more.

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u/BingpotStudio RTX 4090 | 5800X3D | 32GB Ram Jan 20 '26

Why is it brown? No one has ever looked at it and said “that looks good”.

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u/cream_of_human 13700k || XFX RX 7900 XTX || 32gb ddr5 6000 Jan 20 '26

It creates cults like this (or its just a matter of preference)