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Alphacool relies on bulk. HWlabs uses better design to get better cooling, especially if you ramp up the rpm. The old gtx line, and nowadays gtr scale like no other the more airflow you toss at them.

Those rads sound sexy. Upload a pic of em :D I'll shamelessly admit I'm a hwlabs fanboy. The GTRs can't be matched.

This. It just simply limps along. Blizz releases get a month tops of talking and then the talk/ threads become barren.

Nothing to show atm :D I stripped it all down into a new case with no liquid cooling, just ain't got the time to do it or even game on it. Strapped an air cooler on the cpu and put the original fans back on the gpu. One of these days.....

Looked interesting, but yeah....I get translations aren't going to be perfect, but including nonsense like "chud" is just dumb and disrespectful.

Idk, at some point it's easy to stop caring how it looks. Just park it under a desk and let it cool :D

If that's the case, bigger the better. More room for airflow, more fans. I have a Lian Li V3000+ and it's a monster.

Only rotaries that leaked on me were a handful out of a bunch I bought on ebay for cheap. Nowadays I just use barbs and clamps. Mostly for cheapness.

Yeah that was covered in my original post :D I still do custom loops, but strictly because I enjoy the hobby. I don't pay EK-esque prices though, all Bykski/ other Ali stuff.

Meh, the extra $20 is worth it if someone just wants liquid. The extra hundreds upon hundreds for custom loops? Nah.

Yup. D5s die just like any pump. Maybe some brands are more reputable..idk. They all look the same. On top of being what...$80+ for basic D5s on Amazon and that's without heads/mounting..... $100+ for a rad. $15+ a pop for fans. God knows what for fittings/tubing. $100+ for a block..... Or...

Odd outlook but okay.

Eh. They seem to run fine for a good number of years. This is coming from someone who runs dual D5s lol. Just don't buy known bad models.

When you can get a 360mm AIO for $60 it's really hard to tell people to go custom loop. It's really only for the hobby aspect of it nowadays.

Never bought EK. Too pricey. Sometimes you "get what you pay for", but from the issues I've heard about them it doesn't seem to be the case here.

Huh, that sucks. The Ace down the road from me has great screw selection. Menards is fairly good, too...though less metric stuff.

No hardware stores have fully threaded screws?

Idk, this is sounding way more complicated than it should be. M3 or 6-32 should be easy to find at any half decent hardware store (shoutout to Ace as mentioned before). Might not be the exact length needed...but does 2mm longer really matter? If so buy 20mm and cut it down a tad. Easy peasy and...

Lmao. Salty. Game is good

Much easier and cheaper to just throw in some new mechanics for a season and let people rerun the same content all over again. Tbf even back in D2 people had zero problem just rerunning the same content over and over again.

Nice. I have the 18" version with the 1000nit screen but everything else seems the same. Been a very solid platform.

Ding ding ding. Seasonal mechanics are just a way to milk people for replay time.

B-b-but GRAPHS! :D How often are you making files that are 20% of the disk size?

Nothing other than being able to clutch pearls over "lead dust" being blown directly into your lungs, apparently. Lol.

For games/active programs? Sure. Storage? Nope. Just grabbed a pair of 12tb exos. Wife does photography and I collect an ever growing pile of stl files. Add in the movie/tv/music collection and...yeah. Maybe once 2.5" SSDs drop to like $100/4tb (lol) then I'd do everything on them.

Been awhile since I've messed with metal fan clips. Get spoiled on using screws lol.

Looks like another "what do the kids like nowadays?" feature to distract from how creatively bankrupt WoW/Blizz is.

Just got the FS140 delivered. Wow. Largest air cooler I've ever owned. That's a hefty piece of hardware and the rubber corners on the fans are neat, too. Criminally cheap. Impressive.

Actually grabbed one of those $28 FS140s. Just bought a "used - very good" Lian Li V3000+ off Amazon for "only" $278. Sadly my pc really doesn't see any gameplay anymore and I don't feel like diving into redoing my waterloop for a pc that just doesn't get used much. Figured one of these will...

Yeah they're fine. Even sold excess humble bundle codes on G2a with no issues.

I still go back and play some Generals once in a while. That and BF:Vietnam were staples for me and my brothers back in the early 2000s.

FS140 for $28? Geez. I kind of want to buy one and I haven't done air cooling in a very long time.

You knew exactly what was meant.

I believe HWlabs even uses that as a marketing point :D They sure have the bulk of an auto radiator lol.

Yep. Antifreeze works just fine. Some are convinced that their pcs need super special treatment though.

That's the difference between looking at values on a piece of paper, and what actually occurs irl due to various factors. Usually happens when you try to over apply booksmarts.

Last time I checked, lead doesn't just magically form dust...at least not in any significant amount, unless you mess with it. People would be shocked to learn how much asbestos is still in public buildings because if you leave it alone....

Are we really going to get worried about a bit of lead in a PC water loop being a health concern? Oh God lol.

I guess. As for the price from watching the GN video that might be temporary pricing and it might actually be around $50. So get it now when it's cheap. Going up to $50 would kill it.

Nice. Thanks. Seems okay. Pretty fine if it indeed stays at that sub-$30 price.