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Air is better than water

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's definitely easier, simpler and cheaper.

Water cooling can be quieter, though. Some big radiators and you can cool a gaming PC with hardly any airflow.

[–] Custoslibera 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, it’s the GPU fans that are the real noisy ones. I can tolerate a noctua CPU cooler but GPU’s are like jet engines under load.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use a PowerEdge T620 as my daily driver, let me assure you the CPU fans at full speed can be heard clearly through 3 closed doors :P