Is liquid cooling a meme?
Is it really necessary to spent +120€ on it or with a 90€ noctua NH d15 it's enough?
>>54860246
water cooling is mostly enthusiast-grade stuff meant for ridiculous overclocking and is, for most people, completely unnecessary
in the same vein, you don't need a fuckhuge tower cooler unless you plan on doing some serious oc
for most of the average desktop usage, a 212 evo will do the trick and costs less than a third of what either option will run you
>>54860246
people who get liquid cooling also get $200 mechanical keyboards, both are completely necessary for computing
>>54860283
I'm planning to built a PC with a i7 6700k, I maybe overckock it in the future. With a 212 evo it's enough?
>>54860307
As long as you have good airflow in your case it'll be enough
>>54860307
for some light overclocking, sure
I would recommend maybe going for something like pic related for best cooling per dollar, as it's still $40 cheaper than the nh-d15
>>54860246
All in one coolers aren't what I'd call liquid cooling, so if that's what you mean, then a D15 is most certainly enough. Less is probably fine too.
Actual custom loop liquid cooling is so much of an enthusiast thing because it's almost never worth it. It's good fun though if your PC is your hobby.
Liquid cooling's raison d'etre if there is one, is probably silent GPU cooling.
Every custom loop I have ever built was always about the silence. Never the temps.
>>54860307
Depending on your silicon lottery, you might get 100-200 Mhz higher overclock on water compared to air.
It's quieter than fans.
>>54860795
>all liquid cooling is passive
>>54860246
A Scythe FUMA performs the same if not better than a NH D15 in some cases, it's way cheaper too.
>>54860921
It uses brute force to match the nh-d15s performance resulting in loud acoustics, I'd much rather get the noctua then have a jet engine blower in my case, I very much enjoy silent computing.
