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7/13/2025, 2:39:54 AM
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AIOs are more effective, can dissipate more heat more quickly, can have their large part, the radiator, almost anywhere, even outside of the case, premium air coolers are not (much) cheaper, they make for a cramped case, block easy access to headers around the CPU socket, DIMMS etc. and they can't buffer as much heat as a large radiator can, they need to react more quickly to CPU activity by spinning their fans up and down again which creates a nervous and annoying noise pattern even if it's not loud. With a radiator you can put one or two temp sensors in between it's fins and have the fans only react to the rising temperature of the radiator which takes longer and happens much more slowly than with the heat sink of an air cooler resulting in a less annoying noise pattern. This is my personal experience with air coolers and AIOs over several generations.
AIOs are more effective, can dissipate more heat more quickly, can have their large part, the radiator, almost anywhere, even outside of the case, premium air coolers are not (much) cheaper, they make for a cramped case, block easy access to headers around the CPU socket, DIMMS etc. and they can't buffer as much heat as a large radiator can, they need to react more quickly to CPU activity by spinning their fans up and down again which creates a nervous and annoying noise pattern even if it's not loud. With a radiator you can put one or two temp sensors in between it's fins and have the fans only react to the rising temperature of the radiator which takes longer and happens much more slowly than with the heat sink of an air cooler resulting in a less annoying noise pattern. This is my personal experience with air coolers and AIOs over several generations.
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