I guarantee you won't need a $300 motherboard or the overpriced 3930K either.

Grab a MSI Z77 G43 + I5 3570K + Hyper 212.

I'm by no means an expert, but liquid cooling is extremely effective. A bit harder to install but probably worth it.

tbyeah wrote I'm by no means an expert, but liquid cooling is extremely effective. A bit harder to install but probably worth it.

It's just as effective as air cooling but worse bang for your buck.

An $80 H80 is going to get absolutely crushed by a $80 Noctua NH-D14 / Phanteks CPU cooler.

Small surface area + closed looped + expensive = not worth it.

Generation wrote

tbyeah wrote I'm by no means an expert, but liquid cooling is extremely effective. A bit harder to install but probably worth it.

It's just as effective as air cooling but worse bang for your buck.

An $80 H80 is going to get absolutely crushed by a $80 Noctua NH-D14 / Phanteks CPU cooler.

Small surface area + closed looped + expensive = not worth it.

Like I said, I'm no expert. However, my cousin most definitely is. He told me that liquid was indeed more expensive, but worked better. Surely just by logic liquid is better? In the same way they use liquid cooling instead of air cooling in industry when machinery is really hot.

tbyeah wrote

Generation wrote

tbyeah wrote I'm by no means an expert, but liquid cooling is extremely effective. A bit harder to install but probably worth it.

It's just as effective as air cooling but worse bang for your buck.

An $80 H80 is going to get absolutely crushed by a $80 Noctua NH-D14 / Phanteks CPU cooler.

Small surface area + closed looped + expensive = not worth it.

Like I said, I'm no expert. However, my cousin most definitely is. He told me that liquid was indeed more expensive, but worked better. Surely just by logic liquid is better? In the same way they use liquid cooling instead of air cooling in industry when machinery is really hot.

It's all about getting lower temp deltas for the price. Sure, you could shell out a few hundred bucks for a basic custom water loop, but it's just not going to give you a few hundred bucks of performance. Of course it will cool better, but you have to know what to buy for the loop, how to install it, how to maintain it, and how to make the most of it. The extra performance and effort doesn't justify the price at all. High-end sealed air coolers perform on par with high-end air coolers like the Noctua NH-D14 and Phanteks PH-TC14PE, but are more expensive. The H100 can perform better if it's outfitted with more, better fans, but then you're looking at a huge chunk of change for a cooler. Again, price:performance.

That's why we don't recommend water. Some setups necessitate sealed coolers and sometimes a decked out H100 is the way to go for very high-budget builds.

tbyeah wrote

Generation wrote

tbyeah wrote I'm by no means an expert, but liquid cooling is extremely effective. A bit harder to install but probably worth it.

It's just as effective as air cooling but worse bang for your buck.

An $80 H80 is going to get absolutely crushed by a $80 Noctua NH-D14 / Phanteks CPU cooler.

Small surface area + closed looped + expensive = not worth it.

Like I said, I'm no expert. However, my cousin most definitely is. He told me that liquid was indeed more expensive, but worked better. Surely just by logic liquid is better? In the same way they use liquid cooling instead of air cooling in industry when machinery is really hot.

It would be effective if the tasks you carry out would take the computer to a very high heat level, which is unlikely. Air cooling is just as efficient for standard use. You proved your own point - they use it in industries and large factories, not little computers. It's just not needed. You'll be saving a lot of money. As generation said, G43+ i5 3570k, but personally I'd go with Enermax ETS T 40.

Same thing really, but it's said to be better.