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Originally Posted by Raptor1
My previous machine is air cooled, and not even with super-fancy fans, and it's still running fine since 2008. The only thing I've ever had to replace on it was the power supply, which blew once for some reason. It never had any serious heat issues that I can remember, even though I'm in a pretty hot environment and I really didn't clean it as regularly as I should have.
I'm not saying water cooling isn't a good thing but, unless that AMD CPU runs ridiculously hot or he's planning to overclock the thing, I'm not really seeing anything in there that would have a tendency to overheat.
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Agreed. I've had machines that have lasted 12 years plus that ran on their stock air cooler. The only reason to consider a higher end aftermarket cooler is if you are planning to overclock. A water cooler is a waste of money unless you live someplace very hot, or you are planning to overclock it a lot. Also FYI water coolers can fail too, most commonly the pump stops working, or very rarely a leak develops somewhere. Also many of the water coolers are no better than a good air cooler (I can back this up with bench tests). So spend the money on something else like a better graphics card or an SSD, not a water cooler, especially not for a budget system.
The most important thing of all, is correctly applying the right amount of thermal paste and properly seating the cooler on the cpu. This accounts for more heating problems than anything else bar none.