Should I get a watercooled cpu cooler?

[rnhbs]

Hey all so basiy I have an InWin 301 case and cable management is quite tricky in that case so I was thinking of going for a watercooled cpu cooler for aesthetic purposes but is it worth to spend on one?

 

My pc specs are,

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600

GPU: RX570 4GB

Mobo: Asus TUF B450M gaming plus

RAM: 8GB

 

Thermals wise my CPU goes upto 60 degrees celcius and my GPU goes upto 75 degrees during gaming.

[LIGISTX]

From a thermals standpoint it would be a waste of money, that ~100 bucks would be better spent on an SSD or/and more RAM. You can likely get another 8 GB stick of RAM AND and SSD if you don't already have one for the price of a decent AIO.

[SaintERosa]

4 minutes ago, rnhbs said:

Hey all so basiy I have an InWin 301 case and cable management is quite tricky in that case so I was thinking of going for a watercooled cpu cooler for aesthetic purposes but is it worth to spend on one?

 

My pc specs are,

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600

GPU: RX570 4GB

Mobo: Asus TUF B450M gaming plus

RAM: 8GB

 

Thermals wise my CPU goes upto 60 degrees celcius and my GPU goes upto 75 degrees during gaming.

Just for looks, honestly, YES that's why I got one, I didn't need it my CPU even OC to 4.4ghz (i7-6700K) runs pretty light in terms of temps. (65C while gaming). I got a Corsair H100i PRO 240mm dual fan AIO, it has RGB but I turned it off. It runs great and my settings are silent, I technically could turn my fans off and ambient temps (not including AIO fans) would still be pretty fair (75C)

[Fasauceome]

Your temps are not only perfectly fine, but also probably won't be improved by an aio (maybe even worsened if you've got a bad idea of the airflow)

[SaintERosa]

1 minute ago, LIGISTX said:

From a thermals standpoint it would be a waste of money, that ~100 bucks would be better spent on an SSD or/and more RAM. You can likely get another 8 GB stick of RAM AND and SSD if you don't already have one for the price of a decent AIO.

That's a better use of money yes, also maybe a modular PSU may help??

[Quadriplegic]

Yo dawg, I heard you like watercooling, so I watercooled your cooler 

 

Jokes aside, only 280mm and 360mm AIOs are worth buying. 120mm are far too niche (either ITX builds or used on video cards), 240mm AIOs don't perform better than high end tower coolers. 

And then take in account the lower reliability, more noise, more cable mess...
Nah.

[rnhbs]

3 minutes ago, SaintERosa said:

That's a better use of money yes, also maybe a modular PSU may help??

I do have a semi-mod psu. Maybe ill work harder on my cable management

[SaintERosa]

Just now, rnhbs said:

I do have a semi-mod psu. Maybe ill work harder on my cable management

It looks like it wouldn't be hard to optimize. Honestly from my experience I have to re route cables at least twice to get it how I like.

[boey]

12 minutes ago, Quadriplegic said:

more noise

considering his 2600 only goes up to 60C under load, if he has a decent 360mm AIO he could probably get away with really low rpm on the fans, they'd be really quiet. But then again a dark rock pro 4 is probably a better investment

[Derrk]

if just for aesthetics, i say why not - it's your system. But you won't see improved thermals. 2600 is a fairly cool cpu, and it definitely doesn't need an AIO

[Quadriplegic]

13 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

considering his 2600 only goes up to 60C under load, if he has a decent 360mm AIO he could probably get away with really low rpm on the fans, they'd be really quiet. But then again a dark rock pro 4 is probably a better investment

The pump will still be spinning and it is the main source of noise in AIOs

[Stormseeker9]

Not sure what people are complaining about AIO’s being noisy?

 

had one now for a month - Cooling is superior and can’t hear it at all...

[boey]

1 hour ago, Quadriplegic said:

The pump will still be spinning and it is the main source of noise in AIOs

Don't most high end AIOs have pumps where you can control the speed?

[Quadriplegic]

7 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

Don't most high end AIOs have pumps where you can control the speed?

They certainly do, but we are still talking about ~1700 RPM, if I remember right. Keep in mind that pumps in AIOs tend to be pretty small, so they have to spin up a bit to move liquid.
I do believe H115i Extreme I was using had adjustable pump speed, but at its slowest setting it was still reaching around 2000 RPM.