Is this PC worth liquid cooling?

ryguybuddy · Jul 11, 2016

Here is my proposed PC:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7w3Hhq

and my budget is ~1200 dollars. I plan to build in January 2017. I am not sure if I want to liquid cool the CPU with a cheapish ($60-$70) closed-loop prebuilt cooler so I could overclock more.

Side question: is it worth getting a 1070 or should I wait for the 1060? I want to 1080p and 60fps on ultra (Overwatch, BF 1 when it releases, stuff like that).

Hlsgsz · Jul 11, 2016

It's too early to be asking this as many things will change by january.
that being said, no liquid cooler under $100 is worth looking at as the are all outperrformed by air ones like you have in your build. Only 2-fan 240 or 280mm ones are worth considering, but, seeing as tehy are less reliable and silent that a good air cooler like the nh-d15 or be quiet! dark rock pro 3, i always recommend going with air. Plus, Skylake hits an overclocking wall well before thermals become a problem.
Also, i would get the 1070 if you are buying now, but seeing as SMD are lounching Vega in october, like i said, your question is invalid now.

ryguybuddy · Jul 11, 2016

Well I was planning to get parts slowly (etc. twice a month) until I had all of them.

Hlsgsz · Jul 11, 2016

ryguybuddy :

That's a very bad idea. Thigs progress fast in this doamin, prices go down etc.
Only do that if you, for, example snatch a killer combo deal on a CPU and mobo. Though even that is a bad idea because AMD will launch Zen sometime in the future.
Basically, get teh whole systeam when you want to build. Trust me on this one.

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