Liquid cooling itself doesn't really cool anything, it's actually all about being able to move heat around so you can have an absolutely insane amount of radiat

Liquid cooling itself doesn't really cool anything, it's actually all about being able to move heat around so you can have an absolutely insane amount of radiator because it doesn't have to fit in the space around the CPU. If your radiator isn't enormous (i.e. at least 360mm, if not larger), is too thin, or is itself not getting proper airflow to actually dissipate the energy then it's probably not doing much better than a large air cooler could do. Well the other thing liquid loops add is they give a larger thermal mass (i.e. takes a lot longer to heat up and can absorb bursts better) but that doesn't really matter 2 hours in. Also a 7950X owner :). It's been a good CPU outside the memory controller is a bit weak compared to the Intel counterparts, will be interesting to see what the two release this year.