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Air is better than water

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

Quieter, less point's of failure, and in many cases taking up less space. I have compressed air for dust. In the consumer sphere and almost any enthusiast sphere, air cooling > > > water cooling

[–] Ibaudia 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't use compressed air on your fans while they're plugged into the board! It generates current that feeds into your mobo. Usually nothing bad happens but there can be problems associated with it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That "usually nothing bad happens" will have to do.

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