Air vs Liquid Coolers

[TeamRespawn]

I was looking into changing my stock cooler on a Skylake i5, temps push 95C when rendering....definitely not good. I see online people get amazing results from liquid coolers, and was eyeing the Corsair H55. However, air coolers seem to be safer as they will not have the chance of leaking.

Which do you prefer? And if liquid cooler is the way to go, should I be worried about it leaking?

 

[CyberPhython]

Liquid is better at cooling but is harder to install then air

 

[mark street 2]

I love liquid cooling, my computer doesn't poop out as much

 

[Hail Kira]

I just use air... doesnt get overly hot here...
I just use the stock cooler that came with my cpu... plus i got great airflow in my case...

Ive also installed one of these before on someone elses machine with dual fans... they are quite happy with the performance...

 

[TeamRespawn]

Soooo I decided with air. Got a cooler master TX3 since my case is not big enough for an evo 212. This thing is amazing! Went down from 90C when rendering a video to 35C. Massive improvement over the stock cooler.