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Custom Cooling vs All in One

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So I've recently finished my first PC build and at the moment I'm only running cheap air cooler. My first upgrade I want to do is water cooling and then CPU overclocking, but I'm unsure of the best way to go.

Is an all in one cpu cooler sufficient, provided that if I air cool the rest of my components sufficiently? Or am I better off starting with a simple CPU custom loop and then upgrading that as I add components (ie add a second GPU and cool them as well)

Any tips or recommendations and anyone had the same sort of problem?

Thanks (:

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i think that you should stick with an all in one liquid cooler

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cooling that is interesting

 

I would definitely water cool the cpu but the gpu..... how hot does it get in games when you play?  If its 75+ a lot then yes I would water cool if its 70C and under then yea I wouldn't worry about the gpu 

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cooling that is interesting

I would definitely water cool the cpu but the gpu..... how hot does it get in games when you play? If its 75+ a lot then yes I would water cool if its 70C and under then yea I wouldn't worry about the gpu

Yeah, i know right lol I guess the biggest thing will be how far I intend to go with what I've got.

GPU runs at under 50C at the moment, but I haven't done anything to push it that far. (At the moment, LoL) but I am an engineering student so I use CAD and Programming software, and I'm starting to do video editing

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Yeah, i know right lol I guess the biggest thing will be how far I intend to go with what I've got.

GPU runs at under 50C at the moment, but I haven't done anything to push it that far. (At the moment, LoL) but I am an engineering student so I use CAD and Programming software, and I'm starting to do video editing

the cad will push it, idk about video editing

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lol didnt see you message quote next time

 

 

well yea the define s can hold just about any aio, literally find an aio that you will like and it will fit from corsair, swiftech, nzxt, fractal design...

 

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