From what I've read, it seems like Ryzen chips hit an overclock ceiling of about 4 Ghz. So how useful is water cooling really for Ryzen chips? I ask because I've been considering the water cooler and 1080ti bundles and I'm wondering just how useful water cooling would be for me and my R5 1600x.

Anyone have any experience with this?

So it's not all that useful. Hopefully future generations of Ryzen chips allow for more overclocking potential. Perhaps Ryzen 2? I fear we'll have to wait for an entirely new architecture.

If your not into overclocking, i would just stick with air cooler or AIO hydro cooler for the CPU. Custom water cooling setups can get expensive.  
 
 

I've heard similar things, and it does make sense given Ryzens limited overclocking ability. Still though, it never hurts to keep things cooler, and also nothing beats the looks of a well done water cooling system

Yeah, but at what cost? Custom water system$ have got to be pricey and pretty risky. Also, how safe is having water swirling around inside your PC? How typical are water cooler leaks?

A custom W/C loop can be half way inexpensive(less then $300) and it's safe if done right. Leaks are all dependent on initial setup & how toughly a system is put together and tested. Ideally you would want to put as little hardware in your rig as possible when you first power on with water cooling. My last custom loop I did was about 10 years ago, and I was playing a game when my PC locked up with artifact on screen. Upon looking into my PC their was standing water on my top GPU. I powered the system off, dried off the card & everything went back to normal. Using distilled water in a loop is critical as it is non conductive, so even if a leak should happen, you will likely be okay if you catch it early & the leak isn't a total blow out.
 
Like others have said too, most people do custom water cooling as hobby more than anything else. Is the cost worth it? no probably not for the average user. But making something unique and truly your own gives a nice sense of accomplishment  For most though, the market is full of AIO Water cooling units which keep most users happy. 

wait until amd releases the next gen procs. according to globalfoundries they will be capable of a 40% increase in clock speed. if true things will get very interesting!

joeymir
I've heard similar things, and it does make sense given Ryzens limited overclocking ability. Still though, it never hurts to keep things cooler, and also nothing beats the looks of a well done water cooling system

I'm in TX and I'm all for having the CPU and GPU cooler. Current Ryzen's don't really benefit from it, but I can run 4.25ghz at 40-50C instead of maxing the cpu temp and having it throttle, same with the GPU. 
 
 

You get into water cooling you will try to find better stuff...a better block, bigger rad, a better pump, bigger tubing/bigger fittings etc the cheap copper z97 block seems ok, hitting 70c at 4.8ghz not too bad. About just as good as the EK Block...
 
Need to delid and relid sure about anything could put on is better than that toothpaste tim.  
but not really needed stay at 4.8ghz a lot daily runner 70c stuff is pretty cool actually. wish idle temps were better though idle stuff is kinda warm.
 
I like it, it's nice and quiet. Airr is always louder and obnoxious. 

Metroman

batboy88
I like it, it's nice and quiet. Airr is always louder and obnoxious. 

No offense but till this day I haven't seen a perfectly silent water cooling. On air a computer is at least usually absolutely silent when on idle. A water pump can be heard anytime. Don't get me wrong, I would really like to replace my Dark Rock Pro 3 with a fancy blue water cooling, maybe I just missed the silent stuff yet. Last try I did was a Kraken X62 AIO. The pump was so noisy that I had to send it back. Maybe someone can enlighten me if there are totally silent pumps? 

Not totally silent but custom loops and external pumps are usually really quiet, definitely all Quieter than the Noctua D14 with two or 3 faster fans on it, what I was using prior.