Fan cooled and water cooled Bitcoin miners, any difference?

[5W-KILO]

I am seeing new solo miner from BitAxe/NerdAxe which are water cooled, that same cooler that gaming PC used to make the CPU gets cooler, my question about this miners is if the water cooled miners are way cooler than the fans on others.

Have anyone able to buy both fan BitAxe/NerdAxe miner and a water cooled BitAxe and compare their cooling results?
I want to know, because if the water cooled is more effective then the BitAxe will survive for longer, I believe.

Anyone have experience about this?

[FP91G]

I am seeing new solo miner from BitAxe/NerdAxe which are water cooled, that same cooler that gaming PC used to make the CPU gets cooler, my question about this miners is if the water cooled miners are way cooler than the fans on others.

Have anyone able to buy both fan BitAxe/NerdAxe miner and a water cooled BitAxe and compare their cooling results?
I want to know, because if the water cooled is more effective then the BitAxe will survive for longer, I believe.

Anyone have experience about this?

Water cooling is more efficient and allows for higher overclocking than air cooling. However, water cooling is more expensive, and if you damage something, finding a replacement part will be more difficult, and repairs will be more expensive.
For the BitAxe/NerdAxe, I'd use a copper heatsink and expensive thermal paste.

[Mia Chloe]

I am seeing new solo miner from BitAxe/NerdAxe which are water cooled, that same cooler that gaming PC used to make the CPU gets cooler, my question about this miners is if the water cooled miners are way cooler than the fans on others.

Water obviously has a higher specific heat capacity than air so it's a better cooling element, what's gonna even be more efficient is if the cooling fluid is allowed to circulate but the biggest problem with this is water is also a conductor of electricity so it's a threat to electrical components because of short circuiting.

So water cooling is more efficient but its also more expensive and when it comes to maintenance and repairs it's also gonna be more expensive than air cooling.

[philipma1957]

Bitaxe = under clock and aircool

Watercooling for a bitaxe is a waste of money.

I could give the reasons why.

Bitaxe earns 3 cents a day mined pps+ to viabtc

Super cooled with water it can earn 4 cents a day mined pps+ viabtc.

For the 1 cent a day earning you earn 3.65 a year it never pays off.

Just set your bitaxe to 800gh vs 1th and air cool it.

[Outhue]

OP is worried about the longevity of these BitAxe miners, and I understand but I've hardly read about dead BitAxe miners simply because they are air cooled rather than water cooled, here is the fact, a BitAxe that's fate to have problem later will surely have problems whether they are air-cooled or water cooled it doesn't matter. I feel it's better to buy a air cooled ones since the difference in hashrate isn't that significant, but it doesn't hurt if you want the water cooled as they kinda look better than the air cooled versions.

[joniboini]

I wonder if there are stats on how often liquid cooling fails on miners. I'm a computer enthusiast myself, and I noticed that some people stick with air cooling for various reasons, including easier management. I've been using one for my computer myself, but I expect the stress will be higher if you're using it to cool a miner. My country is quite hot too, I wonder if there'll be any difference. I don't know someone to test them nor can I do it myself sadly.

[ABCbits]

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For the BitAxe/NerdAxe, I'd use a copper heatsink and expensive thermal paste.

Personally i wouldn't bother with expensive thermal paste. At least for computer and laptop parts, the difference between expensive and normal (not cheap/no brand) ones is rather small (below 5 celcius degree).

[FP91G]

I wonder if there are stats on how often liquid cooling fails on miners. I'm a computer enthusiast myself, and I noticed that some people stick with air cooling for various reasons, including easier management. I've been using one for my computer myself, but I expect the stress will be higher if you're using it to cool a miner. My country is quite hot too, I wonder if there'll be any difference. I don't know someone to test them nor can I do it myself sadly.

Ready-made solutions like mining containers have many drawbacks, according to miners.
A huge advantage of water cooling is that it can be built using plastic pipes, pumps, and radiators, and many miners do this.
This is usually done for additional utility, such as heating a house, a pool, or a greenhouse. In other cases, air cooling is cheaper and simpler.

[LanternSapphire]

wwater-cooled miners run cooler and quieter, but they’re also more complex than the fan-cooled ones are simpler and already good enough for small setups like BitAxe.