Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Liquid or Air Cooling?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Liquid or Air Cooling?

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Posted onPost created on September 20 2023 19:04 ET by Remy Mermelstein

I've seen pros and cons to both... wondering what yall are using, and why you would not go the other way or not?

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Posted onPost created on September 21 2023 15:36 ET by Thiago Braga

Remy Mermelstein wrote:

I've seen pros and cons to both... wondering what yall are using, and why you would not go the other way or not?

In my opinion Liquid Cooling is Cooler than Air. biggrin

Sincerely, I don`t know. But on mine aways the Liquid.

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Posted onPost created on September 22 2023 08:52 ET by Andrew Vane

I have air cooling and one of my son's has liquid cooling. I can't tell you which is better but the liquid cooling took up a lot more space in his case. IMHO its not really needed unless you plan to overclock. I also installed and reinstalled it several times (like a USB flash drive haha).

I think the most important thing is air flow through the case overall. I had my case up against the underside of my desk and blocked in the back and relocated to get better air flow (and upgraded to a new 120mm pc case fan). All is working much more smoothly now.

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Posted onPost created on September 22 2023 12:00 ET by Thiago Braga

Andrew Vane wrote:

I have air cooling and one of my son's has liquid cooling. I can't tell you which is better but the liquid cooling took up a lot more space in his case. IMHO its not really needed unless you plan to overclock. I also installed and reinstalled it several times (like a USB flash drive haha).

I think the most important thing is air flow through the case overall. I had my case up against the underside of my desk and blocked in the back and relocated to get better air flow (and upgraded to a new 120mm pc case fan). All is working much more smoothly now.

Correct.
You want to achieve a better air flow on your PC, or you might overheat and damage your hardware. So, thermal paste should also be applied on your CPU cooler.

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Posted onPost created on September 22 2023 13:58 ET by Mike Bell

I've always been air cooled and I have a couple of aerosol cans of PC dust cleaner right nearby. It gets dust out real good.

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Posted onPost created on September 22 2023 14:35 ET by Remy Mermelstein

Thank you all for the feedback, Sounds like aircooling is more than sufficient unless overclocking. I plan on getting a full tower case so not sure space is too much of an issue. Thermal paste is absolutely part of the plan.

Thanks!

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Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 02:22 ET by Adam Magiera

I do strictly water cooling, but I do tend to run overclocked so air would not be sufficient

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Posted onPost created on November 14 2024 21:35 ET by Eric Haack

Liquid cooling. In my present rebuild I started with the Corsair H115I but when I tried to install it, the wiring connecting were on the radiator and not a usual pigtail with slack. I couldn't get to the connections much less all the additional wires for RGB control.
I went with the NZXT Kraken 280 MM instead. No lights but I don't use them, and the wiring is far simpler.
Thermal compound? Kingpin Jayz2cents did some comparisons https://youtu.be/RhaEOEGDb94?si=M2JCBc4e7cnh8tcl

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