"James A. Donald" wrote in message
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Most modern CPUs have the capability to report their temperature --
shows up in bios stats.

Seems to me as measured by CPU self report, liquid cooling, which
costs over two hundred dollars, does not get you anything markedly
better than air cooling, which costs about forty dollars.

You can easily put one together for under $100. Some DIY'ers do it for next
to nothing.

Has anyone obtained worthwhile benefits from liquid cooling?

The main benefits to watercooling are quietness and better cooling for
extreme overclocking. However, for the vast majority of systems out there,
a good air cooler is sufficient.