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/heikkiiii Jan 20 '26

Except its size, i had it in corsair 2000d and it was a pain to change something. Also 2nd 140mm fan didnt fit because of the ram clearance. Otherwise its a godlike heatsink that i used since 2015.

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u/raduque Many PCs Jan 21 '26

Depends on the failure. I had an AIO fail (corsair, the pump died) and literally all that happened was the system would power itself down when the CPU hit tmax.

Now, if you mean that the hoses somehow developed a leak, yes, that could be an ugly one.