Upgrade to AM5 from X79, water or air strait away?

[koryusai]

Alo, so as you most people who haven't been living under a rock AM5 / ZEN4 is only arround the corner...


I am going to build a brand new PC (Specs listed below); retiring my old one (Specs listed below).


My Question is that would you go watercooling on a new platform even system strait away without letting the parts burn in for a lack of a better phrase... I have had this in the past where the motherboard died about a month or so later & had to be RMA'd (Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79).


So would you go strait in for a custom loop or get something like a noctua aircooler then upgrade to a custom loop a month or two later?



Will take advice on parts



Specs for current PC that will be retired/reused:
Case: Cooler Master HAF-X
CPU: Intel I7 3930k
CPU Cooler: H100
Ram: Mushkin Redline Ridgeback 1866Mhz Quad Channel 16GB (4x 4GB)
GPU: Started @ GTX 690 FE > ASUS Strix 980ti(Still Have) > 3080 Ti FE
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme9
Storage: 1x 256GB Sandisk SSD (Boot), 500GB Sandisk SSD (Storage), 1x 4TB Samsung SSD (Storage)
PSU: Corsair AX1200



Specs For the Future AM5 build:
Case: Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO - To Buy but decided on.
CPU: AMD 7950X - To Buy but decided on.
CPU Cooler: TBD - To Buy
Ram: Corsair or G.Skill Memory 32GB Start then 64GB Later - To Buy but TBD
GPU: 3080 Ti FE - Old PC Currently have
Motherboard: Some X670E prob ASRock or Gigabyte - To Buy but TBD
Storage: 1x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 (Boot), 1x 4TB Samsung SSD (Storage) - Currently have, M.2 Sitting in package & 4TB from Old PC
PSU: Seasonic Titanium TX 1000W PSU - Currently have Stitting in package

 

[Bartacus]

First off kudos to getting that much life out of the old x79! I still have a Rampage IV Gene that had a long life too.

I *have* gone straight to the custom loop before testing parts, but I don't recommend it. That Noctua air cooler to start is a great idea, and if you're thinking custom loop, you know how expensive that can be. The Noctua will be cheap in comparison, and can be used as a backup later on.

 

[Avet]

For 7950X if you don't go custom water from start then Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 420mm to hold on until you can fill the case with rads.