Comment on Air: Where did that bring you? Back to me.
frezik@midwest.social 11 months ago
Surface area of the fin stack matters. An air cooler will always be limited by the space available around the CPU. A water cooling radiator has more flexibility to be placed in around the case.
That said, having less than a 360mm AIO is probably a waste. Also, higher end Intel chips these days are so power hungry that they can’t be physically cooled properly with the surface area available on the package.
soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
“having less than a 360 AIO is a waste” no, the entire SFF community would disagree with you there