Honestly it's still an absolute pain in the ass but it's come a very long time since those dark ages.

For my last build I bit the bullet and got a leakshield from aquacomputer. It keeps negative pressure in the loop so if there is a leak, it sucks air back into the tubing instead of letting water out. It works like a charm, it's just too damn expensive to recommend for non-workatation rigs.

But I can pull 1000w from the wall and still have my system under 30db, so that's nice.