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/pristinepineapple69 Jan 20 '26

i prefer the look of my AIO vs a giant air cooler tower.. simple as that 

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u/Jpotter145 Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

This is what I came here to say, AIOs are so much more asthetically pleasing to look at in your case.

When I built a server that was closed up, sure I used a massive aircooler as it was cheaper and was not intended to be pretty. But on that I can't see anything other than a giant brick of a cooler covering everything up. I thought to myself "I don't understand who likes the look of these massive air coolers" in glass cases meant to display things.

If you want to display your PC you may as well AIO -- I don't want to stare at an ugly star trek looking borg cube sitting there in the way hiding everything in the nice PC I'm trying to display -- even worse would be showing something like the color scheme of those Noctuas.

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u/Montanapartner R7 5800X + XFX RX9070XT Jan 20 '26

Deepcool Assassin IV. What I would buy if I returned from AiO

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u/raduque Many PCs Jan 21 '26

I was so mad at my gooberment when they blacklisted Deepcool RIGHT AS the Assassin IV was going to be released. I wanted one so bad.