[mjayhn]

Yeah I actually stopped doing water cooling (usually Corsair AIOs) this year and went with this HSF just for ease of complexity, not that I ever had any problems with my AIOs.

I should note it's WAY louder than I thought it'd be and it's made getting to my NVME drives a bit difficult.

I didn't do much research beyond "best analog HSF vs watercoolers" and when it showed up I couldn't believe how big it was.

[whywhywhywhy]

I went from AIO to air cooling quite recently after the pump on my AIO failed. Honestly not sure if I was just going from a bad AIO to a good cooler (smaller version of the Dark Rock Pro) but I actually found it to be quieter and the performance difference.

Honestly the best bit though was the piece of mind that I don't have liquid inside my computer anymore. The idea of the pump leaking down onto my GPUs when I'm not around was stressful.