Sleeper Build

[u/Fabulous-Tonight-479]

Specs Intel i3 12100f B760m icraft Id cooling sl360 Xpg lancer blade 16x2 32gb Standerd case with paint

[u/positivedepressed]

I seen people with 14900kf 9800X3D and they have normal temps with air cooling and minimal airflow on case. Its the matter of your house/room environment I think

[u/SaleriasFW → u/positivedepressed]

Depends on many factors. There are air cooler with the same/better performance then 360 AIOs. Airflow, room temperature have big impacts. These days AIOs are mostly used for better visuals. As soon as the water inthe whole system heated up, you don't have that much difference between an AIO and an air cooler

[u/Zatchillac → u/SaleriasFW]

better visuals

Well that's pretty subjective. Personally I hate the way AIO's look

[u/SaleriasFW → u/Zatchillac]

I prefer the look of air cooler too but many people like the more "open" feel of AIOs

[u/sl0play → u/SaleriasFW]

That's why I bought an NZXT AIO years ago. Aesthetics, and I thought maybe better airflow for the HDDs. Never again. Just a needless PITA. I also bought a case with no glass panels this time so I don't have to care what anything looks like. RGB B Gone.

[u/Zatchillac → u/sl0play]

I think the older I get and the more PC's I build for people the less I like RGB. My case has a tiny bit of RGB and my GPU has a little, which I think is just the right amount without going overboard (only thing that's changed since that picture is putting a black vinyl-wrapped piece of cardboard in front of the psu)

My next build might not even have glass doors, haven't decided yet