[citation]As for all the idiots putting down closed loop water coolers, some people are using three of them (CPU, 2 x GPU in crossfire) without any problems and WITH BETTER TEMPS than the stock coolers. Bite me...
The H100 is as good or better than any pure air solution on the market and it doesn't hang a ton of metal off your CPU socket.[/citation]
Realize most of the people that you're arguing with aren't contesting that air is better than all-in-one coolers; they're saying that an investment in a custom loop (or even a kit loop) is much more cost effective than all-in-one units.
The two statements above are what make AICs cost-ineffective in many cases - they cost a pretty penny, but they really only beat out the stock coolers and *some* air coolers. Realize the stock coolers are only designed to keep the cards and CPUs from hitting their thermal ceilings (which on some GPUs is 100C or more), so anything lower than that is an improvement and modified AICs will definitely perform better.
However, for the same money you spend on the H100 to hit the mid 50Cs on a CPU, you can get a better kit loop that could get you below 50C. Sure, the AICs are more convenient, but don't be a dick and start bragging when you have no idea what thermal performance really is. My 670 hits 35C max with low speed (i.e. near silent) generic Cooler Master fans. Put some Gentle Typhoons on my rad, I'm looking at maybe 30C max.