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I have a 10850k cpu, with a HUGE Be Quiet heatsink. Any heavy CPU workload will draw 300+watt, without any overclocking, the cpu will downclock, but not throttle around 100 Celsius. Overclocking has never been more dead than it is today. The days with old Celeron 300 or Core 2 Duo days with 50% + overclock speed are long gone. Today you will most like hit max temperature and cpu throttling.

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> the cpu will downclock, but not throttle around 100 Celsius.

Downclocking is literally throttling. But there's like another 10% performance that can be unlocked if you'd go full custom watercooling.

>But there's like another 10% performance that can be unlocked if you'd go full custom watercooling.

It's actually less than 10%. I'd say closer to around 5% - as a custom watercooling enthusiast. 2-3% gains going from a great dual tower air cooler to an All-in-One closed loop (but extra noise from the pump) and another 2-3% gains for a great CPU waterblock and thicker, denser radiators of custom watercooling (and least noise of all, assuming you choose an appropriate pump speed).

5% performance gains, and 500% price increase <:o)

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