I've honestly stayed away from liquid cooling systems for fear of broken pins, leaks, etc

It make some odd ''gurgling'' noise every so often, but no leak thus far.

this is a good cooler, I've used corsair AIO's for years now, but my only complaint is that my particular cooler ended up leaking onto my system, thankfully it was a

No overheating issues or leaking.

No overheating issues or leaking.

Ive heard too many horror stories ranging from "the pump broke and my CPU overheated" to "it was leaking and leaked all over my GPU"

but I'm really glad I made the switch there have been no issues with this thing no leaks

No leaks and the instructions were clear.

Needless to say, I very impressed as I was initially concerned I would have to reduce my OC settings

Not as great as I'd hoped...

Decently cools my i7-7700K at stock speeds