95+ percent of people who buy an AIO these days shouldn’t be.
Interloper_Mango
Also if someone knows a YouTube short where a guy stacks weight discs onto a graphics card. Send me the link.
lil_sargento_cheez
When I built my pc I opted for a noctua NH-D14 and it has worked amazing the entire time I’ve owned, absolutely recommend a big air cooler if your case can fit one
Ratiofarming
If you even notice it with the fan just windmilling in the airstream ^^
peggingwithkokomi69
I cant put my waifu in an air cooler.
Simple as that
boogierboi
i never really got into the water cooling trend. i dont hate or have anything against it but i live in a home where i have my own office/gameroom where when in use has a constant temp of 18degrees handled by my split type A/C. I’ve simply configured my tower fans to have 4fans to blow IN and only 1 OUT. idk, im not super tech savvy or acting like a smartass but my computers temp is golden and have never overheated even when I do heavy gaming and tasks.
WispyCombover
I’ve been running the same Oceanrunner 3500 aquarium pump for the past twelve years. Before I got this one I also used an Oceanrunner 3500, which unfortunately was killed during a -20C cold snap which froze my coolant that winter. Incidentally that was also the winter I learned that antifreeze has an expiration date.
Provia100F
I forgot to plug in my CPU fan on my 212 EVO that was cooling my 3570k.
The fucker was perfectly happy being a passive cooler just vibing with the case fans, even with Prime 95 slamming the thing at 100%. No thermal throttle, think it was maintaining 80°C
Air cooler gang for life.
Vigilante74
Honest question here, as I have an air cooler (13600k), how often do pumps fail? People say 2-3 years, what is the actual lifespan of the pump people are getting? Can some people get like 5 years? What happens when pump fail, do temps just skyrocket?
unabletocomput3
Oh yeah? Well, at least I was able to overclock my 12600k by an extra .3ghz!
Jokes aside, love my Arctic liquid freezer ii 280. Didn’t cost me an arm and a leg and I could push the 12600k further as it runs pretty cool even under full load, but my msi motherboard doesn’t seem to like overclocking. That being said, there are way too many inexperienced people with AIO’s.
Zealousideal_Mix5043
AIO for cpu cooling❌ AIO for case airflow✅
(I’ve gone to far, I now use a test bench.)
sidharthez
yall mfs need to experience the arctic liquid freezer III in your lifetime
n00blet_
where my 300w tdp air coolers at and while were at it what the heel are you guys doin with your pumps? i got 3 machines dating back to the 5820k, all with aios, all fucked around with oc and zero issues
TheodorMac
I once was in the fan cooler gang, well with an 13900K there isn’t really a way. Yes I tried it, to be specific I tried it with an Noctua NH-D 15 chromax black. Now I am using a NZXT Kraken 360 RGB and it works perfectly ( yes I still have the Noctua should there be any problems)
Crintor
If it’s 24/7 operation like my Unraid, air cooler. Currently have a 5950X under an NHD15.
If it’s for someone else who isn’t as tech savvy, it’s an air cooler. My mom’s 8700K is under a Noctua a NHD15 as well or NH14.
If I want peak heat extraction and highest performance and or minimal noise, I’m going Liquid. I have loved my 420mm ALF2 with 6 fans in push pull for my 7950X3D. Temps are always fantastic and the fans never spin up.
Imaginaryp13
Imagine your CPU dying 3-4 years faster because your air-cooler keeps it 5c from death under load. -This comment brought to you by water-cooling gang
PenelopeMouse
I went through 3 aio’s in a little under 2 years. I ended up buying a BeQuiet air cooler instead and spent the extra money on fan upgrades for better cooling. I get much better temps now than I did before.
Double-Low-9394
This meme says more about your CPU than it does anything else.
Balling ass CPU gang rise up.
whitemagicseal
When my pump fails I will get a Contact 9se
ImprovizoR
I never got the hype for water cooling. More potential points of failure at a higher price point isn’t exactly a good design. Besides, I prefer a nice looking air cooler. They look badass.
RadialRacer
D15 gang unite.
QneThe
Imagine not fitting in an ITX case
This post was made by the A4-H2O gang
RedditWhileIWerk
On the flipside of that, I had the fan on a Noctua CPU cooler fail after about a year and a half.
It didn’t stop entirely, but rather got very noisy, and CPU temps ran high enough that the PC kept shutting itself off. Must not have been creating enough airflow.
Took a bit of delving through Windows system logs, and watching temps, to work out that was what was happening.
I didn’t have a spare fan of the correct size to replace it. While I waited for the RMA process to play out, I settled for a too-large one, sitting on the GPU and pointed at the CPU heatsink.
Yes, it was janky as heck. No, I still couldn’t play games. Not enough cooling. Seems the fan has to sit directly on the cooler, to get enough air through the fins.
It did work well enough to do non-games-stuff for a couple weeks.
zipties and old fans can help you cool anything on your pc
Evantaur
Imagine sleeping at a LAN party and having a dude to wake you up because your watercooling loop is on fire.
TylerDog3
good luck getting that in an itx case
MrEdinLaw
I live in a hot town and have an open case. The AIO pump is worth for me.
fabiolives
I work with Unreal Engine daily on my PC and ended up going with an AIO. I mainly did it because when I’m compiling a project my CPU is maxed out for an extended period of time, which something that AIOs handle slightly better.
My CPU runs pretty hot anyways, and will hit higher boost clocks with better cooling so I’ll take all the extra performance I can get. I’m using a 420 mm Liquid Freezer II but I have a backup NH-D15 in my closet from my old build if I have any failures. Plus, it looks pretty cool.
ConsistentStand2487
i7 12700k 5ghz whats a good air cooler I can dump inside fractal north case?
Carlife0830
I feel AIO’s are mostly for aesthetics. Imo AIO’s look nicer than a big metal brick. However tower cooler are great value
JoeRogansNipple
A decade on two AIOs (GPU and CPU) with zero problems. Air Cooling Gang can likmaiballz
alii-b
“Cries in buying a gpu so large my rad doesn’t fit anymore”
Nathoodle
unfortnutly i have a 13th gen intel cpu so i kinda need an aio
EmuAreExtinct
its ironic cus that air cooler is more expensive than some AIO lol
entity360
I went for AIO because it was better than the best air for my case
SurealGod
I’ve owned 3 AIOs in the past and all had their pumps die within 1-2 years of owning them.
I’ve now been rocking a NHD-15 for the past 5 years and it performs exactly the same as when I first bought it.
faultywiring98
Water in a machine just doesn’t sound good. I’ll take fans, I wear headphones so the extra noise doesn’t bother me at all. As long as it’s doing what it needs to do.
Bright-Efficiency-65
Had my EVGA clc 280 for 4 years no issue here. I have a backup Evo 212 just in case but it’s not a big deal if it goes
Rathori
Should have been an NH-D15 in the picture, but me and my 7950X3D agree.
squirrl4prez
Nhd15… 4 AIO failures… back to nhd15… haven’t had a problem since
Ninja0verkill
Pump failure and possible water leaking onto my GPU killing it. Not worth.
VexisArcanum
Imagine having a fan….who am I kidding, it’s Noctua
48 Comments
Just when I bought my pc with AIO XD
After having two fail (one leaking on my gpu) I don’t think I’ll ever go back.
https://youtu.be/lxf4ZXJTNpI?t=502
Pump failure isn’t worth 4 to 6 degrees, agreed.
95+ percent of people who buy an AIO these days shouldn’t be.
Also if someone knows a YouTube short where a guy stacks weight discs onto a graphics card. Send me the link.
When I built my pc I opted for a noctua NH-D14 and it has worked amazing the entire time I’ve owned, absolutely recommend a big air cooler if your case can fit one
If you even notice it with the fan just windmilling in the airstream ^^
I cant put my waifu in an air cooler.
Simple as that
i never really got into the water cooling trend. i dont hate or have anything against it but i live in a home where i have my own office/gameroom where when in use has a constant temp of 18degrees handled by my split type A/C. I’ve simply configured my tower fans to have 4fans to blow IN and only 1 OUT. idk, im not super tech savvy or acting like a smartass but my computers temp is golden and have never overheated even when I do heavy gaming and tasks.
I’ve been running the same Oceanrunner 3500 aquarium pump for the past twelve years. Before I got this one I also used an Oceanrunner 3500, which unfortunately was killed during a -20C cold snap which froze my coolant that winter. Incidentally that was also the winter I learned that antifreeze has an expiration date.
I forgot to plug in my CPU fan on my 212 EVO that was cooling my 3570k.
The fucker was perfectly happy being a passive cooler just vibing with the case fans, even with Prime 95 slamming the thing at 100%. No thermal throttle, think it was maintaining 80°C
Air cooler gang for life.
Honest question here, as I have an air cooler (13600k), how often do pumps fail? People say 2-3 years, what is the actual lifespan of the pump people are getting? Can some people get like 5 years? What happens when pump fail, do temps just skyrocket?
Oh yeah? Well, at least I was able to overclock my 12600k by an extra .3ghz!
Jokes aside, love my Arctic liquid freezer ii 280. Didn’t cost me an arm and a leg and I could push the 12600k further as it runs pretty cool even under full load, but my msi motherboard doesn’t seem to like overclocking. That being said, there are way too many inexperienced people with AIO’s.
AIO for cpu cooling❌
AIO for case airflow✅
(I’ve gone to far, I now use a test bench.)
yall mfs need to experience the arctic liquid freezer III in your lifetime
where my 300w tdp air coolers at and while were at it what the heel are you guys doin with your pumps? i got 3 machines dating back to the 5820k, all with aios, all fucked around with oc and zero issues
I once was in the fan cooler gang, well with an 13900K there isn’t really a way. Yes I tried it, to be specific I tried it with an Noctua NH-D 15 chromax black. Now I am using a NZXT Kraken 360 RGB and it works perfectly ( yes I still have the Noctua should there be any problems)
If it’s 24/7 operation like my Unraid, air cooler. Currently have a 5950X under an NHD15.
If it’s for someone else who isn’t as tech savvy, it’s an air cooler. My mom’s 8700K is under a Noctua a NHD15 as well or NH14.
If I want peak heat extraction and highest performance and or minimal noise, I’m going Liquid. I have loved my 420mm ALF2 with 6 fans in push pull for my 7950X3D. Temps are always fantastic and the fans never spin up.
Imagine your CPU dying 3-4 years faster because your air-cooler keeps it 5c from death under load.
-This comment brought to you by water-cooling gang
I went through 3 aio’s in a little under 2 years. I ended up buying a BeQuiet air cooler instead and spent the extra money on fan upgrades for better cooling. I get much better temps now than I did before.
This meme says more about your CPU than it does anything else.
Balling ass CPU gang rise up.
When my pump fails I will get a Contact 9se
I never got the hype for water cooling. More potential points of failure at a higher price point isn’t exactly a good design. Besides, I prefer a nice looking air cooler. They look badass.
D15 gang unite.
Imagine not fitting in an ITX case
This post was made by the A4-H2O gang
On the flipside of that, I had the fan on a Noctua CPU cooler fail after about a year and a half.
It didn’t stop entirely, but rather got very noisy, and CPU temps ran high enough that the PC kept shutting itself off. Must not have been creating enough airflow.
Took a bit of delving through Windows system logs, and watching temps, to work out that was what was happening.
I didn’t have a spare fan of the correct size to replace it. While I waited for the RMA process to play out, I settled for a too-large one, sitting on the GPU and pointed at the CPU heatsink.
Yes, it was janky as heck. No, I still couldn’t play games. Not enough cooling. Seems the fan has to sit directly on the cooler, to get enough air through the fins.
It did work well enough to do non-games-stuff for a couple weeks.
https://preview.redd.it/lqkhwp0i5hxc1.png?width=202&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c0121db35817ec948b118ff325eb254dc04d79d
How can you say no to that?
zipties and old fans can help you cool anything on your pc
Imagine sleeping at a LAN party and having a dude to wake you up because your watercooling loop is on fire.
good luck getting that in an itx case
I live in a hot town and have an open case. The AIO pump is worth for me.
I work with Unreal Engine daily on my PC and ended up going with an AIO. I mainly did it because when I’m compiling a project my CPU is maxed out for an extended period of time, which something that AIOs handle slightly better.
My CPU runs pretty hot anyways, and will hit higher boost clocks with better cooling so I’ll take all the extra performance I can get. I’m using a 420 mm Liquid Freezer II but I have a backup NH-D15 in my closet from my old build if I have any failures. Plus, it looks pretty cool.
i7 12700k 5ghz whats a good air cooler I can dump inside fractal north case?
I feel AIO’s are mostly for aesthetics. Imo AIO’s look nicer than a big metal brick. However tower cooler are great value
A decade on two AIOs (GPU and CPU) with zero problems. Air Cooling Gang can likmaiballz
“Cries in buying a gpu so large my rad doesn’t fit anymore”
unfortnutly i have a 13th gen intel cpu so i kinda need an aio
its ironic cus that air cooler is more expensive than some AIO lol
I went for AIO because it was better than the best air for my case
I’ve owned 3 AIOs in the past and all had their pumps die within 1-2 years of owning them.
I’ve now been rocking a NHD-15 for the past 5 years and it performs exactly the same as when I first bought it.
Water in a machine just doesn’t sound good. I’ll take fans, I wear headphones so the extra noise doesn’t bother me at all. As long as it’s doing what it needs to do.
Had my EVGA clc 280 for 4 years no issue here. I have a backup Evo 212 just in case but it’s not a big deal if it goes
Should have been an NH-D15 in the picture, but me and my 7950X3D agree.
Nhd15… 4 AIO failures… back to nhd15… haven’t had a problem since
Pump failure and possible water leaking onto my GPU killing it. Not worth.
Imagine having a fan….who am I kidding, it’s Noctua
But is ugly.
Air cooler for life brotha!
Happened to me twice. Never again.