The difference between air cooling and water cooling

Air cooling is good.

Air cooling: For mid-to-high-end air-cooled processors, the best-selling products all adopt a U-shaped heat pipe tower design. The principle is to "suck" the heat out through the radiator base that is in direct contact with the top cover of the processor, and then quickly transfer it to the heat dissipation fins through the heat pipe.

Air cooling uses wind as the heat dissipation medium. In fact, the medium is air. The efficiency is relatively low, easy to install, and does not occupy a large area. Water cooling uses water as the heat dissipation medium. It has high efficiency, takes up a large area, and requires the installation of a professional cooling tower.

Meaning

Air cooling is a type of cooling method, which uses air as a medium to cool objects that need to be cooled. Usually it is to increase the surface area of ??the object that needs to be cooled, or to speed up the rate of air flowing through the object per unit time, or a combination of both methods. The former can be achieved by adding heat sinks to the surface of the object. The heat sink is usually hung outside the object or fixed on the object to make heat dissipation more efficient. The latter can use fans (fans) to enhance ventilation and enhance the cooling effect. In most cases, cooling efficiency can be greatly improved by adding heat sinks.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Air Cooling