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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I am all about comically large air coolers. Quiet, effective up to like 200W and zero leaks. Watercooling looks better though. Tubes.
The one thing that I don’t like about air coolers is how every case positions the motherboard vertically, which means the heatsink (if giant like mine) applies a lot of torque on the motherboard. I have never had this cause a problem, it just does not sit well with me
Could build or print a support bracket a la GPU brackets?
Yeah, definitely. The more I think about it though, the less important I think this is. I suppose there’s good reason that GPU brackets are popular and nobody bothers with a CPU heatsink bracket.
I realized that just the CPU cooler mounting pressure already loads the motherboard like a beam with a point load. This certainly results in some bending stress already, so perhaps the additional stress from the weight of the cooler hanging off the board is really not significant.
… I just lay the whole thing down on its side so I stop thinking about it.
Ehhhh I mean yeah but it does worry me too, especially if the board isn’t high end. Laying it sideways is a good strat ngl.