I built my first (overkill) mini watercooled PC and it was painful! Watch from unboxing to gaming!

I wanted a PC for some living room/couch gaming. I've been planning this build for a long time. It took me almost a year to plan, build, film and edit this video (free time is a rare thing). As usual, I went absolutely overkill! Despite a few hiccups during the building process as you can see in the video, I'm pretty satisfied with the end result :)
Here is the part list :
-AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor
-Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card
-ID-COOLING IS-55 ARGB 54.6 CFM CPU Cooler
-MSI MPG B650I EDGE WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard
-G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory
-Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (x2)
-Silverstone SX1000-LPT 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
-Lian Li A4-H20 X4 Mini ITX Desktop Case
-Waveshare 5.5inch HDMI AMOLED 1920x1080
-Lian Li A4​H2O Custom​ Vented Si​de Panel from JakeFaceCustoms
-Lian Li A4​H2O Wood C​ustom Fron​t Panel from JakeFaceCustoms
Watercooling parts :
-EK-Quantum​ Vector² M​aster RTX ​4080 D-RGB​ - Nickel ​+ Plexi
-HJ 240MM P​ump Radiat​or Reservo​ir Combo K​it
-Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.black.swap 60.09 CFM 120 mm Fan (x2)
-EK-HDC Lig​num 12mm -​ Walnut
-EK-Quantum​ Torque Mi​cro Rotary​ 90° - Bla​ck
-EK-Quantum​ Torque Ro​tary 45° -​ Black
-Hydro X Se​ries XT Ha​rdline 12m​m Tubing -​ Satin Bla​ck
-EK-CryoFue​l Acid Gre​en

[@CaptainFuchs]

I'm just confused why we thought a 4090 in a mini and singular air cooler was gonna be a good idea, not the route i would've taken but man did you make it work! NIce job!

[@purefunked]

This is insanely well filmed and edited. Good job.

[@funkdatshiz3970]

i don think you know much about editing lol. This is like highschool level shit.

[@DVCasey0311]

I watched this with an ad blocker.

[@prntm926]

*smooth criminal starts playing*

[@Cinnamonroll521]

(Smooth operator starts playing)

[@R.EARNHARDTT]

GANG!

[@cppctek]

I touched grass today

[@ZiyaanMuhammed]

No, you watched it on KZbin

[@roasthunter]

Nice, great build, that RTX4090 is massive with the factory cooler.

[@anggitpras]

From what I've seen, you are not a gamer, but a videographer. Insane dude!

[@Glerox]

I'm both 😆

[@Tiggerlooker]

I love the wood esthetic on it. ITs always the small details that make these builds great! you should built them to order! sooo cool!!

[@CJonesFL]

Ya know what I love as much as a well put together PC build video? Some solid house music in the background!

[@16comic]

insane temps, awesome work brother!!

[@rageofheaven]

What you have accomplished, on a technical level, is madness.

[@MarcusMeece]

I was especially inspired by the section around 2 minutes and 20 seconds I'll be thinking about that I'll work all night at work tonight nice vision

[@tupper5290]

Awesome build. God I love watching people build PCs.

[@FerzisCool]

Sooo underrated

[@sugarfamily7590]

You are starting to get notice. Don't stop.

[@Keshmi]

0:53 Без радиатора этот ssd сваливается в троттлинг при малейшей нагрузке. Более грамотным решением было бы взять 2tb версию накопителя с нормальным радиатором, а потом, при желании, взять более холодный накопитель под всё остальное на заднюю часть платы.

[@dmitry3911]

И хз норма ли, но охлад проца получше бы... 70-80 градусов при нагрузке 30% чет сильно много

[@jandkwhite6459]

wow waited a LONG time for you to come back and it was worth the wait!!!

[@Glerox]

Hey thanks! It's such a shame that I deleted my last channel by mistake. All those millions of views gone!

[@bosco008]

Wait wait wait. I'm new to PC building, but are you telling me that tiny little slab of plastic that looks like a naked motherboard was the GPU, and the rest of the material you removed was just for cooling??!?! If that's correct, my mind is officially blown.

[@Glerox]

Yes in fact the GPU is even smaller. It's the small chip that you see me put thermal compound on it!

[@ulmwurttemberg1682]

"I've been planning this build for a long time." Really? Beautiful real-life depiction of causality.

[@김동하-b4x]

Wow, I was wondering where graphics card had gone, but you've replaced the cooling fan with a liquid cooler, which is a nice surprise.

[@morzco]

could you share some information about installation and setup of that 5.5inch display?

[@Glerox]

I bought the screen on Amazon, you can find it on the video description. It fits perfectly in the pre-built hole in this case, no modification needed! It connects via included USB-A and HDMI cables on the back of the motherboard. It basically works as a second screen in Windows. The software I used to make the custom layout is AIDA64.

[@csvagrant]

This gave me flashbacks of a Thermaltake MicroATX build from many years ago. That leak must've made your stomach turn.

[@Glerox]

Oh yes lol, I'm lucky it was just the O-ring inside but it took me many hours of troubleshooting 🤯

[@cppctek]

This rig is soooooo clean dude.

[@zackeuphoria9932]

You sir have earned yourself a sub. Love it

[@supking403]

its beautiful

[@meech7520]

Ok...you win!! 😉👍

[@ddr80]

just wondering if the HJ 240MM P​ump Radiat​or Reservo​ir Combo K​it still work one year later? XD the first one that was leaky out of the box was dodgy

[@Layjaylagoose]

This thing slaps hard. Looks like it's made to goose around on some those crispy OLED panels. Delishquisite!

[@M4rio21]

sick build! love the way it looks at the end.

[@mrpotat680]

Bro needs more subs

[@dmitry3911]

It turned out to be a beautiful PC, but the processor temperature confuses me... At 30% load the processor temperature is 70-85 degrees, which is very high

[@codeblue6925]

While that is higher than expected its not problematically high, most cpus and gpus these days can go to close to 95 without any real issue

[@Glerox]

Yeah Zen 4 cpus are programmed to run the fastest they can before reaching 95c and then throttle down... you'll see most zen 4 builds run at that temperature

[@xxspawnxx]

The 4090 you picked is my favorite variant Gigabyte makes a beautiful 3 color fan. Plus it has a amazing mount support that bolts to the motherboard and holds the back end up. Sooooooo sexy

[@anhcong948]

I got same problems with HJ 240MM water cooling combo, solved by replacing Stop Fittings and it works well.

[@Glerox]

The problem with chinese parts...

[@domeberlin4480]

@@Glerox does not everything like that come from china ? bequiet , corsair etc all are manufacturing their thing there or not ?

[@medowucha]

So, next step: Dual-rad! xD And yeah, I've seen at least one attempt of dual-rad in the H2O, that included a semi-passive 280 side-mounted rad and a regular 240 on top ..

[@RiGoRmOrTiSUK]

production values on this video are through the roof, and only 484 subs? that's a criminal situation to be in.. hope sub numbers pick up for ya!

[@Glerox]

Hey thanks! I had a bigger channel before with 20k subs but deleted it by mistake! I'm restarting from scratch FML haha

[@darinwynder7207]

Nice intro animation

[@TheOldKenobi]

Great build and video!!!!

[@soul.9434]

such high quality, great work!

[@shreihals9314]

Bro omg i would absolutely love a mini pc that looks like that and can run games on 4k like this nicely done bro hope on day i get something like this 🤞

[@josephgonzales1723]

beaautiful build!

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

you can keep that PC i would much rather have my PC with over 50 TB of storage a bluray rom and 128GB of ram in it also will soon have a USB Floppy A: drive also in the near future to get files i haven't looked at in 25 years

[@medowucha]

Also, on another topic - the title: Yes, SFF PC building can be very, VERY painful. Eg. just making the mistake of using an SFX-L PSU instead of a "regular" SFX one can have a huge impact on how much your fingers gonna hurt. And yeah, you dont want to repeat that hurt, so you rather by the more expensive SFX than the SFX-L option. Worse, you actually upgrade to a much more expensive SFX one, because you need the extra 3 cm of space .. Yeah, SFF PC builders oughta be masochists xD (talking from experience: Had to replace the PSU in my S300 liquid cooling mod build because the SFX-L would block most of the space; it worked very well inside the S400, but in the S300? nope. THAT HURT AF.)

[@kami-kaze1230]

Where can I buy ball head screws to mount the panels? I can't find any.

[@anadventfollower1181]

Love the music, and nice build!

[@Peeper117]

what was that screen you used

[@djmrh1]

Check description

[@Glerox]

Waveshare 5.5inch HDMI AMOLED 1920x1080

[@NeoRazor]

Damnnnn you did all that cleanliness, then dyed the water? That's a shame. So close to perfect.

[@Glerox]

Well since it's my build to play Xbox first party games, I wanted it green like an Xbox lol. And also it fits with Walnut (Nature, I guess lol).

[@Jnanabase]

love the tune!

[@richardfarmer6570]

Nice build, I really like the sensor panel with the wood. Can't imagine why that super compact Gigabyte wouldn't fit in the case, I like how you showed how impossible it would be to install.

[@Handler9]

that feeling that you can't hit solid 60fps with frame generation on watercooled RTX 4090... 😅

[@TheAeyque]

Loved it. Amazing job!

[@blaskosusnja7730]

Congratulations on your impressive build. May I ask how much it cost you? I am curious to know why you chose not to bend the tubing.

[@Glerox]

Hey thanks! It was around 5K CAD at the time of building. I did not need to bend the tubing because I found a way to put it in straight lines. Also, a bend takes a lot of space and would not fit easily in that case. The 90 degrees fittings take way less space.

[@AnalystAndy]

You spend almost one year. Jup. This is realistic. And a great effort. I was playing around for a couple of weeks with my own custom water cooling. It was a pain in the ass. And costly. And also not entirely quiet. the radiator also has fans. Bigger and slower fans than your typical CPU cooler, but still ;-) I will gladly stick with air cooling.

[@Glerox]

Yeah good idea haha. Watercooling is often not worth it unless you're having fun with troubleshooting lol or if you want the absolute best perfomance.

[@themanthemyth111]

Quality content

[@str8chillaxin]

Nice job. Although I am curious why you chose the 7700X as opposed to the 7800X3D. The power draw is pretty close but gaming performance is much better at very little extra cost

[@wolfbrother9025]

Some ppl just don't want to deal with even the few extra degrees and that's ok

[@Glerox]

I would have chosen the 7800X3D but when I started the build a year ago it was not available!

[@str8chillaxin]

@@Glerox thx for clarifying that makes sense

[@JCrowe86]

Aside from the leak, any complaints with the aliE pump/rad combo? Was considering doing the same to watercool in my a4 h20.

[@Glerox]

No, once I replaced the O-ring correctly, it was working fine. It's not a good quality part since it's made by a random chinese company, but I haven't find a better quality option. Also make sure to have a reservoir cylinder to fill it because there is no reservoir in it.

[@hmzzya78]

Why didnt you use something like a 7800x3d or 7950x3d?

[@Glerox]

They weren't available when I started this build last year. The 7800x3D would be a good fit for the small cooler because it has a low power consumption.

[@baratheonind.168]

Great job ! Just a heads up, I noticed you used a copper radiator with an aluminum block on the gpu, are you aware this will lead to serious corrosion of the gpu block over time ?

[@KyesaRRi]

That's a nickel plated copper block by the looks of things.

[@Glerox]

Nope it's nickel plated, no worries there.

[@baratheonind.168]

No stress ! Again absolutely brilliant job! :D

[@eduardalex6531]

Gj bro, very nice!

[@Skratch63]

Id love to see the process of getting the custom screen done on your case. I had a bout of thermal issues with my gpu a while ago and it has made me crazy anal about monitoring temps in every way possible. Any videos or literature on how y oh achieved this?

[@Ayqav]

everybody else: watching how he build the PC for the entire video meanwhile me: watching how the plant in the background spins

[@acex0078]

Cool!

[@candymangames5022]

Tempted on doing the same display mod on the front panel on my a4-h20 case . Did you have to modify or cut the hole yourself on that wood panel or did JakeFaceCustoms do the hole for you?

[@Glerox]

Yup I asked him to cut the hole for me! Amazing service I recommend him

[@companyoflosers]

What I don't get is how temps were all under control, cpu and gpu utilization were all well under 50 percent, yet cyberpunk was still never breaking out of the 60's in fps. Like, there's obviously headroom to go MUCH higher in fps, but it's not. Nothing more infuriating than having the ability to do much more, but the software just won't.

[@Glerox]

GPU 1 is the integrated GPU on the CPU, GPU 2 is the RTX 4090. I should have removed the GPU 1 utilization from showing as it can bring confusion. GPU2 is always running at 99%.

[@adamproductions4529]

I never realized the coolers were so massive on gpus

[@odinez7010]

You should watch a PS5 teardown and see how much of that thing is heatsink.

[@Keyba88]

Just discover your channel and i love it !

[@ShaderX96]

Everything is great, but isn’t the cpu a bit hot?

[@rolexronny]

great build!

[@zette4273]

why have you build an custom loop skipping cpu? weird decision

[@Glerox]

1. Because the 240mm radiator is barely enough cooling power for the GPU alone 2. because since I'm playing in 4K, the bottleneck is always the GPU so I don't need the CPU to run at maximum speed! Makes sense doesn't it? 😉

[@BVLVI]

power consumption is that of an AC. kinda nuts

[@Glerox]

🥵

[@fuzzwho20]

A bit dramatic getting the stock graphics card in. Would have fit if you take the front plate off or cut a slit to let it protrude.

[@hsbsnkkd]

He was planning to go with water cooling the whole time. With the fan and radiator on the graphics card there would be no room for all the other components.

[@wisnu3166]

Crazy Build !!! 👍👍

[@abyx5108]

Great build! I have a similar combo with a 7700 with a rx 7900xtx i have noticed that the cpu tends to heat up on games like cyberpunk (77 -84 C) Do you think its an expected temp for this CPU or would it be because of the small case of your pc? Cheers.

[@bikinibottom_hoodclips]

It's because he is using small air cooler for cpu.

[@Glerox]

Ryzen 7000 processors are built to get to maximum performance until it reaches 90C and then stay there. So your temps are perfectly normal. With a bigger cooler it will stay as hot but offer better performance (marginally).

[@wackid2370]

Experts recommend lower temps for longet product lifespan

[@Guoenyi]

Not great but ok. Glerox used small CPU cooler because of the small case. 7000 series ryzen will boost as high as possible for the workload until thermal limit (other limits too but thermal will be hit first usually). You can get better temp with more capable cooler while doing the same work and it is generally recommended for longgevity of your system because hot components will "burn" nearby parts too.

[@DoObs]

Hey Glerox, which app do you use to run onto the small OLED screen in the case....and like the previous re-unboxing video.

[@Glerox]

AIDA64

[@gilgamesh1245]

what the purpose of build mini pc if you still need tube outside of its?

[@Glerox]

What do you mean tubes outside?

[@milkmangaming3325]

How on earth did you make that display? Is it a program or did you program it your self? Would love to see a tutorial for it. 😊

[@Glerox]

I'm using AIDA 64! You can check one of Jayz Two Cents, he does have a tutorial

[@milkmangaming3325]

@@Glerox thanks man!

[@eosnyx]

What software did you use to track the temps from the mini front screen?

[@Glerox]

AIDA64

[@eosnyx]

@@Glerox Thanks a lot!

[@melvin9785]

finding out for the first time how much of a gpu is heat sink...

[@andreasnilsson1797]

do you know why in pause screen fps sky rocketing to 600 fps why does not DLSS stop syncing with screen ?

[@Glerox]

I guess you mean VRR but even with VRR I don't use any frame cap. I use fast sync instead of Vsync in Nvidia's control panel.

[@andreasnilsson1797]

yes but why does it go over 600 fps when open the map for example @@Glerox

[@Glerox]

@@andreasnilsson1797 I guess because the map is very easy to render for the GPU

[@andreasnilsson1797]

when this happens my CPU goes max out and deliver insanly high temp and wattage.. how to fix it ? @@Glerox

[@squirrelsinjacket1804]

It seems sorta silly to keep using these increasingly giant GPU coolers and not move over to water cooling as an industry standard.

[@Glerox]

Parts would be way more expensive and there is the risk of leaking water in the system also... I don't think it's meant for everyone

[@humain_humain1465]

nice video, nice music, nice build ! GG

[@ghostblackout1]

looks nice

[@shinoh5575]

i like this build.,

[@meow-wv9yc]

great music, great pc, magnifique

[@cjiscool8668]

Link to the mini monitor plz. And what software you used to display the temps?

[@Glerox]

The screen I use is in the video description. The software is AIDA64.

[@kevinkev1530]

Cool

[@benjaminrivera117]

Not me jamming out to the music 😆😆

[@Orlyy]

You couldn't fit another run for the cpu? 😢

[@Glerox]

what do you mean?

[@MartyrKomplx]

Somethings bothering me about how the cpu was installed. It doesn't look right, but could be from the time lapse filming style.

[@patzypatz3796]

IT LOOKED LIKE THTE BECUS HE DIDENT DROP IT FROM up he did it from the side

[@user-jx5pu3fz3z]

I had the same problem with the radiator, I just smeared everything with car sealant

[@Glerox]

😆😆

[@cppctek]

You need way more subs bro I’m shocked you haven’t hit the algo with this sick editing ! I wish I could find someone like yourself to edit mine. Reach out if you’d like to though!

[@Glerox]

Hey thanks! I add a channel before with a few 1M views videos but deleted it by accident... so I'm starting from scratch unfortunately! I barely have enough time to edit my own video haha so I'll pass on your offer!

[@HanmaHeiro]

Awesome video. Came here from pcpartpicker

[@frvi3502]

very cool build

[@GreenGabanX1]

Niceeeeeeeee

[@dragonsyph2557]

Screen capture of game looks very glitchy and un smooth, but when you show it camera view of TV screen game looks smooth, whats going on? And that CPU is CHOKING that 4090 bad lol.

[@Glerox]

What do you mean, lol the 7700x is one of the best CPU around. Also, in 4K, the CPU is almost never the bottleneck. Regarding the smoothness, I don't know, maybe Shadowplay records badly?

[@ArdyneusTheGod]

You could’ve chosen the MSI Suprim Liquid X.

[@Glerox]

Maybe but I feel the water tubes of the AIO would have been hard to fit in the case, plus it looks better with a custom loop haha

[@ArdyneusTheGod]

@@Glerox True. A custom loop does look better. Also, did you actually messed up and bought a 4090 that was too big, or was it intentional so you could make a custom loop?

[@zakyisdy3616]

Where did u buy custom case?

[@Glerox]

The custom front panel and side panel are from JakeFaceCustoms on Etsy

[@Cunninghams07]

Whats the app/addon used on the screen to display everything? clean build!

[@Glerox]

Thanks! I use AIDA64

[@willn8664]

Why not water cool the CPU as well?

[@Glerox]

Not enough cooling power with just this small radiator. Even for the 4090 alone it's barely enough.

[@mikemeyer7969]

What software did you use to link your data screen to your pc

[@Glerox]

AIDA64

[@bisaKOL23]

Where can u get the sensor panel?

[@Glerox]

On Amazon, the model name is in the video description

[@d34th28]

i want to know how to setup a temp monitor like that

[@Glerox]

The software I use is AIDA64. Jayztwocents has a video explaining how to do it.

[@Zombie101]

not sure i'd trust another radiator after that from same place..

[@Glerox]

It's the only one that fits this case unfortunately!