Mario.
I’m no expert in liquid cooling, but i wont be doing such.
There are even now fanless high power pc’s …eg on the silent pc site.

https://silentpc.com/fanless-pcs/

If you look around the above site as well as other recording studio pc builders sites…there is a wealth of nice info and config guides.

I personally will prolly go upper end i5 or ryzen with pcie 4 support.
Cos i’m not doing huge orchestral live sessions.

Definitely pcie 4 is a nice improvement over old pcie 3 , but i dont think i need pcie 5.
i also agree with the microsoft guy pete that has a nice studio...will go desktop this time. more flexibility than
laptops.

did you notice the no of lanes supported on xeons and threadrippers viz normal consumer cpu's ?..WOW ...support for more lanes. no wonder big studios often use such.
but the price is too rich for me.

Btw i showed my wife your ‘time gag’ in your sig. We cant stop giggling.
Keep the gags coming…they are fun.

Happiness
om


New Song "PRETTY GIRL" for my wife...Dec 2023
(my vocs....mixed for good earbuds.)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs/prettygirlrbfinalcalfsongsdec2023mp3
(and rock song THE STALLION and bluegrass song... BANKER MAN....90 songs useing bb/rb.)