Comment on My friend is buying a new PC and he is deciding between air cooler and AIO, which should be get?
the_q@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Air cooling is superior to AIOs. The difference in thermals isn’t worth the price, increased failure points or aesthetics.
Water cooling is intellectually interesting to me and I love the aesthetic but I would never choose it for my build. I don’t have disposable income if something went really wrong. I also would never clean the water.
I never have to think about my air coolers, I love them.
You don’t change the water on an AIO, it’s an all-in-one. I’ve never had a leak, but I did have a pump that failed so it stopped cooling and made a terrible noise
AIO don’t have a leaking issue but overlocking isn’t really a things anymore so I view it as a waste of money imo. I do agree that it looks cleaner but all my pc builds are not displayed so outside of performance, it does not matter to me with how it looks.
Boost clocks depend on thermal headroom. Better cooling will get you better performance still, even if you aren’t manually over clocking.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I don’t want water in my computer, simple as that.