Build Advice Is this a decent build that will all work together? (mainly wondering about cooler)

[Blaketho]

As title says this is the build I'm wanting to go with. My only concern is the cpu cooler. I see so many mixed things about AIO and air. I'm partial to air cause with my luck I'd get a leaky AIO.
Use is primarily for gaming on 1440p 144hz

CPU: i7 14700k
Motherboard: MSI Z790 Mag Tomahawk
GPU: MSI Gaming x trio 4090
PSU: Corsair RM1000x
Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S
Case: Corsair 5000D
Fans: Lian Li P28 for front top and rear, considering for sides too?

 

[helper800]

Air coolers are fine, just dont expect to get 100% of the same boost clocks and the same uptime of those clocks compared to the best AIOs. This cooler will save you some money and perform a bit better.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

I'm partial to air cause with my luck I'd get a leaky AIO.

i've owned at least 6 AIO liquid coolers in personal builds, installed ~25 of them in other's systems, and worked on ~50 systems with them installed and have never run into an issue with one that actually leaked.

but, i've talked to probably 30 others who are totally afraid of them and even one who claimed he couldn't sleep at night knowing there was one in his system and had me replace it with an air tower cooler.

i would say the risk is little to none.
if you searched for threads/articles pertaining to leaky pumps & pipes vs users enjoying their liquid coolers you'd probably have a hard time finding that many with users leaking out of the box without some kind of tampering and/or physical damage to the cooler.

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S

this is a nice cooler with a nice fan included.
but, i'd probably go for the dual fan D15 version with this setup.

 

[Blaketho]

i've owned at least 6 AIO liquid coolers in personal builds, installed ~25 of them in other's systems, and worked on ~50 systems with them installed and have never run into an issue with one that actually leaked.

but, i've talked to probably 30 others who are totally afraid of them and even one who claimed he couldn't sleep at night knowing there was one in his system and had me replace it with an air tower cooler.

i would say the risk is little to none.
if you searched for threads/articles pertaining to leaky pumps & pipes vs users enjoying their liquid coolers you'd probably have a hard time finding that many with users leaking out of the box without some kind of tampering and/or physical damage to the cooler.

this is a nice cooler with a nice fan included.
but, i'd probably go for the dual fan D15 version with this setup.

well maybe i just take the leap and try an AIO for the first time that way im not paranoid about the heat. My main reason for the D15S is the extra RAM clearance. not sure if the regular 15 has enough room for ram clearance. I'll have to check, i know some people just raise the fan up a little if the case has room

 

[Blaketho]

Air coolers are fine, just dont expect to get 100% of the same boost clocks and the same uptime of those clocks compared to the best AIOs. This cooler will save you some money and perform a bit better.

clock wise is that more from benchmarks? I've seen a handful of people talking about how gaming doesn't tend to draw as much power/heat. I just wonder about like max setting in something like cyberpunk if i'd be better off just caving and going for AIO

 

[Why_Me]

clock wise is that more from benchmarks? I've seen a handful of people talking about how gaming doesn't tend to draw as much power/heat. I just wonder about like max setting in something like cyberpunk if i'd be better off just caving and going for AIO

If you're primary use will be gaming then I'd bag the 14 gen i7 seeing how all it adds is four more E-cores which are pretty much worthless for gaming added to the fact they add more heat.

Something like this would net you similar results without the added heat and power.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AK620 ZERO DARK 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: *MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($159.99 @ B&H)
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($92.97 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ Newegg Sellers)
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.90 @ Amazon)
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https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B760-GAMING-PLUS-WIFI

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html

https://www.deepcool.com/products/C...formance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/16124.shtml

https://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/4161

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[helper800]

clock wise is that more from benchmarks? I've seen a handful of people talking about how gaming doesn't tend to draw as much power/heat. I just wonder about like max setting in something like cyberpunk if i'd be better off just caving and going for AIO

It would be impossible to feel the difference. Typically you would only notice it in benchmarking, but PC hardware is all about incremental gains. If you cut performance by 4% in 6 places all of a sudden you could definitely feel the loss in certain games.

 

[geofelt]

Games do not use more than a handful of processing threads.
(multiplayer excepted)
Because of that, the heat generation is nowhere near what you would get with tests such as cinebench.

Here is one video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFgswzTvyc


A different explanation:
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/intel-core-13900k-cooling-tested

Noctua has a table of suitable coolers.
Here is the one for the 14700K:
https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus/model/INTEL-Core-i7-14700K-1760
NH-D15s is fine.

Of course, you could use a cheaper cooler and it should run as well.
There are many out there, but possibly none of the same quality