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China has made AIO air coolers cheaper and more reliable. They are ๐Ÿ˜ beautiful and really want one with that infinity mirror but I am terrified of one leaking and destroying my entire computer.

I'm struggling to pick an AIO water cooler or a gigantic air cooler

(Random air cooler pictured above)

Is water-cooling safe? Or is it bourgeoise decadence?

scared ^___^

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[โ€“] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fuck that buy a Thermalright Peerless Assassin, tests have shown liquid isn't reliably better than air. Any of the good, inexpensive dual tower coolers will give you very similar performance and so much less fuss.

[โ€“] grazing7264@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I just did the math and it seems like the Antec NX500m case I have won't fit the Peerless Assassin (Phantom Spirit) I bought unless I put the fans in the reverse position, which would be a shame because it would hide the cheap aRGB infinity mirror fan I got for it ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐ŸŒˆ

NX500m MAX CPU cooler clearance โ‰ค 155mm

PS120/PA120 = 157mm height / 40mm default RAM clearance

RAM = 51mm Clearance

51-40mm = Must raise 120mm fan by 11cm from default position

New PA120 height = 167mm (which โ‰ฅ155mm NX500m max clearance)

i hate building computer thonk-cri kitty-cri

[โ€“] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Damn that is a skinny case kitty-cri-screm