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I would have thought the risk of an AIO leaking when moving the machine would be much lower than the risk of motherboard strain from a heavy heatsink.

Was originally planning on Ryzen 3600 with a smaller air cooler, but now i5-9600K seems like the best bet for that price point. If I'm getting a 9600K might as well OC it.

I'm going to visit my parents for a while and I'm planning to build a gaming computer that will live at their house. Since this computer will likely sometimes be moved around or driven to different places, an AIO seems like it could reduce the risk of damage compared to a heavy air cooler. But are there any concerns with using an AIO liquid cooler for a system that will often be turned off for months at a time?

PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($174.99 @ B&H) Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.89 @ B&H) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ B&H) Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card ($499.99 @ B&H) Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ Amazon) Total: $1143.81 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-27 20:36 EST-0500 I'd do something like this. Cheapest SSD with a DRAM cache — no reason to spend for NVME. 3600 MHz CL16 RAM is like the same price as slower kits. 3600 CL18 is about $10 less. If you want to upgrade the stock air cooler, I'd personally go with NH-U12S chromax or wait for the NH-U12A chromax to come out. If you want a phat graphics card heatsink to overclock the EVGA FTW3 is like $30 more. If you do go with the P300A, probably worth picking up a couple 140mm fans for the front.