For example, I am getting a Ryzen 9 5900x, and I am putting a Noctua NH-D15S on it since I will be running it at stock clocks (3.7 - 4.8 GHz). From everything I have read, the NH-D15S can easily run that CPU at stock clocks with superb temperatures even with the most demanding games. Also, I have read and heard that overclocking a CPU provides almost no benefits in games, whereas an overclocked GPU can certainly provide benefits in games (that's why I bought a Asus GTX 3090 ROG Strix OC graphics card that comes factory overclocked).
So my question is: Why do some people even bother water-cooling and overclocking a CPU for gaming?
So my question is: Why do some people even bother water-cooling and overclocking a CPU for gaming?