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Seriously considering going from air cooling to water cooling but literally don't know the first thing about it. Where do I start?
Watercooling is just a big waste of time and money, unless you are really bored.
they look clean as with watercooling but I'd be scared of it leaking first boot xD
thats what paper towel is for, before booting up surround every component with paper towel and first sign of a leak power down, drain allow to dry for a few hours and try again, if you go soft turbing route its very simple and 99% leak proof anyway, you just have to make sure to tigten the fittings so the pipes are secure thus no leaks, i stick to soft tubing.
I'd love a hardline build but dont have the balls to try as i've seen and heard the horror stories when it goes wrong, thease days the component that benifits the most from custom cooling is the gpu, i ran a full custom loop before moving to a lian li 0-11 mini case
I now run only gpu custom loop, and man my 3090 is much happier, my 5950x is on good old air cooler and remains quiet and cool, i run a ddc/res unit to the card and then to a EK CE 280mm rad which is installed in the side of the case which expels the hot air out directly from the case, a small loop but it works a treat