AIO Lifespan

[El Jimben]

I've not had one go wrong per se but when I was changing from AM4 to AM5, I noticed that all of the fins on the rad were covered in what looked like rust It just wasn't worth the risk so I swapped it out just in case & ended up getting a slightly beefier one.

 

[doyll]

AIO add potential for more problems / failures than air cooling, and in many if not most builds air coolers cool just as good if not better with no failures for less money.

Big part of reason so many users don't report AIO failures us because their systems don't run as many hours and/or are replaced every couple of years. The few that last 5+ years have low heat producing CPUs and are used a couple hours a day.

 

[MadMossy]

The only AIO I've ever had fail on me before its eventual hardware replacement due to system upgrades is the AMD R9 Fury X, the pump just seized up and ended up having to install a morpheus air cooler until the gpu was eventually replaced with a 5700XT. MY current Kraken NZXT is ~6 years old.