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Is the Cooler Master liquid 120 worth it?

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So I currently have a Ryzen 3 1200 and it's 4 little cores do all I need it to do, but I want to liquid cool it (don't judge me) and so I'm looking into a base level liquid cooler and I see this for $69.99 at my local Micro Center and so I want to buy it. Is it any better than the stock cooler though? And worth the $59.99 after a rebate?

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Ryzen really doesn't get that hot, plus something like a Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 would probably be better in most aspects (noise and temperature), so... No, I would say it's not worth it.

 

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you could get a $20 air cooler like the T4 and have the same temps you'd have with a 120mm AIO, the stock heatsink is more than enough for your CPU

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Ryzen really doesn't get that hot

 

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2 hours ago, MultiBros said:

So I currently have a Ryzen 3 1200 and it's 4 little cores do all I need it to do, but I want to liquid cool it (don't judge me) and so I'm looking into a base level liquid cooler and I see this for $69.99 at my local Micro Center and so I want to buy it. Is it any better than the stock cooler though? And worth the $59.99 after a rebate?

*Silently Judges you anyways*

Really though I see the appeal. While it isn't needed for your system, it's not too expensive for the quietness you will be getting it for

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