Is GPU Water Cooling Really Worth It?

Is Water Cooling Really Worth It? In this video, the third in our "Is It Worth It?" series, we are going to find out if water cooling an Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OC with a GPU AIO makes sense. Our "Is It Worth It?" series is focused on showing you just how much you can expect to increase the performance of your system with a drop-in upgrade. One of the biggest challenges with upgrades is that they can rapidly spiral out of control if you are not careful ... you start with good intentions but rapidly find yourself rebuilding your entire machine ... that has happened to me way too many times to count. So for this series we are going to limit the upgrade to only one component ... no major generational upgrades that would require multiple components to be changed will be allowed. As you will see in the video, it's really not rocket science, it's Lego … my goal is to help you make the right component choices and put them together the right way, every time. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:14 PC Cooling Basics 02:27 Air Cooling 02:57 Liquid Cooling 04:07 Test Components 05:19 RTX 4090 AIO Upgrade 08:35 How To Best Orient an AIO 10:02 Testing Methodology 11:17 Benchmarks 13:11 Is It Worth It? 15:03 Wrap-Up Thank you for watching this video in the "Is It Worth It?" upgrade series, if you enjoyed today's video please hit that like button and subscribe so that you don't miss out on future episodes as I delve into every aspect of PC building. Blackbird PC Tech Links: Website: https://blackbirdpc.tech/ Store: https://blackbirdpctech.store/ Benchmarks: https://blackbirdpc.tech/ Membership:    / @blackbirdpctech   PC Component Affiliate Links: GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition = https://amzn.to/48mWp5y CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K = https://amzn.to/3vaO9HT Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme = https://amzn.to/3RSSiZS RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6400MT/s CL32 = https://amzn.to/3RTx7Xi CPU Cooler: Asus ROG Ryujin III 360mm AIO = https://amzn.to/41uR1v7 Fans: BeQuiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 120mm PWM fans = https://amzn.to/3NB2vYh GPU AIO: Alphacool Eiswolf 2 360mm AIO for RTX 4090 Strix + TUF = https://www.performance-pcs.com/water...