Have you left custom water cooled setups

I've sort of given up with water cooling. But when I look over at my new pc compared to my last one. It looks very sad hahaha.

I'll do it again one day
 
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doggles said:
Hi
I've been out of the loop for about 6 years due to kids. I need to update my pc...

Well GPU as a.minimum. I'm trying to decide if I can be bothered with a custom water-cooled loop anymore.
It's a faff changing things.

So considering getting an AIO.for a.cpu and leaving the gpu as it comes

Just wondered if you'd done this, or binned off water-cooled pc all.together..any regrets?

What made you make the decision to do it ?

Cheers
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Yes I moved away, only for one reason - there is no performance benefit. If water cooling made my CPU and GPU run 10 or 20% faster than air cooling I'd be happy, but those days are gone and water cooling has no performance benefit anymore
 
Grim5 said:
Yes I moved away, only for one reason - there is no performance benefit. If water cooling made my CPU and GPU run 10 or 20% faster than air cooling I'd be happy, but those days are gone and water cooling has no performance benefit anymore
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pretty much the same for me. Also the prices started to get a bit out of hand too
 
I'll very probably continue to run with custom cooling for the cpu, since I have all the gear and going to an AIO would be daft. For me you'd still want the heat the cpu generates getting out of the case as directly as possible, so the mosfets/ chipset/etc sinks don't have a head start with whatever case air cooling there is, so an AIO or custom water for the cpu. But there is very little point with GPUs nowadays. My next GPU upgrade will likely be a 6090, so it will all boil down to what the acceptable noise to performance ratio will be.
 
I`m still on with water cooling, just going through the process of changing my case but keeping the same components. My main reason for still using a custom loop is the aesthetics and because it`s quiet.
 
I gave up water-cooling (custom loop) a couple years ago but have started to find myself buying some Thermal Grizzley fitting and will buy there water-cooling when released for the 5090 Astral. I found myself missing the research and i much prefer the aesthetics although it seems difficult to buy things like 420mm Rads and even reservoirs right now
 
cliffy said:
I gave up water-cooling (custom loop) a couple years ago but have started to find myself buying some Thermal Grizzley fitting and will buy there water-cooling when released for the 5090 Astral. I found myself missing the research and i much prefer the aesthetics although it seems difficult to buy things like 420mm Rads and even reservoirs right now
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Do.you know the reason its hard to.get large rads and reservoirs at.the moment.?
 
doggles said:
Do.you know the reason its hard to.get large rads and reservoirs at.the moment.?
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No idea at all to be honest, seems to be quite a few cases that will house the rads, can get some direct from manufacturer but will hold on for OCUK as prices seem reasonable
 
I think it depends quite a bit on mindset.

If you're water cooling and going the whole hard tubing route because a great looking PC gives you pointless internet likes/makes your partner/mum/sister wet... well, that's a hassle to maintain.

If you're water cooling for performance or noise purposes - ZMT wins. Ugly thick, super bendy black rubber tubing that you can just flex out of the way to mess with stuff. The blocks come off stuff, get pushed out of the way and aren't particularly harder to mess with than air or AIO.

Personally, very much in the second camp. Custom loop, when not a vanity project is fine.
 
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Mercutio said:
I think it depends quite a bit on mindset.

If you're water cooling and going the whole hard tubing route because a great looking PC gives you pointless internet likes/makes your partner/mum/sister wet... well, that's a hassle to maintain.

If you're water cooling for performance or noise purposes - ZMT wins. Ugly thick, super bendy black rubber tubing that you can just flex out of the way to mess with stuff. The blocks come off stuff, get pushed out of the way and aren't particularly harder to mess with than air or AIO.

Personally, very much in the second camp. Custom loop, when not a vanity project is fine.
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ZMT, acetal blocks and chromed fittings looks great.
 
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