1500$ Build Liquid cooler or air cooler what suits for gaming?

bastysarao

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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GbyQpb
here are the specs
CPU: I5-8600k 3.6 GHz 6-core processor
CPU Cooler: H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid Cooler
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16gb (2x8Gb) DDR4 #200 Memory
SSD: Western Digital - Blue 250 Gb 2.5"
HDD: Seagate - Barracuda 2tb 3.5" 7200rpm
GPU: Evga - Geforce Gtx 1070 8gb SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Black Edition
Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower
PSU: Corsair - CSM 650 80+ Gold certificate Semi-Modular
Thoughts? on this build. Idk which case to get so I decided to go with Corsair 760T
Air Cooler or Liquid cooler?
Thx in advance
 
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I took the liberty to edit your parts list a bit, now it has GTX 1080, a much better PSU, slightly faster and a bit larger SSD and a good case.

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($171.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($92.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce...
Each have advantages and disadvantages. It depends a lot on your budget. AIOs can have a bit lower temps (but can get a bit louder depending on the model and fan optimization), but usually have much lower length warranties due to pump failures, and you run a rare risk of tubing leaks.
Air coolers will run slightly warmer (though not much on top air cooler models), but are huge hulks of metal hanging off your mobo, which itself can present issues when bumping into your memory sticks and limiting cases which it will fit as well as running rare risk of warping the back of the mobo. Advantage being they're super easy to clean and they have no pumps so their warranties are many years longer and depend entirely on the fan that's on it.
Here's a nice review on both air and liquid coolers:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpu-coolers,4181.html
so you can decide for yourself.
 
I took the liberty to edit your parts list a bit, now it has GTX 1080, a much better PSU, slightly faster and a bit larger SSD and a good case.

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($171.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($92.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB SC2 Gaming iCX Video Card ($534.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1508.73

AiOs are just a wannabe liquid cooler shiny toys. Good air coolers do the same or better job at lower noise in 99% of the time. 100% when we are talking about AiOs made by asetek - http://www.asetek.com/desktop/do-it-yourself/

If i were you, I'd also switch to i7-8700K and go with a single large enough M.2 drive.
if you can push back a bit with the purchase, you might save a lot during black friday/cyber monday sales on November 24.
 
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