But you can rest assured, given the preponderance of air-cooled partner cards on the market, that Nvidia designed the RTX 5090 primarily for air cooling. It'll still be a beast.

January 31, 2025: Added all-new recommendations for the best air and liquid coolers, including the best new air cooler, the Noctua NH-D15 G2. The Quick List. Best AIO. 1.

You need to cool your PC’s processor no matter what, but you can do so in different ways—with a heatsink and one or more fans for old-school air cooling, or with an AIO liquid-cooled setup as ...