Cooling CPU vs GPU 120mm AIO

mirinjesse

Caliper Novice
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Aug 1, 2021
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Planning to build in a HZMOD XQ69 or Sliger CL520. Both cases can fit a 120m AIO watercooled setup with a 175mm graphic card.

I’m planning ryzen 5600x and RTX 3060 TI or better (MSI Aero whenever I can find one…).

I’m thinking I wanna use a AIO water block on the gpu and smaller heat sinks on the individual ram (and a slim fan of sorts over top - think NZXT G12, but that won’t fit on a 174mm card) along with something like a noctua NH-L9 on the cpu.

I see 99% go with AIO on the cpu, but I’m thinking given the shorter card, lack of case fans in these smaller cases I would be better off putting it on the GPU since this only a living gaming build (triple A titles 1440 60FPS+)

Any feedback?