vivster said: Lian Li definitely has the prettiest cooler but I don't know if I can trust them as my very first liquid cooler. |
Lian Li are definitely a quality manufacturer... But we need to keep in mind that a single OEM (Astek) is making these and everyone else puts their badge on top.
vivster said:
I'm looking into AIO coolers right now and it seems they have come a long way. My next build is also gonna be all white.
Watched this video from GN to get a bit more info on what's currently going on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VzXHUTqE7E
I'm pretty sure that at some point I said that I will never ever let liquid cooling into my PC but right now I'm seriously considering it. I'd of course go for a 360mm CLC to get better cooling and lower noise. The NZXT Kraken series seems to beat out even Noctua in both noise and cooling. Sadly it doesn't come in white, though neither does Noctua.
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I have been using water cooling for decades, today it is as safe, convenient and plug-and-play as they are ever going to get...
It's not like the Corsair HydroCool from the mid 2000's that's for sure.
In-fact I think closed loop coolers are simply "good enough" that I have pretty much abandoned any custom water cooling loops... Then again I also don't bother with multi-GPU, multi-monitor setups anymore either, don't have the time or energy to be dealing with all that.
But when it comes to the cooler itself, it's the fans that influence the benchmarks the most and thus I would base my entire purchasing decision on warranty offered.