Air cooling is to use copper or other high thermal conductivity materials to fit the surface of the cpu (or other heating elements), and introduce heat to be dispersed on the radiating fins through a heat pipe, and blow by an active fan, or passively cooled by natural wind
Water cooling is to use copper or other high thermal conductivity materials to flatly adhere to the cpu surface (or other heating elements), and the heat is introduced into the water channel in the water cooling head. The water carries the heat to the cold row through the water pipe. The cold row is a flat metal heat sink with a flat metal heat sink inside. Multiple lines of micro-channels carry water through a large number of z-shaped radiating fins in the middle. When the water flows through the fins, the temperature is reduced (active fan blowing or natural cooling), and then return to the water block through another water pipe to complete the water. Cooling cycle
Generally speaking, there is nothing advanced or not. They all make up for each other. The water cooling is complicated and troublesome, and the air cooling takes up the volume. For example, the early Maxim machine guns require a thick barrel heat dissipation jacket for water cooling. The later machine gun technology development only depends on The cooling holes can replace water cooling.
At present, in terms of component heat dissipation, the advantage of water cooling is that for large heat generation, it is not like air-cooling, and it is easy to pile up, and it is more suitable for heat dissipation with high heat generation. General heat dissipation air cooling is sufficient or excellent air cooling is also stronger than general water cooling, but water cooling is needed for huge heat generation
