All the Risks of Liquid Cooling

[Yaqshan]

I'm Planning to buy a PC from MAINGEAR but I live in INDIA.

I thought Liquid cooled PC would be better because it is cool and overclockable but I don't know anything about Liquid cooling even thinking about changing coolant freaks me out because it can damage my components and shiping to INDIA can harm the cooling loop and cause leaks. I will be devastated if there are leaks after some years. 

The main reason for MAINGEAR pc is their cable management.

Is it okay for me to buy liquid cooled one or I should just buy Aircooled?

My main concern is GPUs because CPU is waterlooled anyways.

Please give me some advice Please Please Please.

[Megah3rtz]

Air cooled is fine.. unless you're going for max overclocks water cooling isn't needed. Air cooled is almost always cheaper too. 

[3 Lions]

If you have an i7 'K' CPU then liquid cooling is worth it, if you have an i5 'K' just get a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo and finally if you are using a locked i5 or i3 then the stock fan is fine. 

[DildorTheDecent]

25 minutes ago, Yaqshan said:

I will be devastated if there are leaks after some years. 

Proper loops need maintenance. That's why it's mostly an enthusiast thing to go for all out watercooling. 

[johnny5c]

You could go with their Vybe model that has a Corsair AIO cooler and not have to worry about maintenance.

[Mick Naughty]

Aren't many risks. All of my hardware would benifit which is why I do it. 

 

Have had plenty of leaks and have had zero damage. It's just water. Not like it's gonna sit in it to the point of rusting. 

[Megah3rtz]

1 hour ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

If you have an i7 'K' CPU then liquid cooling is worth it, if you have an i5 'K' just get a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo and finally if you are using a locked i5 or i3 then the stock fan is fine. 

As popular as the 212 Evo is there are certainly better options for the same price range.

[Tim Serious]

1 hour ago, Yaqshan said:

I'm Planning to buy a PC from MAINGEAR but I live in INDIA.

I thought Liquid cooled PC would be better because it is cool and overclockable but I don't know anything about Liquid cooling even thinking about changing coolant freaks me out because it can damage my components and shiping to INDIA can harm the cooling loop and cause leaks. I will be devastated if there are leaks after some years. 

The main reason for MAINGEAR pc is their cable management.

Is it okay for me to buy liquid cooled one or I should just buy Aircooled?

My main concern is GPUs because CPU is waterlooled anyways.

Please give me some advice Please Please Please.

shipping will cost a ton ..... 

[atomicus]

Sounds like watercooling may not be for you. You don't need water to overclock, that's for sure. Temps will be better sure, and you CAN get a quieter system, but done wrong watercooling can be noisy. Air can be nearly as quiet if done right with adequate research. If you're not building the system yourself though, whether it's air or water, you're at the mercy of what someone else does... which may not be the end result you hope for. Bit of a risk there. I would just go with air... no reason for custom loop unless you simply MUST have the aesthetics. The performance/cost ratio just doesn't make a great deal of sense.