It's a fun thing to do. I like my setup (O11 dynamic XL, two 360mm rads, dual pumps, both CPU and GPU blocks), but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone. It's a lot of effort and expense for a little gain. But it's a hobby on top of a hobby, and that's fine if you want to go for it.

[–] Ovent@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm CPU/GPU cooled for a good while now (4-5y). It's a lot of efforts and make it harder to upgrade. You gain a bit of silence, but it's really not worth for most people. Like you said, it's more of a hobbit than anything.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it’s more of a hobbit than anything.

Bilbo Fannings

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The fellowship of the rig

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

...and The Two Towers.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, upgrading is definitely a pain and more costly. Redoing the tubes if you went with hard tubing is part of it. If you didn’t go with some generic waterblocks you’re stuck with them fitted to the motherboard and good luck reassembling the fan cooler on the gpu if you kept the 50 small screws that held it all together.

That said, I personally won’t go back to air cooled. The low noise and steady temperature are worth it IMO.