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Brommers in reply to @chez_jay

For the same reason that, unless you drive a Beetle, 2CV or pre-996 Porsche, your car (if you have one) probably uses water as a coolant and has a water to air heat exchanger or radiator. Fluids are far more efficient at absorbing and dumping heat than air. Same reason the radiators in your house are full of water, not air. Hopefully.

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chez_jay in reply to @Brommers

What I'm specifically saying is that the radiator should be on the outside. Like it is on a fridge, or building's AC system. There are good reasons not to do this on a car.

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useless in reply to @chez_jay

I mean, the radiator goes at the edge of the case so the heat can be directly exhausted.

If you use a normal air cooler, it still has a radiator (and heat pipes) but it's right in the middle, on top of the CPU, and generally relies on the case fan to get the hot air outside.

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