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everdriveyesterday at 2:09 PM5 repliesview on HN

Liquid-cooled computers have one major benefit; usually, your computer ages over time, and there's a long period where it's still barely fast enough but you wish you had something nicer. A liquid-cooled workstation prevents you from needing to manage this grey area by catastrophically failing at unexpected intervals.


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carlosftyesterday at 3:21 PM

I had to re-read this three times. My sarcasm detector must be on the fritz.

buildbotyesterday at 3:10 PM

Also prevents you from messing with it too much, as any substantial change requires draining and refilling your loop.

wing-_-nutsyesterday at 2:31 PM

Had me in the first half.

I looked at using an AIO for my PC build but ultimately went with an air cooler the size of a damned rubix cube and a high airflow case.

My room gets toasty with raytracing titles, lol

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KronisLVyesterday at 3:21 PM

I got an Aigo AIO (AC SE 240) off of AliExpress and use it as an automated reminder that my system needs an upgrade: once it stops working (with an upper bound of maybe 4-5 years), I'll know that it's time! Didn't even need to pay extra for that feature!

eagegseggyesterday at 9:15 PM

DANG will show up to censor people for their politics but never for the actual garbage comments.

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