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Air cooling is just better (usenet.lol)
submitted 11 months ago by tekeous@usenet.lol to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Air is better than water

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Because a water pump, water block on both the CPU and GPU and tons of tubes, don't take up much space?

[–] Aradia@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine having a big Noctua on every component...

EDIT: I wanted a Noctua but with my two big GPUs, there is no space for a Noctua... and depends on which motherboard also includes water cooling tubes already built-in.

water cooling with space jpg

water cooling with space 2 jpg

Much more space on CPU (at least you see the RAM and other components), yeah, depends on how you built it. The PC can "breath". When I said "you need a lot of space" I mean on the CPU, if your RAM and 2 GPU is all near there... all the heat gets concentrated.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

DIY Perks on YouTube did a beautiful machine with a Noctua cooler on a GPU. All with a nautical theme.

[–] Aradia@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As I have more GPUs, inside the case it's full of components and with a Noctua (if it even fills in) would be hard to "breath". It's not that difficult to understand...

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Big air coolers don't fit because there isn't enough height off the CPU inside the case. An O11 Dynamic (regular size) doesn't fit an NH-D15, for example, but it fits water cooling with at least one regular thickness 360mm rad on top just fine. (And also one on the bottom, and a thin one on the side).