Pros and Cons of AIO 

i initially thought water coolers are great especially on the looks department but when my friend bought one and after a few months it failed and had a leak, i changed my mind. water coolers may have a small chance of failing but that fail could ruin your whole system.

Personally, I'd go with Air cooling since even though at both of their bests AIO is slightly colder and looks slightly cooler (pun intended) air cooling is just a lot less of a hassle and it is less prone to failure

There is a saying ' Old is Gold '

Currently watching this video while my aio is making an annoying clicking/buzzing noise. Go with air cooling.

Air is pretty much eternal and failure-free. Also, while it's chunky it doesn't have to look bad. In case of the Noctuas, you can just replace included fans with something like CM mf120/140 and keep the amazing performance and the RGB for little of the price increase. As for the AIO's, the high-end one is not only 2-3 times pricier than the best Air coolers (like Noctua D15) but also you have to replace it every 5 years or so, meanwhile you can still use your 9 years old D15 and it still as good as it was back in the day. Maybe fans might get loud so you gonna have to change them for ~50€ but that's it. It will still cool your 13900k as fine as it was cooling your 2600k back in the day.

Also RMA exists so don’t immediately stress if an AIO poops out on you

Don't forget the pump noise, that was the reason for switch back to an aircooler

another con is the fact its hard asf to install an aio

Since my I use an i3 12100f I just use the included cooler which is small and the temps are ok

i use aio before.. well after 8-9 month my cpu temp increased even though in idle mode..the pump also have some weird sound..ahahah..went back to air cooler and all good since then..

All the people praising AIO liquid cooling never mention the sound of a high pitch pump running all the time. Believe me air cooling is more quiet. What is the point of fans spinning slowly with a loud pump?

I use Ice Giant Elite - temperature maintains steady temp even with load.

I was recommended to go with liquid cooling since I record my voice a lot, and the fans love to add unneeded background noise. If I get liquid cooling, is there ways I can ensure a failure doesn't happen, even if it's unlikely?

I’ve had my THERMALTAKE prebuild for a year and 3 months and my AIO failed already. Sucks . Really sucks cause I know nothing of PC repairs and damages and how to fix them and my pump just started heating way the hell up after turning it on and stuff and I took it to geek squad and they just flat out told me (bad pump). When I think it was just clogged and so they gave me a Corsair pump and radiator and now I do not know for the life of me how to sync the RGB. I was running MSI dragon for my whole rig and now that won’t work and nothing I try syncs all my 8 fans up and it’s the most depressing thing. Why even have a rig with all this RGB and I can’t even see it turn on

The chances of a failure in water cooling may be low, but the consequences of it failing are potentially very costly.

Do you really know what you are talking about? AIOs and Tower cooler basically can perform the same, it is just basically a preference. Besides, tower coolers are more durable in the long run.

I am trying to decide between an aio probably either the evga clcx 240mm or similar and the Noctua nhd15. Can’t decide. I have a Ryzen 5 7600x

I think the Noctua D15 looks bad ass. Who doesn't like a giant chunk of metal with fans!😂

Guys, you need to buy an AIO from a proper brand like Corsair not some dumb $50 one. Also, the positioning of the tubes is extremely important when it comes to the lifespan/failure of AIO, TechSource explains this in his PC build guide

I'm sticking with my NH-U12A Chromax Black 😅

air over aio. Aio is not better thn air its worse because the heat cant dissappear fast enough in that closed loop system even with a 240mm one

Aio only cools your cpu. Tower air cooler cools the whole case. In a long run, like 8, 9 hours or more aio performance decreases in a great margin because of liquid. Fast cooling but also fetting hot faster.

Aio vs air: Air Cons: cheap, simple, effective Aio Cons: pricey, a lot of cables, a lot of space,

I would go for a chunky air cooler bcuz i have an aio and due to my budget i couldnt get a white mobo so it looks kinda bad and if i had an air cooler it would hide alot of the black parts and i never need to overclock my pc so.....

broader variety of cases= not so true, especially when it comes to the radiators and case size

UNLIKELY??? in 2022 MSI AIO got massive reports of liquid clotting leading to system failure just after 6 months of use some ppl ever less than 6 months.

I just slap a 40$ ThermalRight cooler in there and my temps are never over 60 for my cpu and gpu even when playing demanding games. Sure AIOs look cool but it is MUCH more expensive and I personally don't trust having liquid constantly flowing around in my PC, AIOs fail a lot more often than air coolers and, when they do, they can cause some SERIOUS damage. Until prices drop and/or AIO reliability improves, I'm sticking with Air Coolers.

If you only can fit an 120 AIO you can better use an Ait cooler

Randomly got air on a NZXT H1, it's fixed now. But I'm never getting an AIO again, higher chance of failure.

Should I use aio as intake or exhaust fan? It will be 2 fans

If leaky ?

This is a good video why only 4 likes!?!

Just stay away from them if you can't afford frequently upgrading your build.

so like, does it come with fans?

Sooner or later, your Aio is going to need replaced.

Can leakage of aio ruin whole PC?

hi are you guys polish? i feel like you are especially you and the other girl, not sure if there is more hah,

No it's not very unlikely. It's very likely

Yeah “very unlikely” my just failed after 1 year of having it

Aio is mostly gimmicky expensive crap

What? Air coolers are any day better because you don't need to worry about the pump dieing, the liquid in the aio evaporating, or possible leaks Yes coolers are chunky but in the long run any day more superior especially for those people who use a pc for like 7-10+ years

very unlikely is unacceptable considering that a drop of water will fry most electronics and might even cause a trip.

Noctua begs to differ AIO is better :D