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I laugh hard after reading this meanwhile in China they produce for some time now: https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/33008658066.html?spm=a2g17.12010612.8148356.12.14fe5949TaeM7H https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/4001049624127.html?spm=a2g17.12010612.8148356.16.699850c7OskoF3 https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/4000961076229.html?spm=a2g17.12010612.8148356.14.222227e7eaMv3X https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/33006193175.html?spm=a2g17.12010612.8148356.10.222227e7eaMv3X and many more
Have you used any of these? Good enough for an 8 core Intel CPU at 5+ GHZ, all cores oc'ed? For my next build I might go full custom water loop. Just doing research for now. And yes, 100 Euros for a CPU block alone is just ridiculous.
I have a Ryzen 3600X in this built: https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling/comments/gldub1/bykskibarrow_watercooling/ OC'ed on all cores to 4.35, super stable.
Do you mind listing your setup? That looks like a $400-500 water cooling setup! Looks great and agree, a good waste of fine whiskey!