They might be seen by some to be out of fashion these days but the humble air cooler still has a lot going for it. In the past few months I've built a range of gaming PCs and none did I enjoy building more than the latest, featuring a chunky air cooler at its centre. This got me thinking: why are we so quick to ditch the air cooler, anyways?
The past decade has seen a shift from air to liquid cooling. Liquid cooling promised easier installs, more flexibility, more pizazz, and even, in some instances, lower temperatures. That's still true of liquid cooling today, generally. Though on that last point, just because a 360 mm radiator has the potential to be better than your average single or even dual-tower air cooler isn't a death knell for all air coolers, in fact it's quite the contrary.
