Tutorial - Tubing Watercooling

[TehEpiczBanana]

if you run out of hose but u have some other stuff how do you connect it together?

[ModMyMachine]

@TehEpiczBanana buy new hose

[TheChickenrun3]

hey what chip is under the second waterblock near the CPU?

[ModMyMachine]

@TheChickenrun3 Northbridge

[MCSpidah]

Cheers dude. I needed to redo my cooling system setup as it's running hot at the moment, this helped me to get an idea of how I should set it up. :)

[ModMyMachine]

@MCSpidah great :-)

[bioshock2k]

one question will a 240mm radiator manage the heaat of a cpu and a gtx 480?

[ModMyMachine]

@bioshock2k yes

[CrzayMazy]

If it wasn't for the price I would definitely buy WC.

[bendikn]

@3:33 i was like woah dude what the shit, then i remembered it's laying on the side

[ModMyMachine]

@bendikn :-)

[TheAkhildogra]

wtf is that hanging loose @ 1:14?? lol xD

[ModMyMachine]

@TheAkhildogra lense cover :-)

[seanhawkins09]

does all the water cooling parts (like the cpu block) have to use the same diameter pipes

[ModMyMachine]

@seanhawkins09 if you do a loop best is to have same diameter everywhere, but not a must

[simonshusse]

Nice vid, gj.

would the HDD-cooler help keeping noise down?

what dimension do you use on you hose and why not a thicker kind?

I'm building my first wc-setup soon :-)

[ModMyMachine]

@simonshusse hey .... if you insulate the HDD then yes. i don´t use bigger tubes because they don´t give me more cooling an di like the 8mm tubes :-)

[c00l789]

where did you get those scissors, they're awesome

[ModMyMachine]

@c00l789 tube manufacturer ;-)

[geertex]

aspect ratios arent good

[ModMyMachine]

@geertex YT always screws my 16:9 up when uploading

[geertex]

@ModMyMachine YT screws up many vids :( i had some sync issues myself once

[Ksquaredgaming]

@ModMyMachine render as square pixels

[franfred11]

I love WC!

[Geoxile]

How much did this water cooling set up cost you?

[ModMyMachine]

@Geoxile thats like 350 Euros

[Geoxile]

@ModMyMachine Man...that's probably like half the cost of my PC

[ModMyMachine]

@Geoxile but this one is noiseless ;)

[j7x54]

i have a question could you use veg oil instead of water in the water cooling system so if you get a leak it would not short out the system?

[ModMyMachine]

@j7x54 you can, but its not making any sense

[djfreebey]

dos it mater what order the tubs go in to the units

[ModMyMachine]

@djfreebey no, not really a difference

[Otaybay]

Shouldnt u be going...

Resovior, Pump, CPU, GPU, NB, voltage regulator, then radiator?

Shouldnt u let the coolant hit the most important things first? or is that just me o.o

[ModMyMachine]

@Otaybay doesnt make a big difference .. water is too fast. temperature difference of water before and after radiator is normally 1.5 to 2°C

[Schnikerdoodle]

Hey, was empfehlen Sie für alla dies. LoL, ich bin ein noob die Wasserkühlung lachen...alles, was Sie wollen. Welche Teile wie Radiatoren, Pumpen, Schläuche, müssen Sie in Ihrem PC verwenden baut? Danke! :)

[ModMyMachine]

@Schnikerdoodle write english :)

[punchy001]

i guess it works but it looks terrible.

[jeanforthewin]

i just finished a dual loop watercooling system cooling cpu, mosfets, nb, sb and gpu

i used 1/2" tubing and it was SO hard to do the tubing

[magichristo]

@jeanforthewin why not using 3/8 tubing? So much easier

[Kshef169]

@jeanforthewin inorite 1/2 tubing is a bitch but sooo worth it.

[uut0]

if you need to refill the system where does the water go to? it cant get out of those tubes O:

[ModMyMachine]

some is going through the tube to the air .. diffundation thats called :-)

[ZoneDamage]

For how many years will it last until you have to change the water? And what should I do to prevent rost?

[ModMyMachine]

Hey ... rost ? Du bist aus Deutschland .. 2 Jahre und einen Korrosionsschutz verwenden. :-)

[ZoneDamage]

Ne das bin ich nicht :P. I can talk german but not write :P. So after the first time I fill it up I need to change it the next 2 years? Do I need to take out the old water or just fill it up with the new? Danke :D

[ModMyMachine]

you can refill it, but check your tubes every 2 years ... refilling btw every 3 to 6 months

[Baraquiel62]

das ist gutt

[icecoldwolf]

not entirely sure but I do recall hearing somewhere that you should monthly check fluid levels and refill as needed but a full change out should be every year or two and normally rust won't be an issue as long as you don't use pure water. be sure to use provided coolant or anti-corrosive coolant.

[ModMyMachine]

my answer is correct 3 to 6 months depending on your setup for refilling .. and of course you need additive

[Projectxmod]

Nice Tut. What kind of fittings were you using? Comps or barbs?

[HarleyAMV]

his from germany or sweden...

[ModMyMachine]

me or the scissors/pliers ? both from germany

[notror]

Does anybody know where I can buy one of those pliers he used to cut the tube with?

[ModMyMachine]

i got them from my gross merchant ... no idea where to buy retail

[rathy21]

there pipe cutters i think you can get them most site that sell watercooling will sell these under water cooling accessories

[ferny12345623]

why does this guy keep saying that distilled water is conductive after hitting air? if that where true coffee shops would have shorts all the time from steam(witch is how you get distilled water) tubbing size i agree it does not matter, my i7 is cooler with 1/4"(6MM) hoses and i get better temps than the 3/8" hoses used before and looks way cleaner.

[ModMyMachine]

Because there is something in the air and its not love. :-) Bacteria, pollution whatever. I m not saying its conductive within a glance, but it gets conductive.

[BigOleEric]

Someone wanna recommend me a kit similar to this.

[ModMyMachine]

write to info @ aqua - computer . de

[rswingman]

That's a badass radiator. Mine was only about 1-1/2 fans long. Even with a 120mm 3400RPM PWM controlled fan, it could barely seem to remove heat as fast as the CPU could add it (and at the expense of all that noise of course - Radiator air is so turbulent & noisy).

The kit (Thermaltake Big Water) was good for the price & it was fun while the pump lasted though.

[rswingman]

Have you considered branching the loop through each of the (4 I believe) cooling blocks? In theory, there would be less overall resistance to flow over that length of the circuit, & each block would not inherit the heat of the previous, and overall length(/resistance) of the loop would be reduced.

On the other hand, I imagine that each block would get only 1/4 of the total flow capacity. I just wonder of the feasibility (pros/cons).

[ModMyMachine]

watercooling is not about flow. flow is massively overrated. if you do in several loops water searches the easiest way with the effect that some blocks wouldn´t even get fresh water. ;-)

[pogicwillie]

what parts did u use? can u list them down

[kevinjohnkinsey]

this is ok only fault i find is that you have hot water going into the graphics card water block then out, where on my system i cool it before it goes into the graphics card with another radiator in the system so it is nice and cold before entering it then back to the first radiator to cool before starting the cycle all over again.

[ModMyMachine]

There is no mistake ... it doesnt make any difference in usage or OC of the system. believe it or test it

[gaffelnskje]

installing a water cooling kit can be a pain in the ass...

but you did a fine job here...

i even learned something :D thx ^^

[ModMyMachine]

thx :-)

[TheHashbrownHustler]

this is the first proper tutorial video, thanks for posting. 5/5

[ModMyMachine]

posting more and more :-) just subscribe

[jango512]

i wana do water cooling but i'm afraid i'm gunna mess up and have the cooling stuff spill all over my computer lol

[ModMyMachine]

thats why you got tutorials

[jango512]

well i've herd from many people of parts cracking and tubing splitting and dats wat i'm afraid of.

[ModMyMachine]

shouldnt happen when you buy quality.

[metalmulisha98101]

dude just do it i did as long as you check your fittings and all clamps and ties are tight you will be fine. REMEMBER to run it out side you machine before you run it on your pc

[byron3]

its not a nice tube loop u did there...its sort of like a messy cable management....

[ModMyMachine]

this tutorial is not about cable management and its not my computer ;-) so im not gonna clean up the mess

[Northstar1969]

Start your PSU by linking the only GREEN wire to any of the BLACK wires in the 24 pin motherboard connector block

[xReFlexiTyx]

wow thanks alot i get this shit now

[ModMyMachine]

:-)

[ModMyMachine]

After the first sentence everyone who knows about watercooling stops to read your comment.

[gabeherb345]

your vids rulez

[ModMyMachine]

thx

[CheckThisOutFoo]

ok question: once when everything is connected... how do u turn on your watercooler WITHOUT turning on your PC?

because if i run my pc while simultaneously filling the pump my card will fry or at least get really hot

[ModMyMachine]

There is an adaptor supplied to start your power supply without hardware.

[dave1234madmax]

the reservoir is a cup lol

[ModMyMachine]

no ...

[chilapa90]

where i can buy this watercooler ? i mean all the stuff ..

[ModMyMachine]

aqua computer de

[marcelmiller776967]

this is fantastic

[Rodal]

danke, helped me alot.. since im a noob to watercooling..

[ModMyMachine]

:-)

[supertroye]

Great video tutorial! Question, what kind of tubing is that? Polyethylene?

[ModMyMachine]

PUR

[Xorplon]

thoes tubings lokked way to easy to get on the barbs, what size are they?

[ModMyMachine]

8mm / 6mm

[tea789456123]

Useful tutorial!!!This video encourage me to upgrade to water cooling...THX very much :)

[ModMyMachine]

great :-)

[Teamkilling4ever]

How much liquid coolant did you use on this build? What brand would you recomend?

[ModMyMachine]

half a liter .. aqua computer of course

[Teamkilling4ever]

Um what about all the clamps and nozzles?? Where are the??

[ModMyMachine]

This is plug & cool .. no need for clamps ;-)

[Eliseo202]

he made a mistake, he said that you have to connect the inlet to the center on the jet cooler, he connected the outlet of the jet cooler to the outlet of the other jet cooler

[ModMyMachine]

no mistake .. and there is only one jet cooler in this build :-)

[enexti]

my next machine is gonna be watercooled :P im tierd of the noise from my HD 4870

[ModMyMachine]

i can imagine that

[AirForcedude5]

i would never water cool my computer. if anything springs a leak there goes my $1500 system down the drain.....

[ModMyMachine]

im doing watercooling for more than 5 years .. wanna know how much hardware broke ? none !

[AirForcedude5]

well still a fan breaks you have some plastic to pick up, a hose you drown your computer. it might be the same odds, but i wouldn't want to risk it

[jeanforthewin]

well if you do it right then it wont leak. and if you do it right and it does leak, then itll be fine because youll have used non conductive fluid

:D

[ModMyMachine]

IT IS CONDUCTIVE

[wolfgoblin]

Distilled water does not conduct electricity. All components are safe even if the system leaks.

[ModMyMachine]

sorry .. completely wrong. don´t state something like that on the interenet. as soon as distilled water touches air its conductive .... who told you that shit ?

[wolfgoblin]

Dude, capital letters.

Also, sure distilled water picks up whatever it touches and ceases to be distilled, but air itself is not exactly a good conductor so i don't see the problem. Who told you that shit?

I've had a leak once, my water was allover the place but no harm done whatsoever. Also, i think i only used de-ionized water in that loop so even that's good to go.

[ModMyMachine]

last comment i allow .. you just had luck .. ask someone who knows

[wolfgoblin]

You know what? I will.

Just to clarify, are you trying to say that air is a good conductor? Then how come it doesn't short your PC on its own? If air was a good conductor we'd have to run all our electronics in a vacuum.

[TheJamiele]

@wolfgoblin but we dont tho

[djwbmb]

ich war gestern bei dir :D danke noch mal das du mir das alles erklärt hast wie das alles ist mit einer wasser kühlung funktionirt und das mit dem vorschlag von der einen wasserkühlung die man drausen hinstellen kann das fand ich auch nett wollt mich noch mal bedanken so :D ich hoffe du weist wer ich bin :D der junge mit dem blauen pulli der nach dem mit der grafikkarte dranne war ^^

[ModMyMachine]

jo weiß ich noch .-)

[Reason4Termination]

Isnt it better to go res > pump > rad > block(s) > res?

And man, your tubes are all over the place :D

[ModMyMachine]

doesnt matter where you go first .. as said in the vid

[Reason4Termination]

yeah I know.. but if you take into account the heat generated from the pump, wouldnt it be the ideal loop? To have fresh cool water delivered to the block first before anything else..

[ModMyMachine]

temperature before and after the radiator differ only on 1-2 ° C ... so doesnt matter ;-)

[Teamkilling4ever]

I have two questions

1) How many feet should i use when connecting a Exos 2.5 (external) to Cpu, then to GPU, then To Northbridge chipset, and back to the Exos 2.5??

2) whats a good water coolant??

[ModMyMachine]

1. depends on your case ... adjust it to your needs

2. water itself gets no coolant .. it is the coolant .. all you need is anti corrosion fluid

[Teamkilling4ever]

thank you for replying so quickly. Do you have any suggestions for a cooling system that has a pump rad, etc included sorta like the exos 2.5

[ModMyMachine]

suggestions ? buy aqua computer ;-)

[rapps143]

when using watercooling for weeks, months and years. does it lose water density and u need to refill it everytime?

[ModMyMachine]

yes ... depending on water temperature every 3-6 months

[g0fvt]

You are absolutely correct in the use of small tubing, my dual cpu set up years ago used 1/8" internal diameter pipe. Water has enormous heat capacity and there is no need for huge pumps. I used a heater matrix from a Ford van and home made waterblocks... the pump was a 4.5w one intended for garden water features.

[ModMyMachine]

totally sufficient ... right

[z1pfL]

Ich hätte

Radiator, CPU, Voltage, GPU, NB gemacht, da dann auch die Schläuche besser verlegt und ned kreuz und quer sind......

[ModMyMachine]

na dann zeig mal :-)

[z1pfL]

wenn ich das geld hätte ja

[legomaniac150]

could you use mineral oil instead of water?

[ModMyMachine]

sure, but why should you, water is better for the heat.

[legomaniac150]

I thought that oil was better, nevermind

[ModMyMachine]

oil is pretty good .. but its a mess to change

[BDtechnical]

nice vid bu the tubes seem sooo small...

[ModMyMachine]

They are sufficient, no need for bigger hoses. Believe me.

[feverofhell2]

Hey ummmmm im really confused about doing watercooling i,ve heard theres non conduct fluid so if it leaks i just have too wipe it off without any damage!?

[ModMyMachine]

every liquid is conductive when touching air or any other material. no leaks ... no problems ... aqua computer

[ayeayre]

not true, there are a number of non conductive liquids for watercooling such as: most popular being Fluid XP+ ....also there is Feser One Non Conductive Cooling Fluid...PrimoChill ICE...there are more also.

if they leak, nothing will short out, they ARE non conductive, you can also fill your computer up with mineral and vegetable oils(which is another form of cooling with many videos here on youtube), so i don't know where you got "every liquid is conductive" from

[ModMyMachine]

I meant water and stuff. oil is non conductive of course. try the ones you said and pour it on your mainboard ... i bet 5 euro

[1N00kie1]

der einlass vom mosfetkühler sollte doch unten sein wegen der luft ;)

ansonsten spitze wie immer!

[ModMyMachine]

richtig ... sah so aber schöner aus :-)

[r3fleCt07]

ich denke lüfter sind dennoch vorteilhaft für den RAM wenn der nicht mit wasser gekühlt wird oder bei zB der 4870 X2 um die backplate leicht zu kühlen. Ich habe zB 2 leise Enermax UCEV8 Everest die mit 400 rpm laufen und nicht zu hören sind ergebnis Innenseite von Case ist dadurch 8° C kühler.. oder hat es keinen sinn?

[ModMyMachine]

naja .. es ist halt kühler..... der ram selber hat nicht viel davon

[azim6709]

all of that looks like heavy...

[ModMyMachine]

less weight than stock cooler ;-)

[arvutihull]

Awesome tutorial!

[lti12]

that is cool, I have a 5 year old laptop and it sucks. the fan don't work good. It gets over heated a lot. A lot of times when I put my hand under it, I cant hold it there for 1 second its so hot. I am bezy at the moment but it about 8 months I want to build by own water cooled computer. I have build a regular comp before but never a water cooled. Do your videos show how to do it from scratch?

[ModMyMachine]

Nearly .... :-)

[treocin]

take the fan out and clean it with air blowwer laptops has smaller grills and it's easier for dust to accumulate. Also try to reapply thermal compound. you can get some extra fans for laptop powered from USB it's only 2x2 inches

[lti12]

why do you need the fan in the back if you are using water cooling?

[ModMyMachine]

there are always parts that need to get a litlle airflow. run it at 5V and you won´t hear it.

[joshuarevisa69]

it should hit the cpu first because it is the coolest water, to get better cooling for the cpu

[ModMyMachine]

and again .... it doesnt matter if cpu gets 29°C water or 29.5°C

[Nvidiamaster123]

I dont like the configuration he used ..is better to start out with the cpu then the chipset then the gpu and (in some cases) leave the hard drive at last

[ModMyMachine]

Who tells you what component needs the best cooling ? It doesn´t really matter in which configuration you go through the blocks. Temp difference isn´t that much. ;-)

[SKAZICSL]

lol... muito bom...!!!

[TheParadox2]

alot of people are dissing on this guy. I don't think He's too far off on the huge loop idea. If you think about this series setup, heat is transfer to the coolant, but the coolant moves very quickly, thus not alot of heat is pickup per volume. in another video on youtube of a tutorial -- a 3 way SLI setup, its also this same setup: series thru 3. But when all cards are under the crysis crusher, the temp is typically the same on all three cards (maybe 1*c higher on one). just my thoughtsl.

[ModMyMachine]

you are right .. explanation some posts before

[taydan04]

is that an asus m2n-sli i see?

[ModMyMachine]

No,

Socket 775 Board

[vejito11]

start with the cpu

[ModMyMachine]

again ... it doesn´t matter where to start first.

[Jay12341235]

don't you heat up the water when you start when the hotter components? if you start with cpu it might be cooler right?

[ModMyMachine]

No ..

in a watercooling system water temp is nearly the same in all blocks ... water is just to fast (even in low flow system) that it can´t pick up that much heat ;-), that´s also the explanation why high flow does not make that much sense (depending on the cooler of course)

[Jay12341235]

okay thanks

[DarconAdonis]

lol @ voltage and SB watercooling.

completely pointless.

[ModMyMachine]

don´t lol .. sometimes its necessary. there is a reason why ASUS provides a small fan if you use watercooling. if you loose the CPU fan you don´t get any air to voltage regulator. get into it, then stop loling ;-)

[Robbanobba]

yay so wen the CPU gets hot the GPU gets hot

and every thing els 2 whoo i love this setup.have a hetin up good time with this 1 man lol i think u shod never have the cooler like this not good 4coolin but ohwell not my PC :)

[ModMyMachine]

you have exactly the same knowledge in writing as in watercooling .. sorry .. but the truth

[Robbanobba]

good on you buddy.i was just saying but i 4got on here you get tolld off for anything you say..F ur water cooler idc my one works lol have fun with that

[neardood1]

that doesnt look too leak-proof - would you then put clamps or ties over the barbs to make it more secure?

[ModMyMachine]

no, this is really safe. normally this connectors are used for air and in coffee machines ... so no worry