The CLC/AIO water coolers do generally offer superior performance at high TDP, but in my experience, they are not terribly reliable. Across multiple models, generations, and brands, I've had a number of them fail (pump failure or gradual loss of coolant) long before their design lifetime. As such, I've really soured on them. Good Air is now Good Enough.
I do still use a custom loop on my main PC (now a Ryzen 3950X) but I recognize that some degree of maintenance is required from time to time. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [H] liquid cooling ? is liquid cooling worth the trouble ? hype. all the reviews I read do not really show any better performance then my Noctua cooler on my 9900K. I get 30/34º c idle and usually no more then 55ºC full load (95+watts on cpu) running RC5 to load. not overclocked, have not pushed anything in years. my bad I find the AIO units interesting and would like to play but I will need a new case (:( Thanks hohoho\ fuf
