Cooling a 4690k with water, is it worth it?

[officiallyasimulator]

Hey guys, i am wondering if water cooling a 4690k with a custom loop is worth it. i live in australia so i want it to stay cool during our 40+ degrees celcius days. it wont be overclocked straight away, but i will eventually OC it.

[Lord Pantaloons]

If ambient temps really are an issue then I would say it is worth it but you should start with an AIO cooler to see if that's enough before committing to a full loop.

[Sadistic_Potato]

Note that custom loops cost a lot of money. You can't cheap out anywhere because water could leak all over your components. If the rest of your rig is top-end, I could suggest you go for it, but if it isn't, just upgrade something in your system. You'll see a much more noticeable difference than getting a little more OC on your CPU and good looks. 

[VincentiusIV]

You could get an Noctua NH-D15, which delivers same performance and quite operation compared to a kraken x61 or an h100i

[Dredgy]

Put an aircon on (or have one installed). Can be done cheaper and it  cools you as well as the PC.

[ind3x]

What other parts would be in the system?

If you're going to run some high end graphics cards it might be worth it, otherwise the NH-D15 or an h100i performs quite well.

[novasae]

If ambient temps really are an issue, you should probably use an AIO water cooler like the H100i or H105.

Custom loop watercooling looks better but there's a lot of effort and cost involved (mostly cost). If you've got a 4690k in your system anyway, it's probably middle-ground so it may not be worth putting loads of money into cooling it.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Hey guys, i am wondering if water cooling a 4690k with a custom loop is worth it. i live in australia so i want it to stay cool during our 40+ degrees celcius days. it wont be overclocked straight away, but i will eventually OC it.

 

Do you have 450+ AUD to spend on a custom loop? If not, how both you get a NH-D15, Kraken X61 or Nepton 280L first and see how that fares?