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Or overall less noise, especially in smaller cases where you can't fit an extremely large (read: large fan) direct attached air cooler. Larger fans mean more c

Or overall less noise, especially in smaller cases where you can't fit an extremely large (read: large fan) direct attached air cooler. Larger fans mean more cooling per dB. Also, water coolers have a lot more thermal mass (because, water), which means that the fan noise that remains can be less annoying as it doesn't ramp up and down as fast with CPU usage, assuming you're driving your fan curve from water temp and not CPU temp. So it's not fair to say they're just about "showing off" IMHO. There's actual quality of life benefits if you care about noise.

iasay 4y ago
I’ve built several air cooled and water cooled PCs. The benefits are over spoken by a mile. You can run CPUs at far higher temperatures with no net noise increase. And it costs a lot less and has less maintenance. The larger Be Quiet coolers are far quieter than the best water cooling solutions out there and the only maintenance is vacuuming out the crap once a year. Edit: also as a friend found the air coolers don’t pee all over your RTX2060 and blow it and the power supply up.
- kube-system 4y ago
  Arguing over everyone’s favorite equipment without a particular application and set of goals in mind is silly. It’s like a formula one driver and a truck driver arguing over which vehicle is best. There’s no “benefits” to one over the other. They have different characteristics which make them suitable for different applications. I have a PC on my desk with a GPU which already comes with the largest air cooler that will fit on it. I wanted to make to it quieter. Water cooling accomplished that. I have servers in a closet where I don’t care about noise and I don’t want to maintain them. I use air coolers there. Use the right tool to accomplish the goals you want to accomplish.

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Or overall less noise, especially in smaller cases where you can't fit an extremely large (read: large fan) direct attached air cooler. Larger fans mean more c

by phs2501 4y ago

iasay 4y ago
I’ve built several air cooled and water cooled PCs. The benefits are over spoken by a mile. You can run CPUs at far higher temperatures with no net noise increase. And it costs a lot less and has less maintenance. The larger Be Quiet coolers are far quieter than the best water cooling solutions out there and the only maintenance is vacuuming out the crap once a year. Edit: also as a friend found the air coolers don’t pee all over your RTX2060 and blow it and the power supply up.
- kube-system 4y ago
  Arguing over everyone’s favorite equipment without a particular application and set of goals in mind is silly. It’s like a formula one driver and a truck driver arguing over which vehicle is best. There’s no “benefits” to one over the other. They have different characteristics which make them suitable for different applications. I have a PC on my desk with a GPU which already comes with the largest air cooler that will fit on it. I wanted to make to it quieter. Water cooling accomplished that. I have servers in a closet where I don’t care about noise and I don’t want to maintain them. I use air coolers there. Use the right tool to accomplish the goals you want to accomplish.