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Which is your preference and why. !
I have a Antec Kühler 920 for 4 years, Just got myself Noctua NH-D14.
I dont think youll regret it. Im sure its on par with the phantek's ive just fitted and its doing a better job than the H80i I had fitted previously
what do you think its cost you just on the water cooling bits alone out of interest.Watercooling. Its my hobby as well. I have spent a ridiculous amount of money to have a PC that's nice to look at, but it just looks so brilliant compared to large blocks of aluminium, copper and plastic everywhere.
Watercooling is essentially a hobby project; it is highly unlikely that you'll see significant real world benefits for substantial investment and you run a greater risk of harm to your system if you have any faults.
Air cooling is cheap, reliable and more than good enough to provide stable, quiet overclocking to a reasonable level.
So: watercool if you want to do it as a hobby and you think you'll enjoy it; aircool if you want the most pragmatic option.
I'm not an enthusiast and I have w/c... I just like to have a cooler rig and my temps dropped by more than half just from putting in a pretty basic single loop.My thoughts exactly! Custom watercooling is really for enthusiasts, analogous to people that pimp up their cars I guess!
Now that I have started to buy hardline bits. Swap out my flex tube, new rads, new res, heat sink and top, fans, another set of Pexon PSU cables as I wanted a deeper red, I am looking at approx £800 this year. My wife would hit the roof if she knew!what do you think its cost you just on the water cooling bits alone out of interest.