China has made AIO air coolers cheaper and more reliable. They are 😍 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?
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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.
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 😭🌈
NX500m MAX CPU cooler clearance ≤ 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 ≥155mm NX500m max clearance)
i hate building computer
