Water Cooling vs. Heatsink/fan vs. Pipe heatsink system?

[Buckmaster]

Hey all yall FP users, Im currently building a new desktop and I am in the process of buying a cooling sysyetm. I have my eyes set on a watercooling system from ThermalTake, its abit pricey but from what I hear its pretty good at keeping a good CPU/GPU temp. Is a WC system better than a stock HS/Fan, or should I stay with what Im looking at?

[Gishank]

Assuming the case has reasonably good airflow then there's no need to waste money on watercooling or third-party cooling products if you have no intention of overclocking.

[B1N4RY!]

Do NOT buy any ThermalTake LCS products!
They tends to have a high failure/leakage rate

[Tezzanator92]

If you are not going to spend money on good quality water cooling parts, go for normal air cooling.

[GunfighterJ]

The best thing you can do for water cooling that isn't overly expensive is [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010"]this[/URL]. Don't really need any other LC'ing other than that. But AC works fine too.

[TheTiger]

If you're gonna choose air cooling check this out.
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608014&Tpk=Noctua%20NH-U12P%20SE2]Noctua NH-U12P SE2[/url] Awesome cooler, keeps my I7 920 @4Ghz under 40 Celcius when idling and under stress test never goes above 70Celcius.

Best air cooling i can recommend if you're going to overclock at all.

[deathdealer2009]

A water cooling system is the best way to cool a desktop, however they call for a lot of maintenance, a friend had one and he had to constantly work on it to keep it running, and keep the water clean. I would personally go with fans and heat sinks bc you can get a cases with plenty of places for fans.