Closed Loop Cooler Lifespan

Evga closed loop cpu cooler clc 120 240 280 360 liquid cooled performance.

Closed loop cooler lifespan. Evga has recently been breaking into all kinds of new hardware territory and is a newcomer to the closed loop cooling market. I was going to get a dark rock pro 3 but the price seems to have gone from 79 to 109 overnight and for that price it makes me start to consider a water cooler. These new liquid coolers from evga give you incredible performance low noise robust software controls and rgb lighting. The problem is that i don t think closed loop coolers have been around for more than 3 4 years so there can t be data there to make reasonable speculations.

If anyone has experience with them and has an idea i d really appreciate your input. Closed loop cooling requires more energy and has higher initial and life cycle costs than an open cooling tower but provides an added protection to expensive processes or chillers being cooled. Closed loop liquid coolers are growing more popular for cpu and graphics cooling in the gaming market and part of that is attributable to their easy installation and high performance. Still liquid coolers inherently have more points of failure than an air cooler it s just a matter of whether manufacturers work to include quality.

Maybe it will last for 10 years maybe it will spring a leak after 5 years. The evga clc 120 240 280 and 360 liquid cpu coolers have arrived. This article was written by steve burke from gamersnexus. Just curious what the lifespan of these generally is.