alright sounds good

most people use AIO watercooling for the CPU, where you mount a radiator for the CPU only with flexible tubing

ah

is maintenance hard

there is no performance advantage with custom watercooling, the BTU transfer of the radiators are the same, and the oumo on AIO's is slightly overrated on BTU for quality assurance

and there is practically no maintenance for AIO watercooling

nice

how much does it cost

youve been typing for quite a while señor

If you aren't going to constantly OC your CPU relatively far with noticeably higher than stock voltages, then you'll probably do good with a 120mm/140mm radiator those can be as cheap as $60 and as much as $90. If you want more surface space to keep the CPU unnecessarily cooler or want to try for more drastic OC which requires much higher jumps in voltage per small increase in frequency for maintaining stability, then you're going to want a minimum of a 240mm radiator, which is 240x120mm meaning it takes 2x120mm fans if your case has a place to support that. Higher voltage (especially beyond a certain point depending on individual model and pin size) is going to reduce the longevity of the CPU, even if you keep it cooler, and if going on the very edge of safe voltages and max stable frequency at those voltages, you can degrade the CPU enough within months of use depending on how much your computer is on every day to where you need to step down the frequency at that same voltage to maintain stability. This is why I don't recommend going extreme, but going between boost and extreme is relatively the most practical point if you're gonna cool with a higher BTU rad. 280mm rads are 280x140 if your case can support that on the top (preferably). What is your CPU and what are your intentions?

i7 7700k

what fan expandabilitydo you have in the top of your case?

none

i have a mid tower corsair

send me a link to the case

think its this one

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/CC-9011107-WW

no

its not that

https://www.lelong.com.my/corsair-carbide-spec-omega-mid-tower-atx-case-black-red-brightstaronline-F349670-2007-01-Sale-I.htm

this one

btw, the i7 7700k is very efficient and can overclock to a pretty decent clock (for most) without excessive voltage, so if you tweak your CPU to run the highest stable frequency at 1.3-1.35V you'll get the most out of your CPU long-term

alright

how do you overclock cpu?

1.35 over 1.3 will have a slightly higher degradation rate, but the benefit may be as much as .2ghz more stable which is a lot in long-term

is it like gpu where all you have to do is download afterburner

you have to overclock through BIOS, I can walk you throught hat after you already ahv ethe new cooler

ok

I don't recommend OS OC for cpu as much

ok

is the $60-$90 radiator absolutely necessary

the whole AIO is that cost

tubing, rad and pump all in one piece

oh

also I found out the front of your case will accept a 360mm aio

3x120

you dont need water cooling. just install an intake and outtake fans and you should be good.

dont listen to these fags

so I recommend doing a intake fan in the bottom front, with the top 2 as out with a 240mm aio, and the bottom case fan if there is a slot for one as an out with the fan on the back as intake, so you can minimize dust and sustain decent pressure

@SchloppyDoggo we're talking about CPU lol

lol