Budget water cooling

[ThePotatoGof]

After building my first computer everything was running fine. However when I switched my CPU the temperatures started to go out of control. So I was wondering if I should buy an all in one water cooler or try to build a cheap custom loop.

[Sakkura]

The best budget water cooling is a good air cooler.

[vorticalbox]

10 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

The best budget water cooling is a good air cooler.

or an AIO. I will admit that a nice air cooler will do quite well unless you have a lot of heat to move. Like my 8350 overclocked to 4.5 Ghz  1.375 volts (doesn go to 1.4 with LLC) will pull 180 watts the air that comes from my h100I is warm feeling but my CPU sits around 50C

[atomicus]

Budget Water Cooling... what we have their folks is antinomy and what I would generally call a plain old bad idea lol!

[ThePotatoGof]

5 hours ago, atomicus said:

Budget Water Cooling... what we have their folks is antinomy and what I would generally call a plain old bad idea lol!

And can you tell me why a budget loop is a bad idea 

[atomicus]

1 minute ago, ThePotatoGof said:

And can you tell me why a budget loop is a bad idea 

 

Well it does kind of depend on the definition of 'budget'. How much are we talking here?

 

But that aside, you don't need an AIO or water cooling to stop your 'temperatures going out of control'. Clearly there is something wrong with your system if it is doing that. Good air coolers don't have that effect, so some troubleshooting is in order.

[ThePotatoGof]

1 hour ago, atomicus said:

 

Well it does kind of depend on the definition of 'budget'. How much are we talking here?

 

But that aside, you don't need an AIO or water cooling to stop your 'temperatures going out of control'. Clearly there is something wrong with your system if it is doing that. Good air coolers don't have that effect, so some troubleshooting is in order.

I was thinking 300 to 450 dollars 

[atomicus]

2 minutes ago, ThePotatoGof said:

I was thinking 300 to 450 dollars 

 

For just CPU that's do-able. Adding a GPU in to the mix will be tough.

 

But as I say, you can get great temps on air, even OC'ing... so it sounds like you have a faulty cooler or something going on. You don't NEED water just to get decent temps!