Liquid Cooling
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Hey /g/, Is liquid cooling worth it?
I'm planning on building a new PC with a GTX 1080 and an i7 (I know, I know) and was wondering if I could get away with just an aftermarket fan setup. Plus I don't want my nice new PC to get leaks on it,
Not really, better just getting some quite fans from Noctua.
Unless you are into overclocking, then go ahead with water cooling.
>>54799657
Only do it if you are looking for an expensive hobby or you really like the look of it. Otherwise just get a solid air cooler.
No.
The 1080 and whatever i7 you're getting already run fairly cool, so there isn't any reason to add liquid cooling unless you're tying to pull off some super s1ck overclock, which I doubt you are.
And I also doubt you need an i7 processor or a 1080. But you spend your money where you want.
>>54799687
The reference 1080 doesn't run very cool without an aggressive fan curve. Can't speak for coolers from other manufacturers though. I assume they are significantly better.
>>54799668
quite fans... nice one, where can i get one of those?
unless you are buying particularly good coolant the temperature difference wont be too much greater than just using a good heatsink + fan
the most important part of any cooling system is the transfer of heat from the processor to the heatsink, or in the case of water cooling, the grated plate put over the processor.
basically, de-lid the cpu, get some good thermal paste and a solid copper heatsink, throw some poopfans on it and you'll be nice and chill
>>54799706
Just go for the NH-D15 meme and be a happy chap. Still plenty of headroom for overclocking
OP here, so there seems to be a consensus of No. Well that's good for me haha. I just didn't want to go to all the effort of building it and then finding it overheats.
Thanks guys.
>>54799657
>Plus I don't want my nice new PC to get leaks on it,
If you're worrying about shit like this, liquid cooling isn't for you
Get a good air cooler
The stock coolers will be sufficient for the 1080, but look for reviews first because temps may differ depending on cooler design.
As for the CPU, technically the stock cooler should be sufficient for stock clocks. The i7-6700K would work just fine with something like the 212 Evo since it only produces 91W TDP, but if you want to overclock then that's a different story.
Honestly though, if you get a GTX1080 + i7-6700K setup then there's no need to overclock anything, at least not for a couple years.