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Is water cooling worth it, or is it just for show?

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Is water cooling worth it, or is it just for show?

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1 minute ago, Rakesh Cristoval said:

Is water cooling worth it, or is it just for show?

Custom loops are mostly for show but water cooling in general has it's place since most air coolers can't compete with a AIO's performance.

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Custom loops are mainly just for show. AIO liquid coolers are good if you go for 240 or 280 rads. Most 120 rads perform on par with a regular air cooler like a Hyper 212.

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There is a tangible performance gain, but it's not proportional to the amount of money spent unless you're cooling something incredibly expensive that can't be made more powerful any other way (dual 1080's for example). The silence of a custom loop is what really makes it worthwhile in my opinion.

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I bought mine mostly for show and to make my PC that little bit more unique. 

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For overclocking so is it worth it, as you are more likely to hit the temp limit on air then water. Specially on GPUs.

Plus the parts generally last longer if they are colder, but most people dont care as they upgrade before it becomes an issue.

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I did it mostly for the looks and the silence you can get from it.

CPU: i7-12700KF Grill Plate Edition // MOBO: Asus Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 // RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 3200MHz CL14 

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STORAGE: WD PC SN530 512GB + Samsung Evo 860 500GB // COOLING: Full custom loop // DISPLAY: LG 34UC89G-B

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