Hey all, I'm going back and forth with PC thoughts in my head and am hoping to have a sense check, if that's okay.
The TL;DR is, Am I mad for thinking of going from custom water cooling to air cooling.
I currently have the spec below (Suuuper old now I know) and it's all under custom water. My problem is that it's disappointingly loud, thus I don't have the main benefit of custom water cooling. This is party down to my motherboard not letting me slow the fans down below 40% and also from the noise of the pump running at around that rate as well.
My current thinking is that when I upgrade I drop the investment I've made into water cooling and go back to air (actual metal heatsink air cooler, not an AIO) for both CPU and GFX. For information I currently have a quad rad in a Phanteks 719 and a nice new DDC pump and res combo. That's a lot of money to walk away from, but on the reverse side getting a new water block adds a large expense each time and if I am not pursuing extreme OC I just don't know if it's worth it any more.
I'm rather stuck in indecision at the moment and I would appreciate some advice/hearing of other's experience.
Ta muchly!
The TL;DR is, Am I mad for thinking of going from custom water cooling to air cooling.
I currently have the spec below (Suuuper old now I know) and it's all under custom water. My problem is that it's disappointingly loud, thus I don't have the main benefit of custom water cooling. This is party down to my motherboard not letting me slow the fans down below 40% and also from the noise of the pump running at around that rate as well.
My current thinking is that when I upgrade I drop the investment I've made into water cooling and go back to air (actual metal heatsink air cooler, not an AIO) for both CPU and GFX. For information I currently have a quad rad in a Phanteks 719 and a nice new DDC pump and res combo. That's a lot of money to walk away from, but on the reverse side getting a new water block adds a large expense each time and if I am not pursuing extreme OC I just don't know if it's worth it any more.
I'm rather stuck in indecision at the moment and I would appreciate some advice/hearing of other's experience.
Ta muchly!