Should You Liquid Cool a PC?

[@Swarailiaball]

For people who are asking tho: Use distilled water with copper and additives to prevent algae and bacteria growth. Coloured cooling is optional

[@commenter1639]

Don't get opaque liquid as it will cause problems down the line (unless you really want to)

[@Cedalus]

An ethylene glycol based coolant (like automotive antifreeze but less additives) is also an option and is what you'd typically see in an AIO or a commerically available coolant solution. Somewhere between 25-75% concentration entirely inhibits the growth of microorganisms with no other additives

[@NthnLikeCodeine]

@@commenter1639 pretty sure a lot of companies fixed that sediment issue?

[@commenter1639]

@@NthnLikeCodeine yes but its always good to be safe

[@radiofloyd2359]

Don't we want deionized water?

[@THE_Game_Mental]

That sticker on the air cooler not being centered is hurting me.

[@notorious4194]

Cry about it

[@henrikfox8960]

@@notorious4194 pull the sticker of

[@Sam-im7ei]

Womp womp

[@undecillion1]

Whatchu mean bruh I ain’t see anything

[@Sportsmoney333]

Where

[@MrE_69]

For the first time pc builders, it would be smart to go the air route for now, and eventually change it to liquid cooling. I find myself uncomfortable putting liquid in an electric device

[@lickmytoaster9550]

Distilled or RODI water doesn’t conduct electricity. Only mineralized water like tap or spring water conducts electricity

[@epzo]

the liquid wont damage the electrical parts. 💀 research before making comments also AIOS come with the liquid mate

[@maniac880]

@@epzoong

[@VisForVindetta]

AIOs don’t need you to fill the liquid. It comes already inside the system.

[@iamhugry]

​@@epzoit will as the water will collect dust etc when touching the metal and thus short circuit

[@Ominty-x2r]

Instructions unclear, ruined my pc using Coca Cola as a liquid.

[@alle_edits]

I am using my own sem-

[@brooklyn8745]

@@alle_edits ayo!

[@brooklyn8745]

@@brockelig-name ayo!

[@oddbush]

@@brockelig-name !oya

[@KettleMarte]

Yao! Ming

[@wirbelchen5379]

*tries to do research* "Nah bro, you gotta research this stuff, don't do it."

[@ryboodle]

Asking a youtuber isnot doing research if that is what you mean

[@Killersnow_wolf]

​@@ryboodlebrother his whole job is building PC's. You can research by asking people about stuff. That's how you learn

[@ryboodle]

@@Killersnow_wolf thats asking someone to do your research for you I understand it gives this guy a video but a google search would have answered this instantly

[@Dylanj8795]

@@Killersnow_wolf it’s like a one in 1 million chance for him to actually respond to you💀

[@oxaile4021]

@@Killersnow_wolf Or you can google it instead of waiting for a likely busy person to possibly answer it. There's plenty of information and guides if you just bothered to look.

[@Bs_Void]

I get that he's giving advice and i do agree with him on it, but Zach atleast answer the question

[@Dylanj8795]

You shouldn’t be trying to liquid cool PC if you don’t even know the answer to a basic level question like that

[@3ggsy]

there's water cooling then there's specially made coolant. it HIGHLY depends on your computers systems/set up water is a wonderful coolant, but you have to be diligent/careful about water changes and the impurities in the water as those impurities cause electrical shortages. you also gotta be careful about its corrosiveness, depending on the water you use, it can damage your cooling setup/leak. specially made coolants COULD be found online, but if your pc isnt setup specifically for it, you cant use it. its a lot more complicated than that, but id rather not yap more than i have to

[@TheeggMAN_]

@@Dylanj8795 brother how can people know it if he wont tell it

[@Dylanj8795]

@@TheeggMAN_ Google💀

[@cyanmarine]

​@@TheeggMAN_ By learning about liquid cooling on their own

[@BDradar]

dude i was so sad for a second to have bought a liquid cooler but then he just shows THE EXACT CPU I HAVE

[@opgametwister8327]

Bro answered every question except that 💀

[@charazardflamer]

literally

[@wet0wl]

The point was that liquid cooling isn’t something you can just slap onto your PC, and it should be researched heavily before buying. It’s not suitable for a simple question.

[@DrLemon1]

Bro did not pay attention to the video

[@emvisuals]

Bro doesn't have an IQ to understand the video

[@StevenSteves]

boozo didnt even watch the video lmao

[@saintus888]

Been doing custom watercooling for years. Research the brand of coolant, and most importantly - don’t mix metals in your loop. And if you do have to use aluminium parts, make sure everything else (blocks, radiators and anything else that touches the coolant ) are also aluminium too.

[@charlespletzke8311]

Now I want to see someone use one of those ‘fishtank’ cases and fill it with mineral oil as a cooling system. Would be like an actual fishtank then

[@SamaraxMorgan26]

Or go full tilt and use fish oil 😂😂

[@Sniper_is_Sniping]

If you have a high end cpu use aio or use air cooler that's it don't waste money

[@radicalbeetle1329]

Custom loop is way bwtter aestetically, but pnly consider it for ultra high-end

[@drew2626]

If you use something like a 14900K do not use an Air cooler

[@doomguy974]

Idk, something like the noctua dh-15 could probably handle it.​@@drew2626

[@basedgod12]

@@drew2626can I use air cooler on i912900k

[@aidentheorc2124]

Even 7800x3d doesn’t need liquid cooling, only 7950x3d and 14900k really do.

[@vinnt_tnniv]

do a tutorial on whisky cooled PC. I've seen the russians do a vodka cooled one.

[@G1NZOU]

I've got a 7950X3D with an air cooler, but a really good case with the motherboard I/O pointing up, so I have two intake fans a few inches from the CPU air cooler, and then two exhaust the same distance from the top of the air cooler. Getting really good temps and it'll last a hell of a lot longer than an AIO, only taking it off every few years to replace the thermal paste.

[@Evichosiuu]

Technically you can water cool a PC with genuine vodka, and it most likely work like any other cooling normal liquid

[@justarandomperson.....]

"Just dont do it" zach is gonna be reverse nike 😂😂😂

[@michaelbuckers]

When it comes to water cooling, that's 100% the best advice by far. Water cooling is the PC equivalent of drag racing: it'll be expensive, it's guaranteed to destroy your machine, and you will never see any benefits outside of better benchmark scores. The one and only reason you do it is because you like seeing the number go up and you're willing to buy a lot of upgrades and kill several machines to that end.

[@MrCrabs]

I have a 10900k and 3080 liquid cooled since sept 2023 and it looks so good and stayed so cool. I built it in a small case and tight fitting but looks awesome!

[@Animated_guy_OG]

Really enjoyed the part where he answered the question

[@Strikeh0und69]

"If you don't know the thing that you're asking me to teach you then don't even bother learning"

[@saturnv1970]

If you need liquid cooling but don't want to do tons of research. There is something called the Corsair custom cooling configurator.

[@Seaclown4458]

i would love to see you do a build like this

[@walx561]

Bro straight up called him "dumbass" in a nice way

[@mossyninja5877]

The fact that I didn’t realise I was going to need an aio is shocking, this video actually saved my build and money, you have no idea how thankful I am

[@OrsonLee-k5i]

Linus should watch this

[@Sg190th]

They already talked about cooling

[@AyushRaj]

Even they recommend air cooling almost all the time

[@Ihracel89]

Great advice! Question remained unanswered though. So I'm thinking of putting in diesel cuz I like the color. o7

[@Fusion05]

Yeah an AIO is about as far as needed for most anyway. A custom loop looks cool but I've seen linus fail enough with them.

[@Asghaad]

the point of custom loop is not to just cool the LEAST power consuming part in the build ... if one goes full custom then the GPU is in the loop and THAT has real performance benefits from watercooling unlike CPUs that can be aircooled just fine ... and yes having AiO for the sub 100w CPU but furnace of a aircooler on the 400W GPU is also nonsensical ... when putting watercooling into a system do GPU first THEN CPU ...

[@kebab_hill]

​@@AsghaadYour point is nonsensical

[@akisoak948]

​@@Asghaadim speechless, is that suppose to be a hot take?

[@Asghaad]

@@kebab_hill o really? 3 tiny 90mm fans going 2000 RPM barely cooling the GPU vs 2 at most 1200 RPM Noctua 140mm fans on NH-D15 guess which one produces more noise ... putting AiO on the CPU is nonsense when the aircooler in the same price category is already quieter and has the same cooling performance ... while your GPU fans are screaming at full speed barely holding it below 80c ... if you are going to watercool, then watercool the GPU first THEN if you have spare budget add in the CPU into the loop - watercooling CPU without GPU is pointless waste of money and time

[@oxaile4021]

@@Asghaad Or you can just grab a quality partner model and stop staring at the fps counter as if those 2 extra frames ever mattered.

[@Studio42-JZG]

For my machine, I went with a closed loop water cooler. I haven't had a single issue with it so far.

[@ggarethgg8493]

The best KZbin guy on water cooling is Jayz2cents

[@jarradblair1793]

I'm using the same coolant that's in my car😂 Lime green anti freeze works great. Side note, probs don't do this if your kids are potato heads, coolant is poisonous

[@AkashGedam96]

After building the PC how often should be the AIO maintenance or replacement?

[@noxplanationgaming]

Fun fact: you can use some antifreeze to prevent germs from building up, so just get a bit from ur car radiator and put it in.

[@kylezabala1642]

What air cooler would you recommend for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D?

[@user-ke1gn3ql1g]

Whichever it is you are interested in, just look up the GN review for it.

[@aidentheorc2124]

I have thermalright phantom spirit and it works great, never seen it go beyond 70 C or so in actual gameplay. Stress test hit around 83 C.

[@FieryMeltman]

Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 is one of the best air coolers on the market, and only costs ~$35.

[@alexgheorghe4906]

Thermalight assassin se and look up khovire tech for msi afterburner setting on youtube. Ive never seen my 7800 X 3-D go past 45°C. But usually sits around 36 Celsius with my fan, turned all the way up.

[@BrotherYusuf]

I use the Noctua D15 with two 140mm fans and a couple noctuas at back and two 160mm fans at front and seems keep my 7800x3D very cool 😎 🧊

[@shyryTsr2k]

I’m building my first PC and since I got a Ryzen 9000’s series CPU I spoke to the PC tech at the store I went to and he suggested I get an AIO which I did not have in my last PC that was pre-built. I made a couple small upgrades and it had a Ryzen 7 3700x which worked well but now I get a Ryzen 9 7900 with Radeon graphics GPU. I just like matching parts so an AMD CPU paired with an AMD GPU is a great match.

[@cheeseman22]

Bro did everything but answer the question

[@Giel47]

He did answer. Just watch the video instead of leaving ignorant comments

[@reinatr4848]

He literally didnt.​@Hitme2

[@lordguillberteser8684]

@@Giel47are you Stupid?

[@fatjoe4035]

​@@Giel47If you think "dont get liquid cooling" was an answer you are sadly mistaken

[@theonelad3028]

@@fatjoe4035 tbf he didnt just say dont get liquid cooling more so do alot more research which after doing my fair share of custom loops is fine advice. If you are asking what liquid when there are so many guides out there explaining in detail its probably not going to be something that fits what you want as well as just getting a air cooler or aio

[@notrebelbuffoon522]

I Really want to get into making myself a full custom loop for my PC. But I’ve never watercooled. So I’m starting off with an AIO for my CPU and will gather the stuff for a custom loop and lay out the ground work of preparing the tubes from there before placing it in there and converting my GPU to a Waterblock. Definitely going to take my time researching to do it right

[@Ominty-x2r]

Bro asked for what kind of liquid you need 💀.

[@James_3000]

bro commented "bro asked for what kind of liquid you need 💀." 💀💀

[@personally_taken]

I have a 13700k and a air cooler that's $60 works perfectly fine with great temps

[@south-space-]

Braker fluid is good👌🏻

[@JoJoGaminG36]

I did multiple Custom watercooling builds in the past. Building eas fun, yes I got some setbacks but all in all I always happy with it. When I build my "New" PC, I went with air cooling again because I wanted to see something new and the disadvantages of the custom overweight the advantages.

[@iojishin]

bro answered everything but the question.

[@amkillerman]

he said don't unless it high-end, in that case just use AIO's which come pre built

[@vsm351]

Facts. I love Zach but he's ass at answering some technical questions.

[@SzawełNieviYT]

But you need to change the liquid in aio every two years, and then it would be useful to know what liquid you need

[@o0Silverwolf0o]

Probably because he doesn't know, budget builds and custom loops don't really cross paths.

[@o0Silverwolf0o]

​@@SzawełNieviYTAIOs are closed loop and are sealed at the factory, they don't need to be refilled and the most service you should need to do is blow out the dust accumulated in the rad.

[@howdyfriends7950]

generally the media people use is just distilled water with some special non-ionic chemical preservatives added, sometimes people use mineral oil because it's nonconductive in case of a leak, but honestly if you're not a nerd about this kind of thing you should get an all-in-one, they are super easy to set up and you don't need to futz with all these pipes and liquid and stuff, you just put the radiator pad on the processor with thermal paste, and then mount it next to a vent, basically the same level of difficulty as setting up a fan, maybe like a half step harder.

[@UltraVegito-1995]

What kind of liquid tho? 🤔

[@ultra_01]

if you don't want any colour to it just distilled water will do just fine (not the drinking one tho)

[@dekchi8781]

Distilled water for price/performance. For aesthetics just search PC Liquid Coolant and pick whatever color you like.

[@feliksdzerzhinskij800]

Radiator Coolant 😂

[@lickmytoaster9550]

Distilled or RODI water doesn’t conduct electricity

[@HondaWyo]

First time pc builder her and I went custom loop and it turned out awesome. I will custom loop every pc I build from here on out

[@zero-j2u]

I miss those days where you tubers told us what we wanted to know nland not having to look in the comment sections

[@dotand0]

maybe do your research instead of relying on a creator to answer you? Especially when said question is easily found by searching on the internet

[@zero-j2u]

@@dotand0 waste comment

[@GimOA]

​@@zero-j2utrue, the replies are gold tho. except yours.

[@airtight-gamingnews3910]

@@dotand0asking questions is the first step of research

[@theGhostSteward]

​@@dotand0 but that's the purpose of creators. Other wise, they aren't really creating much

[@brucelez1]

Air cooling is more reliable too, less moving parts and you get a warning if the fan stops. Just get a massive cooler like a thermalright Frost Commander 140 - it will cool faster than anything else at low money costs.

[@MrEcosystem-AM]

Crazy how he didn’t even answer the question 💀

[@SAS_GAS.]

Exactly

[@jacoblee8989]

He’s a budget-midrange builder so I doubt he knows, question would be best googled or asked on jayztwocents who does this a lot.

[@Serin9X]

He did though, just in kind of a backhanded way. Basically if the person needs to ask this question: don't do it. If they do need to do it: then they don't need to ask the question (or they need to take it to someone else who doesn't need to ask the question).

[@vsm351]

​@@Serin9XHe did not. He gave an ass answer

[@whitepaws60]

@@Serin9X Exactly its called water cooling, its not rocket science. Anyone doing water cooling should not need to ask that.

[@jarvisN10280]

From your expertise please suggest Power full air cooler 😊

[@UltraEpicVids]

My favorite part is when he told us what liquid was used in liquid cooling

[@Akeno_7]

I understand the sentiment. If you’re asking basic questions for a complicated process, then best not do that process at all. Start somewhere else, and eventually you’ll get there

[@hey_how_are_ya]

Ive built 5 PCs 1 for me and 4 for my friends/family. I want to water cool my pc some day and its more for the experience and look than its actual use. Also use distilled water with some tiny amount of a bacteria killing liquid (i have to look for Jayztwocents video to remind me which fluid he uses to kill bacteria in his loop)

[@drew2626]

So you’ve built 5 PCs not 4

[@hey_how_are_ya]

@@drew2626 thank you for the correction

[@samisonline99]

you go back and ask the same shop where you bought the radiator, bump, and reservoir, etc 👍

[@Madness801]

All that to not answer the guy's question

[@klipklapklop3359]

Perfectly valid response if the guy is asking such a simple question he most likely has no idea how to do a custom liquid cooling build it's like a guy trying to make a basketball team and asking where is the 3pt range

[@Madness801]

@@klipklapklop3359 you got to start somewhere my guy you're not just gonna have the knowledge to do something for the first time without asking or looking it up and him asking what to use is a valid question

[@noneyabizz8337]

If he's asking, he shouldn't be doing it. If guy can't even do an internet search...

[@Madness801]

@@noneyabizz8337 so all the videos asking for the best cpu gpu combo shouldnt be asking too cuz they could have just googled yeah? Bro just asked what's the best liquid to use same way people ask what's the beast gpu to use with a 14900k

[@GimOA]

​@@Madness801damn, I guess ask every guy that makes video ANYTHING but not something that you can search ON A SEARCH ENGINE.

[@charlesgreig6383]

I have a thermal cool triple 120 cpu cooler it ran fine for a little wait. But when the pump stopped working I pulled it apart and found the had corrosion in it. I cleaned it out and refilled it with new cooled for a diesel truck. It has been running for years at this point and I even get cooler temps after the change of the coolent

[@SawmanJ]

He still didn't answer the question tho

[@shadowknight_2505]

he said no.

[@cuminthesink]

@@shadowknight_2505 did he say what liquid tho

[@GimOA]

​@@cuminthesink it's like the one who asks didn't know how to breathe and thus he asks an entertainer how to do it. Instead of a doctor.

[@someguy2819]

@@GimOA What's the problem here? He's asking someone who is knowledgeable on building computers. Do you criticize his other videos giving advice or just this one?

[@1stltzarate]

Just use industrial grade tubing connectors. Some are tested to 3,000/5000/12000 PSIG. They also have flex connectors. One of the more popular are Swagelock.

[@LegalAlien682]

Way too early

[@TheCrystalGlow]

I highly recommend glycol / water mix. Glycol carries heat better than water alone.

[@EvoWatches]

I’m tempted to do the motorcycle car radiator zip tied to the exterior and a pcie bracket pump

[@jewelersofwhale]

Air coolers can cause thermal throttle due to not beeing completely flat as Aios are. My 13900ks had some cores that thermal throttled at 68c° with noctua nh-d15. As soon as i swapped to aio the thermal throttle starts at above 90c°

[@phoeniX24503]

Bro responded to every question on the planet except the one on the screen 😂😂

[@charazardmike4407]

I like to keep my components under 60 degrees, so I’m making a full custom loop, 2 360mm 47mm radiators, Corsair af120’s water block on cpu and gpu, the full kit.

[@roadkillpotato3468]

I love my AIO. Its been working great for about 5 years now. I live in the American southwest and in my state we get in the 90s to 100s i of degrees fahrenheit. In my state houses are mainly cooled using an evaporate cooler. So an AIO is much more efficient than using an air cooler from what i have experienced.

[@steeledgator]

Distilled water with a biocide. Use all Corsair parts except their tubing. Grab Corsair fittings, CPU block, pump/res, and rads. Grab EK tubing and GPU block. Easy. Only thing to check there is your GPU block metals match your CPU and the tubing size matches the fitting

[@EMU1]

Custom loops are for high end hardware, or if you enjoy the process of making the loop. A CHEAP loop is $250 minimum, and on low to mid hardware, there is no performance benefit (since you are more power limited than temp limited). If you want to watercool, not just an AIO, its not terribly difficult, but there are things you need to research for compatibility and reduce corrosion/growth in the loop. I recommend always using a distilled water coolant, with either biocide, or anti-freeze mix depending on your hardware. Anti-freeze mix would be for mixed metal loops, and will slow corrosion (in general you should try to avoid mixed metals in the loop as much as possible). Before building the loop, you want to wash everything out, especially radiators, since flux residue will be inside of them. First wash with tap/vinegar mix, then distilled once it is clean coming out of the rad. Dont use colored/opaque coolant mixes. No matter how good they claim to be, they ALWAYS have issues. With a good distilled coolant mix, your loop can run as long as an AIO can without needing maintenance, although most should get torn down and cleaned each time that a part is changed. But, recommendations like this (just dont do it) is why watercooling is becoming more boutique and expensive, since mainstream users are being scared away from it when its really not as difficult as its made out to be. In the early days, it was much harder to source parts, and you almost needed to shoehorn things together to get a loop going. Now its almost plug and play for more simple loops.

[@logandarnell8946]

the i7 is perfectly air coolable with a well ventilated setup and a decent cooler. maybe overclocking would put it over but that's not necessary even for high end gaming.

[@michelleanderson985]

I would do Freon cooling for the hottest running CPU’s and make sure that the hoses are temperature and pressure rated using a pump and radiator with variable speed fans on the radiator

[@mihailbesnia3563]

My aio cooler was corroded after 6 months of use. I refilled it 80/20 blue antifreeze and destilated water and it works amazing since, but getting all the air out is a bit tricky.

[@sketchman1981]

I am planning to do a new build with 13900 or 14900. I planned to use an AIO, though I do love how custom loops look. Some of the aio get up to $2-300.00+ I'm mechanically inclined, so I am sure I could do a custom loop...though most of what I've read says it's not generally beneficial enough to justify the extra expenses

[@Smurfkittie]

Main advantage with custom loop is that you can use direct die cpu blocks for more performance

[@Mello-Jell-O]

Liquid cooling is a general term for two different types: custom liquid cooling and AIO liquid cooling. Note: there is air cooling which if you get the right air cooler for your CPU will work just as well if not better than some AIO’s

[@Moskov_Main_01]

I still use Air cooler(Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5) for my i7-14700K build and its average temp is 40-50°C (30-35° C ambient temp). During stress test it goes 100°C, but these chips are made to go hot.

[@HannibalTheReal]

AiOs are fine, if someone has to much budget, go for it. I use a Corsair H115i in my rig. Cools my i7-8700k at 4,6GHz (stock thermal paste) and runs without any problems or ANY maintenance since July 2018.

[@Astraeus..]

This is exactly how I went with my i7. With the default air cooler I couldn't even finish running a stress test, when the CPU ramped up to 100% the test would shut down in seconds because the temp would skyrocket past it's threshold. Threw in a Corsair AIO and it'll barely squeak past 70 degrees now even during stress testing. It's easy to install, zero hassle, and does exactly what it's supposed to do.

[@borjantrajchev8257]

Thanks for the advice tech daddy

[@overson7614]

I love my AIO liquid cooler :) Allows me to push my 5900x to lile 4.5ghz

[@TheMuscularFrog]

I just got a new pc and am just learning with these videos in a few years I might build a new pc for myself

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

In a nutshell. If you have to ask, then you are not ready. And it is dangerous for you if you proceed. Those that are ready ask "specifics" questions.

[@Army26189]

I don't know what fluid to use on my first time with a PC so I may or may not have put in motor oil yeah a bad idea all I'll say is 2016 was a crazy year

[@herbie-s1g]

I'm a big air cooling guy cause if you buy a decent to high end air cooler the only thing that can break is the fan and that's easily replaceable unlike an aio pump and aios lose thermal efficiency of the liquid as it evaporates over time

[@Mih0]

Building custom loops is the most fun I have when I build never wanted to don't build mine and every buddy came calling to build it for them to 9 pc in now

[@jeffpayton4853]

My man completely forgot about the not so long ago AMD days. I was rocking an fx8370 and no air cooler could touch that thing. I upgraded in 2019 to a 3700x and was stoked that I could use the dingus air cooler on it. It may have helped it was half the tdp of the fx series but damn was it glorious.

[@oxfx399]

I actually watercooled my 12900k for a year and switched back to an aio like 3 months ago to be honest i loved water cooling but i was always flipping gpus off fb marketplace and everytime i did i had to drain my pc and i added a sas card and a thunderbolt card and both times i had to drain my loop but since i was always upgrading or adding or swapping stuff watercooling actually became kind of annoying but watercooling the pc isnt hard its just finding parts that fit your case and satisfy your taste but if you are willing to maintain your pc and you don’t upgrade or swap every few days or so I actually do recommend it but ill recommend checking every day for leaks in the case i used it checked the psu basement and sometimes stains appear its almost obvious but my pc only leaked twice one time because i was stupid and didnt close the drain valve the other time was it leaked slowly and it dripped to the basement but nothing ever died on me

[@bongocatsupreme]

Yeh, my 7950x still be hitting 90s with an aio, atleast it doesnt impact performance when it does but WOOWEE, she runs hot

[@kodysoles9912]

Ngl there’s a LOT of info to learn and there’s no hand holding. Match metals, get way more pipe than you think you need and fittings, and if you water cool your gpu… pulling off the card is like surgery to me, freaky. But by golly it looks sick and is super quiet 🤤

[@amcheung10]

I went with the Arctic LF2 360 (LF3 wasn’t out yet) and it’s been cooling my i9 10920x really well

[@azuresky2301]

For Ryzen 5000+ users with old stock coolers like a Wraith Spire or Prism, if your CPU gets too hot you can look into the PBO2 Curve Optimizer. Most motherboards should have an option in BIOS, but if yours doesn't there is also a third-party utility that allows you to tune it. Set a negative offset starting at -5, run a few Cinebench tests for stability, then change by -5 and repeat until you reach instability, then go back to the last good setting and start incrementing by -1, at a max of -30. As a result, my 5700X3D runs cooler than my 3600 did on a Wraith Prism, and honestly with those adjustments I think a Wraith Stealth could handle it, albeit with an aggressive fan curve.

[@dillzilla4454]

A thing everyone gets wrong, liquid coolers so not get lower temperatures. They have a hogher thermal capacity which allows for them to take longer to hear up but once they are heated up they do about the same cooling as a air cooler, sometimes less depending on the fans and surface area the hear is being dispersed to.

[@DrakonDragoon]

For inexperienced people aio are perfectly fine if you really want the water cooling for your cpu. But liquid cooling is great but can take time and is pretty expensive for a custom build. You plan it carefully and build it good you have a nice system that will perform well. Just be prepared for the amount of time you'll need to put into it and always make shure of your measurements.

[@AiceQream]

I use my car coolant works alrighty when you use a airpump to power it. That thing is cold and cool can't beat it

[@jolinarmalkshur18]

AIO's are good for people who don't really understand liquid coolers, or who don't want to fuss with custom loops.

[@computerbytes01]

I have 3 x 360mm radiators 1x pump, soft tubing and 12 connections. Would be 14 connections if I cooled the GPU. It ain't that hard. I'd recommend the EK pump over the Corsair as its quieter, but its still a good pump.

[@afropunkx]

I have literally never had to use water cooling in the 25+ years I’ve bern building PCs.

[@SnowTheKitsune]

custom loop > aio > aircooler most of time from best to good cooling.

[@techcdrive1702]

For the people who got triggered - u should watch the video, its the very basic level question ( he mentioned it ) and if the user doesn't know the basics then the chances are he will ruin his setup ( also the liquid setups and loops are not cheap so advice on such things without mentioning the parts and everything is not a good idea - what if they make a rookie mistake and liquid leaks and mess up the setup - who do you think they are going to point fingers at) and then the blame game type of shit in short if u r at basic step just don't go pro with a jump. andddd this is not something which can be explained in 30 sec tik tok or reel or something lyk that.

[@TrioChoasWolves]

Sometimes AIOs have tubing that isn't long enough or may not work with a certain case. Just depends on your circumstances.

[@JB-sy2pi]

Imma build an AIO build for my daily pc needs/gaming, and I’ll work on a custom loop project on the side whenever I’m bored or something just to get the hang of it type sht

[@The_RandomGuy0]

bro answerd everything but the question 😂

[@roosin7900]

Since the influencer won't answer the question, you need distilled water with a biocide in it to keep the liquid from growing bacteria. You can add dyes but it can't be food coloring because its for food. Many watercooling brands sell a premix fluid so you can just add that in and call it good.

[@KamiKomplex504]

Yes, totally going to take the complexity of the build and price from lvl 1 to over 9000 for a 2% performance boost if I do everything right. Air coolers are too good these days to mess with this.

[@HardwareHoehle]

In the end He wanted to know which fluid from which manufacturer He should buy because some of them Like Corsair ones grow algee over time....

[@admar1208]

where i live it could get all the way up to 45 degrees Celsius i'm not sure air coolers are gonna cut it.