Recent content by Cutechri

Rather go with the U12A despite the premium, the Mugen 5 is just not good

Good choices. AIO not needed here.

99% sure this is pump failure. While playing the game, open the side panel and touch both pipes leading to the pump. If both of the pipes are warm, the pump hasn't failed. If one pipe is hot to the touch and the other is cold, then the pump has failed and you're due a new AIO (or air coolers...

Reboots under minimal loads. Ryzen. Sounds similar to what I was dealing with on my 3900X. I would get random reboots at idle. NEVER when under load such as rendering or playing a game. I tried many things. One thing that fixed it was disabling Global C-states in the BIOS. However, this didn't...

It depends. AIOs will provide lower temps. However, they will never be as reliable as air coolers. The only part of an air cooler that can break is the fan, at which point you can replace it. When an AIO fails, it is usually the pump, and that could have catastrophic effects. However, if an air...