Water Cooling Essentials (NCIX Tech Tips #2 Part B)

[BerbGameroom]

I had that case, it was a piece of shit, i hated my old antec sonata

[MATTBMW123]

so 240p we meet again XD

[MrZiimong]

@phantom240 lol you know nothing

[phantom240]

@MrZiimong

I know what your mother feels like from the inside...

[MrZiimong]

@phantom240 i don't know why but you got delusions

[omfgg3tlost]

where is watercooling part 2!!!!!!?????

[DWcriticism]

What i do is i just use distilled water and i got my girlfriend to suck on the hose and remove all air pockets the first time no fooling around..His way you may have to move the case around and screw with it till the air pockets are removed..

[qingqingyep]

errr..what was a reservoir does? I'm a beginner about water cooling.

[The1126jjk]

wow, linustechtips has come a long way. go Linus!

[MexicanLeaderTaco]

damn that how poeple used to liquid cool back in the day.

[mortino]

gran turismo music anyone?

[matawin2]

@mortino haha it sounds like gt1

[BluWolf2012]

This guy is old now.

[Valadcm500]

man you where so young

[GLuGGycOw]

LOL 'T' LINE now we use a whole reservoirs now

[Wolfhound490]

@GLuGGycOw I use a t-line now. saved myself £20-30 quid on a reservoir and saved space in my case.

[xplode16]

@thedaedaIEVE

ITS CONDUCTIVE you idiot. The minute it goes through the loop its going to pick up minerals and little bits of stuff. Thats going to make it conductive in about 5 minutes.

@leignheart have you ever opened up your blocks to clean it? Also it depends on the cleaning regiment. Generally with dyes you have to do it with 3 months.

[TazeuX]

shut up fags this was shot in 2007 everything has changed since then

[Zwank36]

@TazeuX I was water cooling with the same hardware, WITH a reservoir... Back then....

[Ashleyuk1984]

THIS VIDEO IS FULL OF FAIL !!!!!!!!

[DuyAnh1]

this is when the reservoir never invented =P

[Vercinger]

1:40 - where I was finally confirmed wether or not it was a woman og a boy talking..

[louwn]

o don't use T lines but a reservoir that u connect directly to the pump if so it will never run dry and u can easily clear all air out of your loop.

[xplode16]

Why the hell would you use dyes. They can clog up the blocks and kill your system.

[botswi]

@xplode16 bullshit

[Leignheart]

@xplode16 for one, as someone who uses colored water for years, ive never once had a problem. but then again im not an idiot so maybe thats why.

[pero1000000000]

he was here like nub and now is he like awesome

[toyilanglamko]

Do you think an algaecide used for swimming pools to prevent growth of algae can be use on a pc liquidcooling system?

[TheDaedalEVE]

@toyilanglamko

Go to a Jewlers and ask to buy some silver (you only need a couple grams at most), or just get a "KillCoil". Silver is an Antimicrobial, and will kill anything in the water. If you are using distilled water (which is normally non-conductive of electricity) it will become conductive over time as the particulate from the silver mixes with the water.

[hellowsaw]

why is that no display?

[necromancer263]

Im buying an H70 for my CPU (im new to WC) can anybody tell me how often do i need to change the water??

[NerdMirage]

@necromancer263 It's a closed system that comes put together out the box. You can't change anything and you don't need to.

[wangf004]

@necromancer263 h70 does not need to change water

[MicroTerminator]

@necromancer263 never.

[Intel1502]

@necromancer263 1/ Don't get it, it's shit. 2/ You can't change the water.

[abvflux]

Water and electronics DO NOT BLEND.

[gergy008]

@abvflux Distilled water does.

[jusforshiggles]

you gotta purty mouff

[PTPetra]

Linus, I know that you posted this video years ago... but that T-line should be on the inlet side of the pump, not the outlet side.

[StandupH2o]

B4 i saw him i tought it was a her!!!

[cfcreative1]

check out my set up

[MrAleckazee]

Will a 2 fan radiator be enough to cool the CPU, GPU and motherboard?

[interpird350]

@MrAleckazee no

[MrAleckazee]

@interpird350 3?

[interpird350]

@MrAleckazee It think 3 will do, as long as you won't overclock anything,

But if you have the space in your case/the money, I would recommend getting a

4 x 120mm rad

[MrAleckazee]

@interpird350 darn. I guess I'll have to look at my case when I get it and see

[Intel1502]

@MrAleckazee go for triple or quadruple 120mm.

[gmodfanforlife132]

i got a salution to leaks. use a fucking fan liquid cooling is retarded

[Intel1502]

@gmodfanforlife132 You sir, are fucking retarded. Most enthusiasts use watercooling and 90% of the time there are NO leaks. With a solid clamp / compression fitting the chance of your build to leak is extremely low unless you're new to the whole thing. My personal rig is on a dual radiator @ ~ 250$ and I've got a i7-980x @ 4.6Ghz running extremely stable, never leaked. You are simply an uneducated dumbass; please learn the language you attempt to type.

[imkool0316]

@Intel1502 all those stupids have never tried water cooling, they just hear how bad it was without even got it in hand. my 1st used water cooling and i gotta say FUCK AIR COOLING. Its so silent and is a PORN STAR for your CPU over clocked. My rig is an old Q9450 i never reach over 3.5GHZ on my Zalman 9900 60C idle and 80C load . With water cooling i hit it to 3.8GHZ 45C idle and 65C load. no wonder people with new sandy bridge i7 2600k can OC to 5.0GHZ.

[Intel1502]

@imkool0316 2600K can get to 5 on air, building a liquid SB build later this year. Sub for review/benchmarking/build guide?

[Zwank36]

@imkool0316 thats actually quite shit.

[imkool0316]

@Zwank36 dude, Q9450 is 2.6Ghz. Remember that

[Zwank36]

@imkool0316 yes I know, I own 2 of them.

[imkool0316]

@Zwank36 then from 2.6 to 3.8 that 1.2GHZ and that not a unlocked CPU. why u say it shitty ?

[Zwank36]

@imkool0316 because they can easily get to 4ghz.

[imkool0316]

@Zwank36 well, it depends on your luck, sometimes u can get of the 10% CPU that can jump to 4ghz, my just dont. ( i think there aere 10%>= 4ghz, 30%>= 3.5ghz, then 60% can pass 3.5ghz

[imkool0316]

@imkool0316 i meant cant* on the 60%

[Desire4Sound]

Haha ugly system... but it was back in the days... ;D

And use a reservoir to get the air out, it's so noobed this way... xD

Greets from europe folks! =)

[samoht1977]

I use a 12V external power supply to power the pump without turning on and off the whole system. Plus It has a manual switch, so it can be switched on for 1 sec and off for some 3 or 4 seconds, allowing a fast air escape cycle through the reservoir.

[upplsuckimcool16]

why not just blow into the other end of the tube???

[nuk3m3vil]

are the diameters of the tubing used for liquid cooling system same for all the diffrent brands. like is it possible to use component from thermaltake and zalman in the same liquid cooling system

[PsalmsOfPlanets072]

lulz im the 78000th viewer, it says 77,999

[Arjun007ize]

Could you please suggest me how much i'll have to spend in your recommendation on these cool things.Thanks,Subscribed.

[LibertyJusticeTruth]

5 degrees cooler doesn't seem like THAT much of an advantage to me. Am I wrong?

[zeke2400]

@LibertyJusticeTruth

no 5 degrees is not much BUT he is only using a 120 Radiator with 1 fan

if you use a bigger Radiator and some good fans you will see a lot lower Temperature's

[kalsaithrak]

You power your pc on 10 to 15 times where in which by the end of this cycle your OS is completely F***ed.

[zeke2400]

@kalsaithrak

Restarting your pc 10-15 times does not damage your OS or anything else in your computer

[TehCodehzor]

@kalsaithrak Not really, lol.

Also, you can unplug the 24pin and take a paper clip, bend it open and plug one end into where the Green wire is and then the other to any black wire. ..if you're that worried about it

[MeppCK]

@kalsaithrak Noh? i can restart it a 100 times without it "fucking something"

[boamuro]

I get 15C CPU temp with fan cooling. How much do water cooling get?

[Intel1502]

@boamuro to get those temps your CPU would have to be undervolted and your amvient temps (temp in your room) would have to be 0-5 degrees C

[unokilo321]

I used this video and part A as a guide line to do my first water cooling build, the only difference is I used a res, and not a T line. I was set on after market air coolers until I saw these two videos and saw how easy it was to run a water cooling loop in your pc. I have my phenom II 965 x4 running at 4.0ghz on a single 120mm rad at 40c idle, and never goes above 50 under load while playing games. thanks for the great vids linus.

[cpwalters32]

You can tell the only funnel he saw in college was the one he was using to pour water in his new cooling system...

[zapsak]

have you been sucking some helium ?

[IvIast3er]

inst a resivor ment to make it so u dont have to worry about air bubbles

[beeftothetaco123]

are you gay

[znoozaros]

@beeftothetaco123 no he's not

[QsoftStudios]

@beeftothetaco123 do you always ask dumb qs? why are you?

[Geoxile]

Where can I get more info on water cooling? 

[2danimm]

@Geoxile internet

[Blitz4000]

What is the brand of the water cooler?

[Acclamator55]

dudes right. never run your system with out a full leak and check of all the connections. a loose connection on any of the lines will leak. bigger the system and the more complicated the cooling system the bigger the problem will be. what looks good now , may not be stable if you bump or mover the system.

BTW that looks like a entry level setup.

[HKFLX4656]

so water is green

[Intel1502]

@HKFLX4656 its called dye, are you THAT dumb?

[ipadize]

@HKFLX4656 if you´re on drugs, YES!

[unokilo321]

@HKFLX4656 in part one, he used swiftech hydrx as an additive.

[jylounen]

@HKFLX4656 You didn't watch the first part did you? -.-

[bobbysam232]

that pump is pretty lound

[Intel1502]

@bobbysam232 because its on its first few boots, moving air through the pumps ect. once the loop is waterlocked the pump can be almost silent.

[DiDolRuChagi]

@Intel1502 Do you really need to be a jerk to people? Not everyone knows everything and anything about a computer. You should learn to be mature and professional about the topic if you are smart, and educated in it.

[unokilo321]

hey Linus, quick question, I have a case that only has three fans and the nzxt sentry 2, can I plug the pump into one of my spare fan headers on my fan controller? or is it better to have it plugged into mobo itself? also I saw your comment about t-lines being better, I just ordered a mc-res2 are they any good? or should I order a t-line?

[ZARYN007]

i kinda whant to get a water cooler and my friend says its better then fans but im kinda scared if i instal it wrong and starts leaking and ruins my pc X.x

[lillhonken]

@ZARYN007 Use compression fittings. :) I installed my water cooling a month ago, took some modifying on the chassi, but installing it was a lot of fun. 5870 furmarks at ~40c. :-) Go for it!

[Kshef169]

@ZARYN007 If you put the tubes on the barbs correctly and put cable ties around them there should be no problem.

[RaVeN1K]

i hate T-lines... i do it by blowing the water mith my mounth into the whole system and then close the system...

works great and never got any problems...

[bensonak47]

he sounds like a woman

[jeffdobbelf]

which water is green?

[Intel1502]

@jeffdobbelf dyed water.

[tussemann]

You guys be trollin'!

[snedie69er]

@shiteInShoes

But it would go mouldy?

[rammstein67350]

fag

[GrowThirdLeg]

@rammstein67350 Don't be jealous that he will get all the ladies with his pc mod skills. :P

[djcarbo2006]

nerd

[bososz]

FAIL..... never hook power up to your board without leak checking at least 12 hours.

yes your using 1/2" barbs with 7/16" tubes but there is always a chance for it to leak.

[ChazZeromus]

yeah that's what the one guy from the other vid said

[donniedarko88888]

hmmm? maybe they did that already??

[pinpinerik]

@bososz he said it was non conductive anyway.

[bososz]

@pinpinerik as soon as water goes into your loop it will become conductive as it picks up ions from the metals in the loop. as well if you have a dusty board it will become conductive by the dust.

[jlebesis]

@bososz I've NEVER leak tested. I use common sense also. Yes, I've had small leaks. Not saying anyone shouldnt. But if the fittings are nice and tight, clamped etc. I just make sure I have lots of tissue paper on it and run it for a while under supervision. I dont have the patience to give it 12 hours lol. If its going to leak, it will leak within the first two if the tubing has had a chance to get warm. That's really what its all about. :) Making sure it stays secure after it changes with heat

[vDubrivation]

@bososz How are you supposed to supply power to the pump without powering up the board? I'm actually curious.

[bososz]

@vDubrivation you have to remove all the plugs from the motherboard, video card(s), hdd's, etc first. then take the 20/24 pin plug and take a paper clip or wire, etc. and jump the green wire with any of the black wires. this will tell the power supply to turn on letting you power up your pump.

[Intel1502]

@vDubrivation Green to black power jump with paperclip or buy a 24-pin mod plug and attach it to your 24-pin. Why do you ask?

[Dantakurasaki]

@bososz dude this guy knows what he is doing and if he wishes to be this confident in his work let him dont dog him for it =/

[bososz]

@Dantakurasaki confident or not, wrong is wrong. bad info is still bad info. 

[Dantakurasaki]

@bososz in actuality you seem to not understand that linus is not telling you to do that you are only assuming so if you have not seen all of his other videos pertaining to water colling he does say and i quote " Do as i say, Not as i do" and he had said while doing another video ween he said that quote to leak test before powering it up

[Zhaeil]

Yeah true but who really gonna test it 12hours? .....

[ninjikiran]

@Zhaeil Thus far, mines has been leak testing for 14 hours ;)

[bososz]

@Zhaeil noobs. i personally don't really leak check anymore, i just watch each joint for a minute or so checking for water then move on.

[TheDaedalEVE]

@bososz

Leaks... big deal... use distilled water... it's NON-CONDUCTIVE! A lot of people don't realize that. I've never leak tested a system prior to installing it in my life. I've also never had any leaks in my life. Then again I only ever use tygon tubing, barbs (with teflon tape on the threads), and nylon clamps.

Just do it right the first time, and you won't have any problems.

[lillhonken]

@TheDaedalEVE .... Distilled water will pick up ions from the copper blocks in your loop, so after some time it will be conductive. WIth that said.. distilled + silver/PT is still much better than the pre-mixed crap you can buy.

[TheDaedalEVE]

@lillhonken

Well, sort of. It's not true ionization (there is no voltage present, so they are not really acting as anodes), but impingement damage (which is pretty similar). The overall point is that you will pickup whatever is in the system (copper, brass, silver, etc) and the fluid will become electrically conductive (pretty quickly in fact).

I personally like using distilled water mixed with "water wetter".

[UberCuba]

its much better to get an external power supply so u can turn the pump on with out turning the pc on so u can get the air out

[nVidiaPowah]

Resivor pump combos are WAY easier, like you dont understand its so easy you should buy one

[matt61234666]

so dumb just fill up your reservoir. turn ur pump on. contunie doin so til ur whole system(res/tubing are filled) then just keep the pump on and the bubbles will slowly go away... maybe couple hours and all bubbles will be gone :)

[lorenzol1996]

he doesn't use a reservoir...

[davidsmithsqld]

dunno why not

[HafizM6]

Better use fan

[robojot]

not if you are gonna overclock the shit out of it

[Saintdog000]

water cooling is much better. you get better temeprature's of it and its more silent then a simple fan + it looks much better :P + you can overclock the shit out of it this way :)

[frazel999]

i agree, its simpiler than this and its much safer than any watercooling system. If it leaks. All your components in danger

[LeeSmellyFingers]

not if you get the anti conductive solution :)

[xxmtgxx]

No such thing, its just a gimmick fesser and other companies use.

[InvokeZero]

If there's any dust on your PCB board then it doesn't matter how anti-conductive it is, the electricity can/maybe will run through the dust particles which are conductive, and insta-pop your computer.

[ShadowRayzzz]

It's not "anti conductive" its "low conductivity"

[LLOYD19851012]

so if it leaks it can still mess up my computer.

[kinggod654]

@LLOYD19851012

well obv but unless youre an enthusiast and have custom built your pc (where you'd know what you were doing in any case)...you shouldnt be messing with this stuff

[yomanyo13]

no, there non-conductive coolant now.

[p8intballkid]

@LLOYD19851012 get pc-ice its cool

[Intel1502]

@LLOYD19851012 non-conductive fluid, my friend.

[dale456654]

i was thinking of getting water cooling my computer sounds like an aeroplane at night. Im just scared of it leaking and spliing all over the hardware. I would need it to cool the gpu and hd too... i would also want a version without any fan.

[gangstachief2008]

it wouldn't cool without a fan and it shouldn't leak and if it does if you use a coolant that doesn't short circuit it shouldn't do anything

[xstr33tr4cerx]

they have water cooling kits that cool the vid card but i omly seen it in youtube vids

[N1mro8]

@xstr33tr4cerx

I really wouldnt recommend any kits, why? Because they perform mostly just as good, as an high-end air cooler. Just search for the right part if you try wc, it will be much better.

Look google/yahoo/bing for some reviews

[InvokeZero]

Probably true, however at higher temps LCS have better heat dissipation than air, and also give the benefit of silent operations. For average, typical computers that A: Don't overclock, or B: Run fairly cool as is, no I don't see the need for liquid cooling unless of course, you just want one.

[TheGreenSmoke]

I don't know any water cooling setups without fans except for those oil submerged systems built inside fish tanks. You're going to need a fan or 2 mounted on the radiator.

Maybe you should look into that sealed water cooling kit made by Corsair since it is around the same price as a good air cooler.

[Vlad1293]

i would rather have a reservoir that has a fill port. so i would make a hole in the top of the case, instal an after markert fill port, run a tube from the fill port to the one in the reservoir. so when ever i need to add more coolant or uv die i just unscrew a cap and pour the shit in.

[2pac591]

That's what I will do

[DaemonAnt]

Personally, I hate T-lines. I'd much prefer a reservoir. I speak only for myself though.

[fly4fun123]

Yep i find a resevoir easier to manage.

[TakeMeDown2FunkyT0wn]

you can install a fillport on the bottom to drain it again. ;)

[TakeMeDown2FunkyT0wn]

You mean a fillport instead of a reservoir...

[DaemonAnt]

T-line means no reservoir and a fillport instead.

[vinny4punt0]

i also like it better if you have a clear tube witch has a led in it it is verry nice with uv reaction

[tylermoore]

You do not need to make any hole. When installing you will only need to setup your tubing which is easy... Then screwing the tubes in with a nut or w/e...

[SysAdmin86851]

i met a chemical engineer for a company that manufactures microprocessor cooling solutions and he turned me onto thermal- electric cooling which is just as effective or better than water cooling w/o this hassle or maintenance, no bs

he heated up a heatsink too hot to touch and used thermal electric cooling and the bottom of it turned damn near freezing !!

TEC's come with great temperature controllers, they're amazing !

[willissofunny]

Water cooling uses ALOT less power than a TEC, TEC's are very inefficient, which is why only a very small amount of people use them.

[LizzyAston]

ive overclocked an e6400 2.1ghz to 3.2, set voltage to auto and OCed by raising the fsb. using water, max temps are at 38-40. but i can go any higher - is this the limit?

[juice797]

lizzy you usually have to raise core voltage to get to the limit

[LizzyAston]

ive OCed to 3.2 stable, but any higher and it becomes unstable. the problem is that even if i manually raise the voltage, CPU-z still reports 1.464v.

? i cant go any higher than 3.2

[tqrules]

what you can do is first disable cpu spread spectrum then put the vcore a bit higher say 1.48 v then reboot see if it works under the current 3.2ghz then go higher by 1 @ the fsb it could also be that you reached not the max core freq but the fsb limit depending on wich chipset / motherboard you have offcourse

[theturtlebee]

Air cooling is ok while you got the overclocking type of case. If you run lowend components even better than this complicated stuff. I had one myself but the radiator was so loud that I was happy when the pump stopped working so I took it all out and returned. Bought Hyper 48, got some leftover money for a burger running a bit higher temp than with the cheaper watercooling systems on the market.

[GF8800gtx9999]

yeha.....drink it

[ricardorgst]

me too

[alkaros2]

wtf, I would kill myself if he was my brother...

This shit is easy

[aznturtle1]

i agree

[odi22865]

lol

[jechtsayz]

LOL

[Brainiacthefirst]

@alkaros2 then why are you watching it dipshit

[seroyer2]

hahaha he had to burp the computer just like a motorcycle.