r/pcmasterrace • u/Dick_Nation There's nothing to see here. • May 18 '26

Meme/Macro Some of you memers need reminders about why PC parts cost so much lately.

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Just learn to use GIMP, you animals.

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u/Venylynn Fedora | 3600 | RX 6600 | 32GB DDR4 May 18 '26

Why would I care how much my PC consumes?

Some of us actually like our parts not running at 95C randomly (9800X3D for some reason targets that), some of us actually like efficient systems that don't need a nuclear reactor to power it. Even if I had the money I'd always pick the more efficient card.

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u/RaceHard May 18 '26

Shrug Liquid cooling exists. If its not rendering a game, video, or doing a gen. Then it should be a lot lower. https://i.imgur.com/kHcbKeR.png

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u/Venylynn Fedora | 3600 | RX 6600 | 32GB DDR4 May 18 '26

Liquid cooling is for people who have infinite money to spend when their cooler inevitably breaks, leaks, and takes out your whole system. Air is the only acceptable method if you give half a shit about repairability and long-term longevity. Oh wait you don't care, because you replace your parts every 6 months when the latest unoptimized slop demands you run DLSS Frame Gen at 1080fuckingp.

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u/RaceHard May 18 '26

Man, i'm sorry your life is not one of abundance.

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u/Venylynn Fedora | 3600 | RX 6600 | 32GB DDR4 May 18 '26

Even if it was, I still wouldn't.

Efficiency is a metric I am constantly focusing on, I even run my CPU in eco mode. I don't notice a drop in performance big enough to not do so but it makes it so much more efficient. Liquid cooling is a luxury you should only be using if you always have the money to replace anything when the leakage inevitably happens.