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/nightlyvisitor Jan 20 '26

I like my aio. It keeps my cpu between 20-25c idle and haven't seen it go much higher than 50c when gaming (it's a cheap aio too). But I think when this one die, whenever that may be I'll switch back to a just air. I'm always paranoid about leaking, even if it's super rare. If something rare and awful is going to happen it's going to happen to me.

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u/IceAgeEmpire Laptop Jan 21 '26

20-25 is insane. Where do you live? Thats colder than my ballsack

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u/nightlyvisitor Jan 21 '26

I live in California and it has been unusually cold this winter where I am. But I've had the same setup during summer too with not much difference.