Entertainment Center Cooling Mod - Linus DIY Method

My media PC was overheating during extended gaming sessions. I decided to make a mod to my entertainment center to provide better cooling - let's see how it turned out!
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[@TheZodiakSkiller]

Just watched the newest living room upgrade video. He has come far indeed.

[@puffious]

Same Here😂

[@cyko2328]

lol me too

[@aouko1917]

the same actually ^^)

[@AmirZeven]

Lol me too

[@danbounds3513]

Now in 2022 he moving.. Bigger , Better..

[@marky6000]

Who is after watching his new living room look?

[@andrewgarlick3265]

Me

[@shuyiyu2534]

me

[@tomaskner9537]

Me :D

[@burgersnchips]

Yep

[@jameshylands5683]

The sound quality is such a drop

[@InfinityFofus]

LinusDIYTips. We need more of these.

[@mohammedmokdadrocks]

Linus Do Yourself It Tips??

[@Ultraskyler]

Watch DIYPerks. - mind blown -

[@QurttoRco]

***** not really wood pc case was pretty but other then that nothing cool

[@QurttoRco]

***** not really wood pc case was pretty but other then that nothing cool

[@Ultraskyler]

QurttoRco opinion

[@JakeSulinjr]

Future Linus sent me here.

[@dragonfire1256]

yea

[@burgersnchips]

Ditto

[@fatbatman2655]

Woah you too

[@cptcrogge]

He changed so much lol

[@AustenHilton]

The intro gave me so much nostalgia

[@stickit2theman1]

If your wife will actively debate with you over which routing of a molex cable is ideal, then she's a keeper!

[@lazerrr.]

I spot a fat Playstation 2 in that cabinet. Linus mah nigga

[@jerrys123111]

I know right? Phat version too.

[@TheSoxmania]

can't go wrong with an old PS2... at least the games rocked!!

[@Dylan52meow]

***** yeah dude you have to have a PS2 to play Dark Cloud 1 and 2! Best games ever.

[@ImDerpAsHell]

Dylan Carr Nah Ratchet and Clank for the PS2 was the best games ever!

[@TheSoxmania]

***** agreed!

[@epicidey4328]

Getting EXTREMELY pissed off at cod and then coming to watch something as interesting as this actually calms you down a bit!!!!

[@Oozy5HADOW]

***** MARZ you are awesome man :D - Long time subscriber

[@Armyrope115Official]

for me it was titanfall 1V4 IS NOT FAIR IN CTF!!!

[@lynkcoely91]

That's crazy that's exactly what I watched this video for what are the odds that this is the first video I watched after loosing a gb and I happened to see your comment.

[@fractalr2715]

Drilling your living room furniture,just to cool down a pc by 5-6 degrees...That's what you call a ''pc addiction''. Once you go with modding and upgrading a pc,you never go back.. :D

[@851995STARGATE]

vaio s Well it makes a difference in stopping thermal throttling though

[@kalef1234]

at least he did a pretty good job. better than I would've done haha

[@BrainSeepsOut]

It's like what car people do, trust me.

[@tokeeptrackofrandomsubs5899]

851995STARGATE Agreed about stopping the thermal throttling, if there was a good way to deliver a similar performance with the new cooling setup I suspect it'd run at a pretty nice temperature with those speeds. All things considered a fairly elegant solution to the problem and its a compartment that is useful for any future electronics that generate heat. Personally I'd just be lazy and have it out in the open myself but if I'm not mistaken Linus has cute cats to dump hair everywhere, so having it in there with intakes that can be filtered is probably more than worth it.

[@851995STARGATE]

ToKeepTrackOfRandomSubs personally I have a mini itx rig with a 960 in it (similar to Linus) and honestly I went with aio cooling just so it could sit in my media cabinet hours on end. At least that way CPU heat doesn't make its way to the gpu. I feel he should do an aio setup similar to mine a seidon 120v or something as cheap and keep the cabinet the way it is now

[@1300l]

Guys, i dont want to be pessimist but there is something i miss from you guys. I miss more Motherboards, Memory, CPU and more PC hardware specialized overviews as when this channel was part of NCIX. I know you guys are doing a lot of peripherals, Smartphones, PSU and Cases overview, and they all are very good. But i miss more variety and frequency on all kinds of PC hardware in general, as it was on the past.

[@1300l]

Oh and i agree with your wife ;)

[@LegendHidde]

More variety? I think this is a shit ton of variety already. But it's all opinions. I like these little different videos.

[@1300l]

Legend Hidde To be honest i think in the past there was more variety, now days most of the videos are either funny ones or the kind i mention. Not that they are bad and i am right, but it is something i do miss (i understand they had more acess before as NCIX is a store so easy for then to get all products, where now it isnt).. but still, i think it worth mention.

[@LegendHidde]

1300l It may be, but here we see a clear difference in opinion. I didn't really enjoy seeing so many reviews. I love the little tech projects and tech tips. The ones that I could do myself.

[@BobSmith-qq3ig]

have you realised that they've covered it all? there's literally nothing left to review

[@LazaMan101]

It doesn't matter which way you do it, no one is going to see it. So your wife's way is better actually, because it takes less time.

[@TheR971]

Jimmy Rustler aaaand it's his wife's way. That makes it better all day long. XD

[@abekline]

Not only that, but his way would have necessitated entirely removing the PC from the case to avoid metal shards from getting everywhere

[@fred_e]

The wife seems to have the best method for that

[@the_breezyp]

+Fred E the wife should have done all of this imo

[@dwong98]

lol

[@beerenmusli8220]

I agree!

[@miguelrios3580]

So where is he....(the wife)

[@comixof2morrow]

@@miguelrios3580 , Disneyland

[@Bboyman1150]

I’m glad I found this old gem

[@rustyshackleford5166]

I know this video is ancient, but why not skip the case entirely and us the cabinet as the case?

[@connorobrien7336]

Woah..... i'm kinda new to the whole PC building thing, you just blew mind haha

[@lescarpio]

Miss these types of videos from you! Not over edited, just diy projects anyone can do. Do more!

[@ezforsaken]

I want to see more of this videos :) You wife's ideas were actually a lot more practical, sort of ghetto for PC builders but actually work out really well on real practice.

[@김동현-s1y1l]

LinusDIYTips would be great

[@김동현-s1y1l]

I'm sorry, I got it when I was 8 and didn't know anything about computers. I'm not bothered to change it now :P

[@tacokoneko]

***** That's a little harsh; OSX is still definitely very UNIX and with enough (very many) hacks and mods and applications, the locked-down appleness of it *can* be lifted enough to use it similarly to open source UNIXes like BSD and Linux. If you see a security professional, a black hat or some other script kitty in general using a macbook, this is probably the case if they haven't done away with OSX entirely (at the moment you see them in case they use multiple OS) and put their own choice of distro on. Admittedly, I think even they are attracted by the hardware since many might not actually know enough about hardware to understand just how much of the money you pay for a macbook is shinyness and admittedly-incredible build quality.

[@KyuubidevilGaming]

***** seriously he can put any pic he wants ,you dont like apple then that's your opinion actually apple products are one of the best out there

[@tacokoneko]

***** Macs are for people who have a lot of money to waste but not much time to learn how to make or buy an equally good computer in both performance and build quality for cheaper. The money goes to the very good build quality and fancy seamless aluminum case if it's a macbook pro or iphone. When speaking of laptops, it is certainly true that macbooks aren't too overpriced when compared to a PC of similar build quality like the Razer Blade or something from Falcon Northwest (though they do intensely lack graphics power in comparison).

[@김동현-s1y1l]

Christ, I do use a Mac. Because I don't need a lot of performance; I just need long battery life, a light weight and enough performance for some Photoshop, After Effects and some C4D. I do want to build a desktop; I'm building one for my friend in January if things go as planned. You have to look at computers logically. You can't just go "Oh mac they're terrible" then why the crap does Linus use a Dell XPS 12? You can get so much better performance for the same money! Because he probably wants something light, with good battery life and decently powerful. Which is what a Mac Retina 13 is. I would've gotten a PC if my shoulders could handle a heavy computer. Trust me, in the lightweight laptops, there's not much to beat a Mac unless you go into the levels of the Razer Blade which is not a very good laptop. Understand me.

[@OverruledDood]

Do an unboxing of that baby

[@justindelk1585]

Okay, I get what you're trying to say, but really? "Do an unboxing of that baby" just doesn't sound right.

[@OverruledDood]

but don't babies come in the mail?

[@EnderOnFire14]

Solkia2010 I thought they came from a Stork.

[@justindelk1585]

EnderOnFire14 That's the way I heard it too.

[@OverruledDood]

no they come in the mail it's been scientifically proven with science

[@PlasmaJunkie]

This is definitely one of my personal favorites from this channel. It's a personal moment. Not just another review. Very cool.

[@HenryTomasino1]

At 2:36 you can see there is a USB drive plugged into the left side of the computer... and then lays the computer down on its left side at 2:54... You can then see the smashed USB device at 3:08. You're the best linus

[@ReubenHorner]

10:30

[@Long-do1vj]

Both your ways suck. Do it this way: Make a custom "case" out of that little cabinet thing, then install a custom liquid cooled system with cool LEDs and custom sleeved cables. Make a gorgeous show piece out of that wooden cabinet :^) Please Linus I would really love to see that. Pretty please?

[@hossamismail4683]

"His way" probably costed him 20$ .. what you're talking about might cost him around 200$ .. so in conclusion i'd prefer a 10c difference for a 20$ mod more than a 20c difference for a 200$ liquid cooling mod as long as it fixes the problem.

[@TheDanielShepherd]

+Long Nguyen Also "cool leds" in a wooden cabinet are not cool, they're tacky and hideous. It should be invisible and if you want to do mood lighting go the Philips Hue way and do it properly

[@galaxymode]

+Long Nguyen why not just put a table fan into the cabinet

[@richardmcilwain7125]

Or just mount the mobo on the side and cut slots for the pci and forgo the case. Possibly go for a larger intake fan on the bottom.

[@jukeboxx8797]

+Long Nguyen DONT FROGET AN TITAN X

[@presmadagascar]

"I'm funny to two year olds" Look out, Pewdiepie

[@springbok4015]

presmadagascar 5 years later, true words.

[@maleprincess62]

Oh this was so edgy

[@RisinT96]

Why are you people complaining that he is uploading early in the morning, its not like you _have_ to be the first to see it, or is it a one time stream? You can watch the video anytime...

[@Aldarux]

Your son is awesome Linus :) Teaching him whilst he is young is an amazing thing to do!

[@Aldarux]

Ahhh, hello Mr. Troll. It's a lovely day today, isn't it?

[@MDCCLXXVI1990]

To take a photo of a ch... Yeah, it is.

[@19friso93]

at 2:53 Linus breaks his USB stick on the side, it gave me a chill down my spine. :$

[@LordMarcus]

The wife's power cabling solution uses less effort and achieves the same result, so, ghetto or not, she has my vote.

[@xyanide1986]

Your wife was right, the cable isn't even visible so why waste effort on something you don't need to beautify at all.

[@Numian]

Definitely more videos like this! It's interesting watching how you apply your knowledge in real life scenarios and not just synthetic test benches.

[@PaciHDGaming]

Theese vlogs are AMAZING linus, keep em up!!

[@EDToasty]

Ah. The days where you only need one tiny 40 mm fan to cool the CPU.

[@kyzerbuhnzi6403]

you can still do it now. (fx-6300 stock cooler is tiny, 55c)

[@ritikmishra6196]

+ClassicPork Stock athlon 5350 cooler.

[@PseudoResonance]

I've got a computer here with no fans other than in the PSU...

[@rickeyryan303]

+ClassicPork But ummm we are talking gpu not cpu...

[@EDToasty]

***** Yeah but have you seen the size? you're better off cooking a slice of pizza

[@1AXMRDR]

I know this video is 6 years old but people are still watching it. I had a similar problem with my HTPC sitting in our built in custom wall type cabinet. I ended up making a mineral oil pc out of a aquarium, yes, I've seen your mineral oil videos too, and routed the radiator lines to the outside the cabinet with a 200 mm super quiet fan and an automotive transmission radiator. Worked great for many years until we had a lightning strike close by and it fried the hdmi jack on the computer, security camera system and 75" tv. Liked the reliability of the MO computer so much it is getting redone with upgrades. Temperatures were extremely steady but TBH your computer is built for gaming and mine is not. MO PCs are messy to upgrade but mine stayed on 24/7 for years and it took lightning to break it. The VGA port still worked though, but TV didn't have VGA port.

[@sidepiece4587]

really liked this whole blogish idea...but why not just go with watercooling...? Even closed loops like the h100i?

[@AlexanderPavel]

It's the GPU that's having big problems not the CPU.

[@MrTiwer]

Alexander Pavel You could still put a major watercooling block onto the GPU on just get a more efficient GPU.

[@Strongdocoteur]

Alexander Pavel You can put the h100i on a GPU with a kit.

[@Konayo_]

Strongdocoteur Yeah ... very profitable with a 660 gg ...

[@BizzMRK]

Strongdocoteur you cant with the 660 and its not worth it anyway. This kit is ONLY for the 780ti and R290x at the moment.

[@holynex]

You shouldn't have moved it to the cabinet in the first place :)

[@UKgamer87]

lol problem solved

[@JasuTheSnipe]

I guess you dont have a wife

[@holynex]

JasuTheSnipe Unfortunately you are wrong ;)

[@Gormador]

holynex His comment was funny none the less ^^

[@XavierAncarno]

Or closed the front door

[@TheMindPoison]

I've been having similar issues with my system(s) in a nice-but-without-active-cooling media cabinet. Removing the glass from the front cabinet doors helped (a friend did that while I was away on a business trip) helped big time, but I really want the glass back and watching your video helped me steer a course for how I'm going to cool that bad boy. Thanks!

[@TheodoreViollet]

you should've just water cooled it with a radiator outside the cabinet

[@minecraftersmiley348]

Why and how?

[@jbmw16]

just use long tubes

[@DevDoesAThing]

rad inside the cabinet, fan on bottom pushing are up and then running the tubes through the back of the case using the same open PCI bracket area thats how i would do it.

[@rejest05]

Yeah, watercooling would do better i guess

[@BoopSnoot]

If you want less dust, you should have mounted one exhaust and two intakes. This means that it will create positive pressure, blowing air out through not just the exhaust, but through any cracks and what not keeping out dust if the intake is filtered. If you have a filter intake, and unfiltered exhaust in equal number, you will have negative pressure, meaning that air will be sucked in unfiltered through cracks causing weird dust buildups along cracks.

[@BoopSnoot]

Also, no brainer solution here would have been to primarily abandon air cooling in favor of a water setup with a cooling tower. You would only have had to drill a small slot in the back, and would have excellent performance.

[@dglenn247]

i enjoyed this as a throwback to your older videos. keep the new style coming, also throw some of these out here for us once and a while.

[@Martin-so7ep]

linus should do some vlogs :D anyone agree. just a thought

[@dragonsilviu]

No...

[@banama1758]

Silviu Moga Yes...

[@24OscarM]

I would agree, but not on here... on a different channel.

[@TheTopLuca]

yes he should

[@Yomamacrank]

Yes!

[@rwhite9994]

Well I did this a while back, having a basement, I simple ran wires through the wall to a square wall plate for looks, down to the basement and mounted my HTPC rig down there, which is also a gaming pc. I hate noise, heat, and clutter - this fixed all of them. So I ran a 16ft hdmi, usb, and 4 wire power/reset. Hdmi goes into the tv of course- the 16ft usb 3.0 goes into a 4way splitter: for controller, m/kb dongle, and anything else needing plug in. I simply removed the power/reset switches from the case - added 16ft of wire, and drilled a couple of small holes to a shelf in the HTC cabinet - the switches look as if they belonged. Meanwhile in the basement, i simple ran power and network cable to the HTPC, and the three small cables : hdmi, usb, 4wire through the stud wall opening that leads to the back of the living room entertainment center. And since i change up my room settings every couple of years i - put in a square outlet with a hinged opening for the cables to work. MY gaming room slash office, I ran the same setup but this time 3hdmi cables, for pc and consoles. MY monitor setups allow the surround sound via optical cable through hdmi. Wireless controllers, mean the only time I have to walk to the basement is to change out the game disc. MY gaming room is dead silent, when nothing is playing and no heat into my room.

[@ats1995]

That was one of the more interesting videos from you that I've seen in a while. I'd love some more of these "what I do" videos

[@kodredcud]

6:58 Saying "Excuse me" to your toddler.. God I love Canada

[@Tome4kkkk]

What?! Linus is Canadian?!

[@kodredcud]

@@Tome4kkkk is this satire..? Or did you actually not know that? Lol

[@Tome4kkkk]

@@kodredcud I didn't know! Don't tell me the Tech Jesus (Gamers Nexus) is a Canadian as well! :) I didn't watch LTT in previous years. Recently - daily. My PC building drive kicked in. It's not good :/ Hopefully I'll let off some steam by just watching someone else build stuff.

[@kodredcud]

@@Tome4kkkk same happened to be while I was in the military. I would be on duty bored af so I'd watch LTT and they inspired me to build

[@SioTisfy]

More like this DIY stuff

[@chaslinux]

Glad to see you balancing out all those NCIX videos with this home-video.

[@net200777]

Cool video but that rig needs water

[@oKrikket]

For an entertainment center?

[@CaptainCandycorn]

I second this. It would be perfect since you can easily mount the rad on cabinet.

[@It_got_darK]

what??? 660 ti and core i5 on water? that doesn't make any sense since he isn't going to oc the crap out of that system it wouldn't make sense- his pc could run at lower than the room tempreture causing water to condense on his components which would kill them.

[@net200777]

darkmonster11LP unless that gpu is running a 3 fan design why not? The Temps will be half of that

[@bosfreak12]

Kristian Klos every rig needs water :P

[@chrisnields2616]

you should hook up a custom water cooling loop to the pc and run the tubing to a radiator outside

[@garfield0003]

I think it would be better for him just to buy AC for that cabinet.

[@markkeilys]

custom loop is the only option here

[@chrisnields2616]

rallygamecrashfilmer its just a tiny cabinet how in the world would he put an AC in there? xD? k den

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

Followed the link from the Aug. 6th 2020 video. It is amazing the improvements LMG has made in filmography, editing, everything. Good work everyone. Oh and the entertainment center mod was good to. I'll probably do the same thing in the future if I every build a media PC. I'll probably build my own entertainment center though and use small high filtration "furnace filters". We have six cats, good filtration would be a must.

[@kimiZZZumi]

If money isn't a issue I would make the "mod" different. I wouldn't have any case to the computer. The cabinet would be the case. 2 fans at the bottom and 2 on the back. Motherboard would be mounted "the normal way". Meaning I would cut of the motherboard backpanel from a old computer. Then drilled the plate to the cabinet wall. After that mounted the motherboard on to the plate. CPU and GPU would be liquid cooled so the heat won't be a issue inside the cabinet. The liquid cooling heat would be directly exhausted outside from the cabinet. Sorry my English is really bad :( Nice video! I would like to see more theese "blog" videos

[@sanmurillo]

kimiZZZumi Your English is not so bad and your idea is good.

[@SuperJoseee]

Thats a pretty good idea actually :D

[@jazmihamizan4987]

ure sick rich just get liquid cool and just radiate them outside the cabinet

[@michaelchapman9277]

+Jazmie Hamizan thats actually a neat idea

[@ericli1224]

he drives a honda civic...

[@FeedEX40]

+EricTechTips Not that i can find anything bad about the civic...

[@NoorquackerInd]

He gets sponsors, he doesn't buy anything

[@jazmihamizan4987]

true but this vid and his server does give him money,

[@DoctorBenderTheGamer]

Really glad to see this style of video again, brings back memories of the classic POV Linus days.

[@marcobalarezo4198]

your wife's way is WAY better lol

[@Marxone]

Good video. Btw, Wife is always right

[@deesley90]

Great idea. Had the same idea for a while now, glad someone else does this stuff to! More home theater mods!!!

[@sinbad269]

Wife's solution is more elegant, and far less ghetto. No point splicing adapters together and drilling out a hole if you've already got everything in place!

[@TheWolfHowling]

I actually wouldn't use either of your approaches, I would have just bought a AC to 4pin Molex power adaptor for about 10-20 bucks from Amazon or the like

[@johnperrone1963]

That was my approach when I did a similar cooling the media cabinet project a couple years ago. Also to get nearly no noise I went with fans that used liquid ball bearings. They were quieter than whisper db rating. No need to throttle them down for noise control. I forgot what brand they were, but they were very much worth every penny as I hear the fans on my tv before I hear the fans on the entertainment center.

[@FalkensteinM]

crazy how much linus videos have improved over the years. cool to see this old video after the new video about optimizing his living room.

[@CountChokcula]

Cutting the holes in your case was way more ghetto lmao

[@rubikfan1]

cant you use the shelve has a case? like just screw the motherboard on the wood. it whould be the most awsome case ever.

[@ThomasJakobs1993]

Those kind of solutions have a very low wife acceptance factor though. Small cases, which also look good, such as Linus has here, have a higher wife acceptance factor.

[@WWoodyW]

He did mention something about keeping down the ghetto factor. That would be about the most ghetto thing you could do with a media PC.

[@ProCrafted2]

Woody Carson only thing more getto is mineral oil computing

[@VailedFool333]

ThomasJakobs1993 I want a "wife acceptance factor" on pcpartpicker.

[@Rowlett54]

it nice to see some videos with more of a relaxed environment

[@xTotalGhost]

I agree with the wife on that one. Looks like a normal wire just coming out of a pc. You can't even see it in the cabinet.

[@kevinchung5932]

turn the cabinet into the case itself :O

[@gpdrissel]

Def would look forward to more DIY projects like this if you decide to do more of them in the future!

[@riveraluciano]

WTF???? I'm surprised that GPU didn't just get melted. Anyway, i thought you were going to drill holes in the bottom of the case, allowing the GPU to breath out, while still having the cabinet coolers at the bottom (as outake), this would probably require some tinkering with the screws for the bottom coolers, or rubber feet for the case, and dust filters. OOOOR, get really imaginative, get the coolers out of their plastic frame, leaving them INSIDE the holes and avoiding the issue of the screws, and having a more aesthetically pleasing result (add a magnet filter at the bottom of the coolers or case, and you're golden).

[@eagames456]

GPUs don't melt nowadays, they kill the computer before that happens. It skips the blue screen and just shuts off instantly.

Her way is more gheto, but a faster and simplier solution. I would have dremel out a whole and screw the connector on the case.

[@Gr8Recon]

How times have changed, glad to see how far you have come. Keep moving up and onwards!

[@cheesetoast99]

How about a watercooled GPU cooler where you can put the radiator outside the case?

[@bichfukr]

thats actually a really good idea, most cases have holes in the back for external rads and it would work great in linus' situation

[@exoticg9]

Nice Onkyo receiver.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I'm still impressed how the card boosts on that temperatures. My 660 Ti starts stepping back with the bost beyond 70°C

[@Semikami]

6:29 ✺o✺ Oooo~ I'm the scawy cooling faa-a-a-ace~

[@minetech400]

xD

[@Bluexin_]

gotta love the ps2 in there :')

[@AlpheusGibbs]

This gave me some ideas to do at my house with my rig. Thx for sharing your home with us.

[@McSzakalTV]

nice vid Linus :) tell me, why don't U put away all components from case and mount them directly into cabinet? :P

[@SHADOW543121]

Exactly what I was thinking..

[@enyownz]

Getting back to your youtube roots monica. Keep doing these type of video Monica.

[@trstmeimadctr]

Yours could be nicer in theory, but I know how you do things so just....I pick her's.

[@potatomaster9324]

4:10 Wait... Linus had a Playstation 2 ?!!!

[@philipcooper8297]

+전규민 Everyone had a PS2.

[@LermaBean]

전규민 160+ Million units so it's obvious.

[@slayerduud3784]

I was born in 02 and i had a ps2

[@dreet-dreet]

Saw these fans on the back of the console in his new video with the cable management at the new house, but turned out to be much more involved than expected haha.

[@pheezus]

your wife's idea was way better Linus. suck it up lol

[@reptar74]

god linus you totally mutilated that nice entertainment center/cabinet.

[@x8BitRain]

In order to cool the PC that was probably more expensive than the cabinet.

[@reptar74]

x8BitRain why not just put the pc on top of the cabinet and cool it with water cooling? would of made way more sense.

[@x8BitRain]

It would look unappealing up there and water cooling isn't necessary for Media PCs, as they aren't used for anything other than watching movies or playing games, I doubt he renders videos on it.

[@1300l]

Zack Water Cooling is a bit overkill for this kind of rig.

[@cheddar07]

Zack His issue was that his GPU was overheating. A GPU water cooling loop in a small case like that seems less than ideal.

[@robsatterlee3559]

I can't believe I found a 3 year old video, where Linus' wife actually solved my issue for me. Her "ghetto" idea of running a power connector out the back of the case was the easiest/cheapest solution to my problem. I've been trying to figure out the easiest way to get reliable power to a 200mm case fan for intake in the wall of my computer closet. The intake is only a few inches away from my matx case. Thanks Yvonne (and Linus, I guess)!

[@IZylusI]

He just made a case, for his case... I would have integrated the pc into that cabinet for better cooling, and to display a crappy pc... (I pretty much have a 660 and an i5... so I'm kind of upset now...)

[@IZylusI]

Yea I know, It's pretty much the best bang for your buck if you're super budget, but the way Linus treats low baller gear is insulting for my pc... But I'm fine with it, cause he actually has a job and can afford all his things...

[@milklizard8411]

MiniNinjia - I don't know; the 760 is only $50 more and offers near on the performance of the 670.

[@milklizard8411]

***** - I had a 550 Ti until I bought a 760, and I still gamed at playable framerates (which I took to mean around or above 40-45 fps, though now I generally shoot for 45 as an absolute minimum, with an average above 59-60) on high settings at 900p. I'm sure there are probably at least a few AMD cards that can offer an even better value than that, though they'd be much louder and hotter. I think I still have an HD4850 somewhere with 512 MB of RAM that ran CoD4 at 900p with at least 60 FPS, though having that GPU in my computer raised the ambient temperature of my room by almost six degrees Celsius, no joke.

[@MarikHavair]

***** I have IGPU on ma laptop, can get much less down on the performance scale than that.

[@LunaStarFire]

I like it but why not just do water cooling since you had the parts for it and it would mean the cabinet wouldnt have to be a sauna XD

[@6pathsofpain]

shiro yuki I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it would be nosiy having the fans cooling the radiator outside the cabinet.

[@LunaStarFire]

Unbornparadise yeh but a rad means lower fan speed and youd only need to worry about the pump

[@RandomAjFilms]

Please do more of DIY of anything if you are doing projects for PC modding. Love this video

[@ErnestJay88]

I spot Wii and Fat PS2, so Linus also a Console Gamer :D

[@seandempsey7572]

how could he betray GabeN?!

[@ErnestJay88]

Sean Dempsey he's not betray anyone because THE REAL GAMERS have a gaming PC but also have consoles too. People who proud to their gaming platform (either consoles or PC) are just a fanboy.

[@seandempsey7572]

IndraEMC I'm just joking because Linus is quite active on /r/pcmasterrace where well...the name kinda tells you what it is about. Also, "real gamers" play on whatever platform(s) they want. For some people that is only consoles, for some people that is only PC, and for some people that is both.

[@PikaConcepts]

Sean Dempsey god this gaben shit is cringy as fuck, cant believe you find it funny among your le reeddittt friends.

[@Josh_2976]

IndraEMC I guess I'm not a real gamer because I wont splash out on consoles just to play games I already own and are better on PC...

[@MelloState]

You're wife is smarter than you. We need Linus's Wife Tips :D

[@baccarah7010]

i just love the linus way of doing things

[@ForTheViolence]

This is cool Linus.. But very impractical.. Wouldn't it just be better to get a more air flow heavy case? Or move the pc out of the cabinet?

[@OululainenIhiminen]

Well a airflow optimized case doesn't really help if it can't get any air. And where the hell would he have moved it? there is no space.

[@ForTheViolence]

UselessBread Obviously you didn't pay much attention during the video, the case he is using doesn't have any side or front intake. Only a very very small bottom intake. The cabinet has a big hole in the back for fresh air to get into the compartment. He can add 100 more fans into that tight space and it won't matter since his case has almost no way to intake the cold air into it in the first place. Also the power supply fan is facing the cpu fan directly... He could have gotten a black bitfenix prodigy and could have been doing with it. Also the gpu has no room to breathe in that case anyway.

[@OululainenIhiminen]

ForTheViolence Obviously you didn't pay any attention because he improved the temps on that stuff.

[@ForTheViolence]

UselessBread and it's still at 96 degrees lol, not even my old reference r9 290x runs that hot. Obviously not worth destroying an entertainment system over when like I said he could have spent $60 for one of those cooler master cubes or something similar. I'm pretty sure he even has one laying in the office.

[@OululainenIhiminen]

ForTheViolence The coolermaster cube would have run just as hot without the modifications because there is no way air enters or leaves that cabinet.

[@rumthin]

The airflow in that case looks non existent. Just cut out the bottom, like you said, and you're temps will probably drop another 10 degrees. No one is gonna see the case in your cabinet anyways.

[@Gameplayer529]

Your house looks really cozy and comfortable!

[@TekOverclocked]

Linus i am disappointed at your gaming set up, you make this badass videos about water cooling gpu and all this awesome stuff and you git this problem?

[@spicemint80]

its a media PC as in in his living room so its more or less for Netflix and stuff like that not hardcore gaming

[@bbstar54]

It isn't smart putting water cooling there cause if it leaks not only would he run the risk of ruining the pc but the wood and all of the electronics behind it. IF it were to ruin the things behind it then it could start a fire. There are many different situations that could occur with this computer's placement.

[@newtracetriad]

bbstar54 ??? I'm sure someone will notice the leaking radiator before the wood starts to rot... And just saying, I've personally never seen a watercooled system leak. Ever. As long as the builder isn't stupid about anything, it should be solid

[@ProWilson999]

Probably not enough room in that case

[@JcGross93]

Your wife just lets you destroy the cabinet? Wow.

[@Aeroxima]

Coming from the future, he seems so much less rushed, and just being a normal person who actually uses these things, instead of just talking about them rapidfire one after another and doing business stuff 24/7.

[@playman350]

Linus... You're using an old version of Afterburner aren't you ?

[@kilobits0000]

hes just using the big skin version, plus no reason really to update it on a media pc that already has a solid overclock.

[@playman350]

Kilobits true, true.

[@fetB]

can i ask what makes you think that?

[@kilobits0000]

***** ui looks different, which varies on the card, and it was in big skin mode since its a tv, so it just looked older

[@SplosionMovies]

Wife's way is better: should you ever move the case to a desk or something, it doesn't have a permanent hole in it. IMHO at least.

[@rainy724]

He was planning on cutting a giant hole in the bottom of the case anyway. Also: Linus' method wouldn't have a "permanent" hole. He was going to screw that male Molex plug into the rectangular hole he cut out, filling the gap/hole and making an external Molex plug. I vote Linus.

[@SplosionMovies]

rainy724 thanks for keeping it smart and polite. Those are great reasons.

[@kruceo]

I definitely want to see stuff like this. Good video. Also, give us a tour of your personal media center set up.

[@TheGreatestGTAFanboy]

Not a good result, would be better to just leave the door open or water cool it with radiators mounted to the entertainment unit.

[@minetech400]

I don't get why he took the door of it's hinges.

[@dugg117]

Zero thermal throttling is definitely a good result. An open door is not an acceptable solution. Water cooling with external radiators is way more involved and much more expensive

[@kklogins]

Linus, you should know by now: "the wife's always right..."

[@boazbrandao7063]

I don't know why, but I love this man... Hello old Linus!

[@williameftposco]

happy wife happy life... in hell

[@spik330]

9:00 Linus if you could do your way properly. Then your way is better, but we all know it looks better before you do it.

[@orangeapples]

The ultimate HTPC cabinet mod would have been to build a PC into the cabinet. Salvage the right and back panels off of an old PC case so you have proper mounts for the mobo and expansion slots, cut the back of the cabinet so your rear I/O and expansion can get outside, drill some holes for your fans and done. Perhaps set up a separate power supply and fan controller for the cabinet fans. Use the Cooler Master HAF XB EVO or something with a removable mobo tray to make swapping out the motherboard easier.

[@Emily1963eh]

Linus, the wife is ALWAYS right.

[@derks0]

safety glasses dude

[@derks0]

heh there you go xP

[@derks0]

whats fun about saw dust in the eye?

[@chrisestes624]

you played that as kids too?