Any PC Gamers Around?

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

The computer-1 by Teenage Engineering. For all you Mini-ITX lovers.

Ehhhh. I like having a compact rig but it needs to be quiet too. I don’t want to deal with non-standard power supplies or finding a short GPU. These are cool builds, but as a DD machine I feel like something the size of an air cooled NR200 strikes a nice balance.


Side rant/question:
It still boggles my mind how so many people run liquid cpu coolers in their daily rigs. I don’t trust AIOs. I know heat pipes won’t leak. Can’t say that about AIOs. They’re more expensive than a good air cooler and they don’t perform any better once temps have settled. Is there something I don’t get about AIO’s?

[weederr33]

I agree. I like a compact unit that can still pack a full punch. But I don't need it to he mobile with the silly handles

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Are you 100%-ing the game? I can’t do that for any game honestly, it gets too monotonous .

I may not do it all in one gameplay but I don't uninstall a game until I'm at least really close to 100%. Of course some games it's impossible to tell when you're at 100%, and others you can never really get there (like Assassin's Creed that has autogenerated repeating tasks).

The only exception if its something that completely annoys me, like racing challenges in a game that doesn't know how to do vehicle mechanics correctly, or fight challenges that take an hour to do but have no save points in them.

I usually end up somewhere between 85% and 100%

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Ehhhh. I like having a compact rig but it needs to be quiet too. I don’t want to deal with non-standard power supplies or finding a short GPU. These are cool builds, but as a DD machine I feel like something the size of an air cooled NR200 strikes a nice balance.


Side rant/question:
It still boggles my mind how so many people run liquid cpu coolers in their daily rigs. I don’t trust AIOs. I know heat pipes won’t leak. Can’t say that about AIOs. They’re more expensive than a good air cooler and they don’t perform any better once temps have settled. Is there something I don’t get about AIO’s?

Both my wife and I have been running AIO liquid cooling for almost 4 years now with no problems. My wife's computer is running almost 24/7.

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Ehhhh. I like having a compact rig but it needs to be quiet too. I don’t want to deal with non-standard power supplies or finding a short GPU. These are cool builds, but as a DD machine I feel like something the size of an air cooled NR200 strikes a nice balance.


Side rant/question:
It still boggles my mind how so many people run liquid cpu coolers in their daily rigs. I don’t trust AIOs. I know heat pipes won’t leak. Can’t say that about AIOs. They’re more expensive than a good air cooler and they don’t perform any better once temps have settled. Is there something I don’t get about AIO’s?

Noise.
A good AIO/Liquid setup can keep the computer cooler with less fan RPM and therefore less noise.
Also dependent on case an AIO may be the only way to properly cool a CPU.

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Both my wife and I have been running AIO liquid cooling for almost 4 years now with no problems. My wife's computer is running almost 24/7.

I understand that AIOs are very reliable, but the chance of one leaking is still higher than a heatpipe leaking. The engineer in me didn’t like the risk comparison table in my head.

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Noise.
A good AIO/Liquid setup can keep the computer cooler with less fan RPM and therefore less noise.
Also dependent on case an AIO may be the only way to properly cool a CPU.

As for noise I can see that, but at a certain level does it even matter? Personally I can’t imagine the pump being much quieter than my Noctua NH-U12A. I’ve only ever heard it when running cinebench. When gaming the GPU fans are much louder than the CPU cooler and they’re not even loud.

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

I understand that AIOs are very reliable, but the chance of one leaking is still higher than a heatpipe leaking. The engineer in me didn’t like the risk comparison table in my head.



As for noise I can see that, but at a certain level does it even matter? Personally I can’t imagine the pump being much quieter than my Noctua NH-U12A. I’ve only ever heard it when running cinebench. When gaming the GPU fans are much louder than the CPU cooler and they’re not even loud.

Some people are super anal about noise for some reason. Thoe ones that arent gaming but want their tower to make no noise at all.
I don't get it either.
And yes the GPU is way louder.

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Some people are super anal about noise for some reason. Thoe ones that arent gaming but want their tower to make no noise at all.
I don't get it either.
And yes the GPU is way louder.

So then you get your full custom loop pc as quiet as a mouse, only to get annoyed by coil whine?

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

How are you not done after 106 hours? I did 2 full playthroughs with frozen wilds in ~150.

Are you 100%-ing the game? I can’t do that for any game honestly, it gets too monotonous .

Mmmmm.... I don't think I'm dying that much. According to game I have completed 43.9% and 5.5% of Frozen Wilds.
I'm at level 33.

[Captain Snooze]

Level 34.

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

So then you get your full custom loop pc as quiet as a mouse, only to get annoyed by coil whine?

Yep

[Captain Snooze]

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[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

I understand that AIOs are very reliable, but the chance of one leaking is still higher than a heatpipe leaking. The engineer in me didn’t like the risk comparison table in my head.

I just didn't want to hang a giant chunk of metal cantilevered off my CPU. Plus it looked cool and cleans up the interior a bit.

[weederr33]

I discovered this video and it is like a Bob Ross PC build and wow I'm drowsy now