Depends. For performance? Not really. For sound? Definitely. Unless you go for one of those passive air cooled PC cases (15+ kg of aluminum and no fans), you won’t get anything that is quieter than a liquid cooler with a 360mm rad. With a custom loop and a GPU water block you can get your PC to essentially silent.
I swear even back in the liquid cooling heyday of 2005 it still wasn’t worth it. If you could afford liquid cooling, you could afford a case and a mobo with more fans
Is liquid cooling even worth it these days? I’ve always used air cooling and just vacuumed my pc every once and a while.
Having a noctua cooler and an insulated case will go a long way, especially if you don’t need to think about possible leakages
Depends. For performance? Not really. For sound? Definitely. Unless you go for one of those passive air cooled PC cases (15+ kg of aluminum and no fans), you won’t get anything that is quieter than a liquid cooler with a 360mm rad. With a custom loop and a GPU water block you can get your PC to essentially silent.
Nah, I’ve always air cooled. I’d rather have a chonky cooler instead of yet another failure point.
Not really. Outside of the commercial usage (like data centers), liquid-cooing is used more just for show.
I swear even back in the liquid cooling heyday of 2005 it still wasn’t worth it. If you could afford liquid cooling, you could afford a case and a mobo with more fans