Redneck Engineering my own CPU Water Cooler

[@timbaleno9269]

Sometimes, it appears that Kyle thinks he works in a real place, and not this wonderful chaos lol. Great work!

[@ghomerhust]

groaning in "kyle" is exactly what i do every time i see someone i know try to put in a stereo or fix their car. i just SMH and get my tools to fix their screwup haha.

[@poochey1]

Yeah! If he's going to work in chaos let him have the zip tie gun! :P

[@asmallcat]

His face was all of us during so many of the "redneck" builds on this channel lol

[@burdman5620]

Ugh I'd kill to get a job with the guys

[@lipot69]

It's funny that Kyle tries to be a voice for reason and still goes along with the plan. Need to have more videos like this with him and Alex.

[@Zuilli]

He still needs more time in LTT to become like Alex and embrace the jank, become one with it.

[@jamesmacleod8388]

I get the feeling that Kyle is an engineer that makes things, where as Alex is an engineer that makes things work...

[@Laarrrieeee]

10:23 is proof he's a wise man

[@potatosordfighter666]

EVERY interaction between them is gold. The I told you so bit, his look of absolute bewilderment as Linus says to put a zip tie on a hose shoved inside another hose. EVERYTHING they did was just perfection

[@nemtudom5074]

The voice of reason thats still corruptible, lol

[@zoey.steelimus]

The Alex and Kyle: Chaos Enginners duo has to be one of my new favorite dynamics of LTT.

[@fateunleashed9680]

You might could say they're in search of incredible lol

[@MyrKnof]

@@fateunleashed9680 Well, Asus sure as hell havent found it yet.

[@IsaacAllwood]

Absolutely love Kyle slowly losing his mind while Alex and Linus are just having the time of their lives.

[@JO19pLuMbUm94HN]

Yeah, it even looks like his genuine opinion to their work

[@IrisCorven]

My god. The combo of Linus, Alex, and Kyle is the most amazingly chaotic jankfest I've ever seen. I love this.

[@danielbender4327]

I am up for as much Alex + Kyle content as they can produce.

[@cain.74]

it'd be more jank without Kyle

[@VoVilliaCorp]

It's the holy trinity

[@justalpha2396]

God I love these types of videos. By far one of my favourite styles of video from LTT. I just love imagining someone pitching this idea and everyone being like "that sounds stupid, let's do it." Whenever engineers get free reign to do whatever they want you either end up with something amazing or at least some great content. Keep it up guys!

[@tbuk8350]

Additionally, I love seeing Alex building his usual janky and stupid builds while Kyle is incredibly concerned, yet still going along with the plan.

[@TheRedThirst]

Kyles concern for the 4090 throughout the install was heartwarming

[@Kyle_116]

It seemed to be less worried about the 4090, and more the 4090 being ruined during a project he was involved in.

[@zeendaniels5809]

Definitely. It contrasts nicely with the total disregard of Linus aka Dropper of expensive technology.

[@jttech44]

To linus, it's a line item on an expense report, to Kyle, it's most of a month's salary.

[@mochisharvey]

@@jttech44 you mean like a week of a salary

[@Chasm9]

Why did they install the most expensive GPU in the world before they made sure their janky water cooling contraption worked in the first place? I'm speechless.

[@jetlyfe12]

Hose clamps def should've been utilized here. Not only for performance over zip ties, but for the whole aesthetic/theme of car components/hardware meets PC components/hardware.

[@mikepatrona472]

They should of tried an aftermarket tranny cooler or oil cooler. They have a much more reasonable size

[@Sadamoto6]

Idk, I probably have more zip ties on my rally car than hose clamps tbh. 😂

[@delemon7644]

I’m fairly sure my wrx is structurally together only because zip ties

[@jetlyfe12]

@@Sadamoto6 lol. Oh no dont get me wrong, im no where close to implying zip ties arent great for cars. Im merely saying on something small where the aesthetic is using something from a car as a mod, it would add to the aesthetic to use something that is also used primarily on that part. i.e. hose clamp on the rad. Just makes the mod that much more dope. But yea, i mean, have you ever actually worked on cars if you haven't used zip ties at some point? lol

[@lorzon]

Also, because it's supposed to be vaguely functional, hose clamps are the better choice.

[@lukeskywalket2894]

Seeing these three work together is like watching Hammond, May, and Clarkson work together on a car

[@jrshaul]

LINUS! YOU'VE BACKED INTO THE POSTMODERN MEMES!

[@SabbaticusRex]

@@jrshaul He speaks like a 15 year old girl from 1996 and I hate it so much and so irrationally that it scares me .

[@kaimojepaslt]

who?

[@BlokeOzzie]

Yes. Love that energy.

[@Elmojomo]

Nah, you know Clarkson never actually 'works' on anything. lol

[@viccie211]

I love the dynamic Kyle brings to these kinds of videos! He fits very well with the vibe of Linus and Alex

[@zapawafyt]

What a combo. Anything with Kyle is gold, the back and forth with him and Linus, and throwing the jank that Alex usually runs with.. chefs kiss

[@PeaceItUp]

We need more of these cooler shenanigans! It feels like eventually we will get to alternative solutions that might work for us normies... eventually.

[@bismuth7730]

I want them to revisit the bong cooler!

[@ltio4619]

Could you use a Dyson style fan for cooling?

[@cupuacu4life13]

I always thought people living in freezing places like alaska could just pipe outside air to their pc cases and then pipe out the hot air No extra modifications, just letting below zero air going into the case, but isolating the case from the rest of the room of course, so people dont get their rooms full of freezing air Or maybe even leave the pc separated from the room, kinda like people put the AC evaporators outside of the house, you'd just have the pc out, yes, with protection from the snow and the elements, and stuck very well into the wall so no thief yoinks it out Maybe even build the pc inside of an AC case so people think its an AC when its actually a pc getting infinite free cooling from the harsh polar climate

[@walkinmn]

​​​@@cupuacu4life13ve thought about that too, but you don't want to heat cold humid air from outside inside your PC though, what I have thought about is you just put the radiator or radiators outside but of course you have to protect them somehow from the harsh environment and depending how cold it gets you may want to use antifreeze (also you don't want to let it go that cold). But I don't live in a cold enough place to try this. It could also work if your PC is close to a side of your home that's always colder

[@schwuzi]

​@@ltio4619 No. There is no static pressure with these fans only air flow. They work by sucking more air through the hole in the middle so if you block that with a radiator it wouldn't work anymore.

[@SakosTechSpot]

Linus using wrong or slightly incorrect parts is very relatable. Many times I use whatever I can find around the house to make a project work and sometimes it's not perfect, but it turns out well enough. Never stop doing this LTT.

[@Idiomatick]

My bath/shower valve/selector is fitted with a milk tab when a part broke.... the milk tab solution is around 4yrs old now.

[@Filip_Phreriks]

@@Idiomatick My compressor has a cylinder base gasket made from a milk carton. Has been working for years. It was supposed to be temporary but you know how those things go.

[@Respectable_Username]

Get 👏 Kyle 👏 a 👏 ziptie 👏 gun!

[@MattiTuunanen]

My first watercooling was with heater core from an old Opel. Fitted perfectly over the PSU in the old "full tower" style case, where there were plenty of room behind all those 5.25" bays (and I used those excess of 5.25" slots for a tupperware where I have submerged the aquarium pump) ..of course the dimensions prevented me to install that core to roof or back of the case, but having it so that the air path was from side of the case to other side of the case, it worked quite well. Also, when I built that, all the computer fans were like maximum of 80mm, so I got two thick 12cm 12V fans from an old photocopying machine and those made enough static pressure for the core. I dont remember what clocks I got with my K6-2 and my athlons/athlon xp's, but I remember I managed to run my Opteron 185 at 3.35GHz quite comfortably. The tension bar what I used to mount my block was nicely compatible with socket 7, socket A and also socket 939.

[@TheXshot]

These videos are my favorite. Shenanigans with Linus, Alex and Kyle!

[@crazygamingfab9338]

Its a forbidden trio and only when people look away they do stuff like this lpl

[@farhannajme7542]

More like Kyle dealing with Alex and Linus's shenanigans while being paid to enable it

[@allanau]

Kyle is like "nope, nope, no, no, NO!" Love it!

[@NotTheCIA1961]

It's genuinely starting to feel like a naff PC version of Top Gear, and I'm fucking for it.

[@OrangeC7]

The LAK show

[@macedonianking9510]

Kyle and Linus together are pure gold 😂

[@masterliu1892]

😀

[@Respectable_Username]

Wooh, I love that the Jank Duo has expanded more consistently to the Jank Gang! Having both Alex and Kyle on these videos is fantastic!

[@phenomanII]

Kyle losing his sanity is exactly what I needed to keep mine. Watching the original video with a car radiator nearly gave me an aneurysm.

[@colestowing8695]

I love this. I'm old enough to remember hearing about people doing this stuff but never did it myself. Very cool to see this from a modern perspective

[@shubhamthakur8530]

13:25 😂😂😂

[@matthewhorwat7540]

Here's a tech tip Linus: use a little bit of rubbing alcohol as lubricant to slide the tube further on... It will evaporate later and you'll be golden 😎

[@theduck17]

I use hand sanitizer in a pinch.

[@nyanpasu64]

Does hand sanitizer contain thickening agents that might clog the waterblock?

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@nyanpasu64 Not all hand Sanitizer does, some of it is as thin as IPA, but the gel kind sure does, and it might be a bit iffy to use it, and I learned the hard way years ago, and left a bottle of hand gel in my ex's car on a very hot day in the cup holder, and it exploded all over the place with me spending part of an afternoon cleaning her car, so it can also exploded under heat, and pressure, so if the gel does not evaporate under the tube there is a very slight risk of explosion, or just popping off if the tube gets too hot, and is on the fitting very tightly.

[@matthewhorwat7540]

@@nyanpasu64 some do, I left one sitting on top of my fridge for a year and air got in, it reduced and morphed into a solid clear mass. Whenever I used it, I felt like I had a film layer of crap on my hands, and when washing them later it would come off.

[@treborrrrr]

This brings back memories. That's what I used way back when for my first water cooling setup. I built a custom box that I bolted to the bottom of my case to house it, the fans and the pump (Eheim 1046, of course). The waterblock was a Dangerden.. something, I don't remember, but it was just a big ol block of copper. It worked great. It even got featured on HardOCP somehow. And now I feel old thinking about how many years ago that was... ugh.

[@glebglub]

live fast die young? nah, live cool die old B^)

[@LordMithril]

Ah the old days, when you just mounted your cooler directly to the die of your 1400mhz AMD Tbird. back.. damn.. 22 years ago. Ugh indeed

[@treborrrrr]

@@LordMithril The one that you minutes earlier had used a pencil on to bridge the pads that let you overclock it :D

[@mocmocmoc13]

1999 sick ass mod checklist: ☑ Hand welded copper block ☑ Junkyard moped radiator ☑ Florescent green engine coolant ☑ Tupperware reservoir ☑ Aquarium pump ☑ Radio Shack 3 way toggle switches ☑ Cold cathode lights & EL wires ☑ Sound-To-Light modulator DIY Kit ☑ 5000RPM fans from China ☑ Milk crate pc case for that LAN crowd

[@jondonnelly3]

Submersible pump into tupperware which sucked water in from bottom, heatercore from a landrover, quad delta 92mm i stole out of some servers. For bench runs i packed one tupperware into a larger one packed with ice and pushed that old Barton. Never seen XP boot so fast! Was pretty fun. Machine would idle with one fan at 5v. I miss it.

[@dolan-duk]

I would love to see LTT Labs test and compare radiators from various brands against each other. HWL, EK, Alphacool, Barrow, Bykski, etc. and also if there is a way to test the quality of the nickle plating on the blocks of each brand.

[@accelement3499]

ek has the better rads alpha cool has the better blocks is the normal conversation among watercooled builds but i would love that video compare blocks and rads hell tubing might even make a difference for all we know

[@richardgarrett2792]

No, no no no. Think GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Mercedes, Rolls Royce, John Deere, Mack, White Star, Caterpillar. Think big or go home.

[@schwuzi]

​@@richardgarrett2792 lol

[@clg763]

Videos like this are why I watch Linus, I typically know we are on the right track when I see alex co hosting

[@BigRedRugby1]

I’d love an “Affordable Water Cooling” video. I’ve wanted to do water cooling but it’s always seemed too expensive to be worth the effort

[@ajohnson153]

I love the extreme levels of jank and the chaotic energy of these videos. This is what Linus does best.

[@caernavon]

"Why spend more to do it right, when you could spend less to do it jank?" -- Truly, the official LTT motto. :D

[@KnightMirkoYo]

True DIYers usually spend more to do it jank :3

[@Ren-lx8wv]

@@KnightMirkoYo But it has 15% better performance.

[@KnightMirkoYo]

@@Ren-lx8wv I'd choose DIY any day of the week :3

[@yourfriendben2]

Transmission or power steering coolers would work well too. And they are usually smaller and come in way more sizes

[@Prostě-Gomat]

But are they made from copper

[@yourfriendben2]

@@Prostě-Gomat only some of them are, and they're usually more expensive options

[@kailashbtw9103]

These crazy improvised build videos are literally my favorite LTT content by far. And the comedic moments between linus and alex are great. this is a gold tier episode ngl

[@HorizonOutOfWar]

Let's just stop for a second and appreciate how Linus saved that falling fan like nothing happened at 1:12. Wow.

[@Ningmaster1]

12:08 "ive wasted so much more money than a zip tie gun" just what the boss needs to hear :'D

[@Eric-lr5ur]

This is the kind of content that made me love LTT too many years ago. Awesome.

[@MasterBlasterXYZ]

13:31 the brown one would have been even worse

[@totti1st]

Ayy Boyinaband pfp

[@MasterBlasterXYZ]

@@totti1st yes

[@bluescoobywagon]

My first liquid cooled system used an Eheim pond pump and a transmission cooler with an electrical box as a reservoir, stuffed into a mid-tower case. I still have it! I miss the old days of overclocking and this video was incredibly nostalgic.

[@jaredshadley]

If you are getting your parts from a junk yard for the build. Old E39\E38 BMW's (5 & 7 Series from 97-03) have a secondary water pump that is electric you can pick up for pennies.

[@TheRealWoofer]

Kyle disassociating while Linus talks is a mood and a half. I do the same thing when my boss doesn’t shut up and let me work 😂 Also, when your boss is too lazy to walk to get the right parts, you know you found the right guy to work for 😉

[@Josh_FSD]

Well you can always just use automotive coolant, since a lot of vehicles have cast iron engine blocks, aluminum heads, probably an aluminum radiator and a copper/aluminum heater core… I’ve been using aluminum radiators in my pc’s with EK blocks for several years and haven’t had any problems, plus you can get engine coolant in just about any color…

[@wafu6058]

Give me engine coolant in neon green pastel cryofuel aurora tinglydingly doodad colour and I’ll be impressed

[@NothingXemnas]

As they said, most heater cores today are made of aluminum, as well as radiator and other parts. Steel isn't very reactive with aluminum and overall cuts cost from the engineering side. More than that, the tightest spaces water flows through still are much wider than a computer's water block fin. So much so that my car runs cooling in plain tap water and it has no leaks or cooling issues, and the car itself is 15 years old with only one radiator change due to a car accident ages ago. Also, car coolant is no different from computer coolant; there is no reason to be except for the propylene glycol, since PCs don't get hot or cold enough to need it.

[@Rockport1911]

I use blue window washing fluid in my DIY setup, it also doesnt touch dissimilar metals and is cheaper.

[@DjagoMorshosties]

@@wafu6058 about the green pastel cryofuel aurora i have some around but the other part is little harder

[@ErwinHolland.]

A little gunk in your car cooling system isn't a big problem. A little gunk in a cpu block and it's done.

[@lollington_bear]

Next you need to build a shared radiator solution with hot swappable water feeds so that a bunch of PC's (or laptops) can use the same cooling system. The radiator could even be on the office roof.

[@xfy123]

That was done like 10 years ago with the whole room water-cooling

[@direwolf4874]

@@xfy123 whoosh

[@MrPinguinzz]

11:08 the instant reaction from kyle and linus could not be further apart Linus: Pog face Kyle: oh NOOOOOOOOOO

[@MakoSDV]

This brings back memories. I used a heater core from a 72 Buick or something with a DIY-shroud in my first watercooled build to cool an overclocked Pentium D. It worked great for years.

[@hyruloise]

Bring on the experiments guys, i seriously enjoy these videos! Go Alex and Kyle!

[@mickocstreamarchive]

I loved how it felt like Linus was in his element with the tubing. I hope the change in role gives him more time for this kind of thing. For example - what would Linus have made for himself with the budget he has now but the parts that were available right before he started with NCIX Tech Tips?

[@AMalas]

This video couldve been recorded months ago

[@ender16th60]

Ik he loves handling tubes

[@AMalas]

@@ender16th60 too bad he tied his

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@AMalasso what

[@AMalas]

@@serraramayfield9230 its a joke about Linus getting a vasectomy.

[@CapitanDart]

Heater cores are not exposed to air from the outside rushing past them, they are under your dash inside your car and have a fan blowing on them.

[@EvenVangsnes]

heater cores do get air from outside your car.

[@francistheodorecatte]

depends on the vehicle. on a chevy express you can turn the fan completely off on the highway, and the high pressure zone on the cowl area where the fresh air intake is, caused by the chevy express being shaped like a barn, will push almost as much air through the vents as the fan would on high.

[@NeonFlaming0]

He specifically stated that heater core came from a 69 camero. Those cores and almost every core pre 90s take fresh air from outside.

[@trevordubinsky]

Your right. He described a radiator, the heater cor is typically inside the vehicle to heat the inside. The radiator is outside.

[@ikuma8291]

yeah true but that fan in the dash pushes way more air then 3 120mm computer fans. I dont know the power of that last huge fan but the cabin fan in a car is about half in size and about 50 - 100W

[@martonmeszaros945]

6:46 I'm wondering why you have vaseline in your office.

[@Geinstijn]

you gotta just love janky water cooling

[@makg]

11:26 I am dying, pure Comedy. Also did you think about Team Red, blue and Green Version of the screwdriver? Could also have a Double meaning with Pokemon and the manufacturers.

[@itsmilan4069]

14:47 we understand you man 😂

[@Suaven95]

As a mechanic whos had to force hoses over fittings that were "too big". It is alot easier to boil water and use the hot water to soften the hose and cause it to expand. You get alot more hose to soften and expand at once rather than using a heat gun which only heats one side at a time and can cause the hose to burn. Also stick the Heater core in a freezer or bucket of ice to get it to contract some making the process slightly easier. ***Edit. Also while sticking a smaller hose into a bigger hose you can ensure it not leaking by putting in a hose connector for the smaller hose, then just use a band clamp or zip tie to tighten around the connector

[@Tahity]

Broke 2 corsair all in one 150i and buy a noctua NH-D15 chromax black .

[@buddhaman001]

So next all we need is to take a copper core from a 3 ton home A/C unit including the blower fan and run the cooling loop through that...right?

[@BAMFSpYdy]

I love building my own water cooling! I even made my own water block out of a chunk of copper back in the mid 90's that I still use today. I used a heater core from a 1984 Escort and an oil cooler. They were stack mounted on the top of the case and run in series. I custom painted the case in red and black diagonal stripes and the interior was painted florescent green with a black light inside and florescent dye in the water. I took it to U of M lan party and everyone was amazed that someone actually water cooled a computer. Good Times!

[@markissboi3583]

Noyce being the 1st w/c pc back in the day ...

[@jps78910]

I'd love to see a follow up doing water cooling with affordable brands

[@Klldarkness6008]

Right? Let's bring in some lower, mid, and high end Bykski and test them against Alphacool and EK. I'd love to see that!

[@ZexMaxwell]

12:00 He is right you know... for the amount of temp tube setup you guys do. just get him the zip tie gun. you can also use it to wire manage your network cables in the server rooms and conduits.

[@ToxicJ-jw3yz]

NGL, just saw this and thought about my own "Redneck-rigged" design for watercooling... reservoir cooled by a water fountain. thought is, route through a pc radiator as a "AC" for the case, then CPU (and later GPU) block(s), then into a stainless steel reservoir wrapped with a broken (water lines busted, cooling components still work) water cooler cooling lines. coolant would go in the top, filtered down and cooled, then pull from the bottom. Learned a bit about the copper/aluminum issue, wonder if stainless has same?

[@siddharthmm]

This trio reminds me of THE OFFICE.. Linus - Michael Alex - Dwight Kyle - Jim 😂😂😂😂😂

[@richardwiech]

Linus REALLY loves that screw driver 😂😂😂 This whole video is amazingly funny

[@adamkares7549]

I remember getting into liquid cooling right when Danger Den started selling purpose made rads, I still have their original chrome 120mm. I always appreciated the pioneer builds from back then though, car pars, fish tank parts, home made waterblocks made of brass slugs with hand drills, probably used literal garden hose. Today's market is truly an embarrassment of riches Good ep guys, no one has a better "wtf is Linus doing..." face than Kyle

[@TheREALHelly]

@11:16 omg Kyle's reaction is priceless... the difference between developers and operations

[@otacon5648]

Honestly fuck doing all that to save a few quid. If you have a budget of £110 like all that stuff cost and unless you have an i9, just get a Corsair H100i for £110. I wouldn’t risk killing my gpu and other expensive components just to save a minuscule amount of money.

[@BattleBoyLife]

SIR { tow } 360 aio radiator Can we cut the radiator pipe and make it a single aio radiator off 360 + 360 and one pump ! What will work and they will give better performance ?

[@Nadox97]

Great more of my favorite content, sketchy cooling solutions. Kyle is great BTW keep including him in these videos.

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

Should have used a transmission cooler. They come in many sizes and are near identical to PC rads. They come in copper units and some aluminum rads are powder coated inside. They come with the same fitting sizes as PC rads. Have you ever tried cooling with hydraulic fluid or mineral oil while using these rads so you don't have the issue of mixed metal electrolysis? Seams to me it would work as well as water. As long as you used oil resistant parts and hoses.

[@glebglub]

don't forget the pump would have to be insanely powerful due to how viscous glycol/mineral oil are, plus their specific heat capacity isn't as good as water so increasing flow rate would be mandatory, so that's gonna be one loud-ass pump

[@OzzyMNM]

You could use an electric water pump from a car. They only require 12v. They are made to deal with that kind of viscosity

[@squidwardo7074]

@@glebglub is hydraulic fluid thicker than water?

[@glebglub]

@@squidwardo7074 typically yeah, there may be some that aren't because the range is pretty vast due to how broad the use cases are, such as an aircraft landing gear vs a kitchen cupboard, so it can range from as thin as diesel to as thick/thicker than caramel. idk of any that are less viscous than water though (unless you count freon, alcohol, ammonia, mercury, gasoline; though then the safety of using them and their boiling points etc. come into play [and obviously gasoline/alcohol being explosive under pressure, hence how petrol/ethanol engines don't need spark plugs])

[@experiencelife3237]

Shout-out to shroud 🤣🤣00:11

[@Mindseas]

Saved 50 bucks, and it took tens of hours of preparation and hours of work to put together, not to mention the experience and expertise of those who were involved. Definitely NOT worth it :D

[@mrburnz884]

Kyle, don't be such a downer, mate. You've got to trust Alex and Linus' fusion of jank thinking.

[@46620]

I still love how every time they do a build, we rely on hoping the screen turns on to make sure it fully POSTS and doesn't die. We need one video with a pcspkr on the board for that "BEEEEP" to make sure it's on

[@Rockport1911]

I like DIY cooling videos :) Did a DIY watercooling setup for my laptop, the " base station" uses an 12V aquarium pump submerged in a big beer glass, the radiator is a brand new heat- exchanger from a Fiat van because it was cheap, has convinient connections and fits two 200mm Noctua fans. The back panel of the laptop is replaced by a alumium cover that holds down waterblocks over the heatpipes of the CPU and GPU. The waterblocks are in series and quick couplers on the site for easy mobile use, the original air setup of the laptop still functions if the waterccoling isnt connected, I use window washing antifreeze as liquid. Looks awkward but its not stupid if it works :) Those 200mm Noctuas create good pressure through the radiator and the 18W Aquarium pump has way more flow than any PC waterpump could provide. I use some clear garden hose that has strength lining inisde it, that clear stuff Linus uses hear kinks too easy. But I needed to overbuilt it because my waterblocks are touching the laptops original heatpipes and not any heatspreaders directly. But even under full load the temps stay better than the air setup in the laptop could ever be.

[@benjaminmartinez9569]

Linus: "If you're finding yourself asking, WTF did I just watch?". Linus are you kidding us?! I know I'm not alone when I say that one of the many reasons I watch and love your content is because of vids like this. Watching you guys do ridiculous shit with and to computers is great entertainment and is also informational. Please keep it coming with this type of content. You guys are awesome! Edit: Watching it again, I noticed the two Vaseline jars "holding up" the ginormous fucking fan. Bahaha amazing!!

[@CompuGlobalHMN]

Late 70's Pontiac (gm) and early 90's Explorer heater cores were my jam until 2015

[@Thor0906]

"It's from a 69 Camaro!"...still could be new. I worked in a shop for a summer that is one of the last places that still manufactures classic radiators like that. 1 machine for the tube walls, 1 for the fins and a huge shallow solder bath to solder the faces together all at once. Interesting place.

[@Rock4896]

You guys have been pumping out absolute bangers of videos this week! Hope to see more of this kind of content

[@DracolegacyOfficial]

The next experiment needs to be with a tiny water to water heat exchanger connected to the faucet.

[@Tubatasm]

I think they've done that before!

[@JackieBright]

​@@Tubatasmif I'm remembering right, they just plumbed the tap straight into the cpu block and put the outlet down the drain

[@TituszFekete]

In the 2000s I used a radiator used in house heating to cool my Celeron 2 566 running on 1200MHz. It was passively cooled. (until one FET on my Abit motherboard decided to blow off making my room foggy suddenly). I used a car radiator too one time. And radiators from air conditioners too. I even made my own water block for cpu, vrm and GPU too.

[@glebglub]

who needs central heating when your CPU+GPU cap out at putting out 700W, which is the equivalent of 2100 BTUs, i.e. enough for 2x small rooms or 1x large? somehow put your partner's 150W TV and your 100W monitor in the loop for another 1000 BTU and that's a whole small house or medium flat when you add the fact the human body produces a further 250-600 BTU. (just hope you enjoy cold showers)

[@TopSpeedCGT]

this might be the most fun video you guys put out in a while. Not that I'm saying the others are bad, but this one was great! I love these janky custom build videos!

[@colinfriedrich95]

You could do watercooling by using "peltierelements" it is a thermoelectric cooler. I think that would be a very interasting Video.

[@kameljoe21]

I have out in my garage an all cooper heater core that is maybe 9 inch by 6 inches by 2 inches thick. Its super small. I got it from a junk dealer many years ago to try a small project where I filled up a old cistern and pumpped water in to that small core to provide some cooling for a small house I had. It worked to some degree and the cistern leaked so it just could not hold the water long enough. I think if I was going to do the project again I would do something entirely else.

[@Stealth86651]

Use outdoor pond pumps, they're meant for long lines and head pressure. Those indoor pumps are cheaply made, you cannot replace the impeller (which most outdoor ones can), and fail quite a lot if they're under some load. They're just not meant for that. Ends up making the price be a bit deceiving, as you'd be replacing the indoor pump every couple months or so which would put your budget pretty unreasonable. Not to mention if viewers tried that and had a failure resulting in damage, the outdoor pond pumps are just a MUCH better option. It's one huge issue with a lot of these videos, it's a great option if you're planning to run something for a few weeks, but many of them fail to take into account longevity and failures which are pretty likely in a few months or so with certain setups I've seen.

[@0xGK]

I can tell Linus is so much happier with the recent changes to LTT. Big props to you Linus, its great to see you really happy.

[@Lorofol]

Every single watercooling video I've watched has taught me that it's just not worth the pain lmao. I'll stick to aircooling thanks.

[@jaedenspider877]

Say 96 of asking Linus to put a bouncy castle blower on a PC

[@iestyn94]

Hey LTT, i know im a bit late to this video so this comment may not be seen. I'm a Lead Engineer at a company that produces thermal solutions for Automotive, Industrial, medical and White goods. these include resistance wire heating, PTC heating, and Peltier cooler. a lot of my job includes things like fan selection. A tip which might help for these kind of experiments in the future is on fan positioning. if you place 2 fans next to eachother you double the volumetric air flow but the static pressure is the same. BUT, if you place 2 fans ontop of eachother you double the static pressure but the volumetric airflow stays the same. so for each layer of fans you add you should see a linear increase in static pressure. Also a suggestion for a future test: you have looked at direct contact peltier cooling but i think there may be a test which could produce potentially favourable results. Thermoelectric coolers in industry specialise in cooling a closed system with no intake or exhaust. if you took out the intake and exhaust of a PC case and installed a thermoelectric cooler so there is air circulation inside the case but no air leaks. the cooler acts as a heatpump removing energy. With one of these coolers with you could expect ambient temperatures within the case to be sub zero. This is how they are used in industrial cooling applications including IP rated electronic cabinets. I don't know if links work in youtube comments but google DBK coolers, we have an office in USA. www.dbk-group.co.uk/peltier-cooler Keep up the good work! these are my favourite types of videos!

[@Thomas-so2sm]

I love it when you guys go full mad scientist on stuff like this

[@griegomas]

Linus playing to his strengths, leveraging years and years of experience. Stepping down was a great decision.

[@technikschaf1574]

We need more chaos, i mean builds from this trio. So fun to watch. And the nostalgia hits hard with this one. Damn i miss my first watercooling setup.

[@ChronoXShadow]

14:47 No, you're fine. Too many videos have shown us that we shouldn't have faith in these guys. But, it's a fun time regardless XD

[@CutsfireYT]

All of these vids are just fans now I'm getting blown away with this content 😂

[@mythicul]

I dont think ill be doing this, I'd rather pay the 70$ 😂

[@sw1zzy940]

but ur 180$ AIO will fail much sooner.

[@gogota_]

@@sw1zzy940 for 110$ you can buy arctic 360 aio :)

[@rydekk-4644]

Did you auction this too?

[@joseislanio8910]

No, he only does that to stolen property

[@UserRandomSenders123]

I remember on scrap wars when you bought a car radiator and used a fish pump

[@yannismarle7797]

Linus is officially a dad now. Trying to make that 1/2 onto that 3/4 saying "that aint my first rodeo, i used to do it"

[@emileballard4417]

he look my first watercooling loop, i got a small radiator from a fiat cinquecento with a waterblock i made my self. worked great.

[@manslayerdbzgt]

I love when Kyle and Linus are to together they're so funny their banter

[@shadowsandfire]

None of the engineering qualifications with ALL the engineering tools = absolute entertainment! 😅😊😂

[@burn21991]

I'm a redneck . I don't have a PC and I have to dust of my laptop once a year to dump my phone photos to it. But here I am subbed to LLT

[@Randalor]

I am very disappointed in Linus and his team. They're Canadian, they need to use their proud heritage more, and use the handyman's secret weapon, duct tape.

[@prorde3214]

When he said the “Wtf did I just watch?” My thoughts exactly. Not in a bad way though lol.

[@cobraspeed5722]

why didnt they use an eletric car waterpump? they are 12v so should work fine.

[@bikedoc4145]

Give Kyle a Valium geez he is so uptight! Linus knows this and trolls him so bad 🤣

[@youtube7076]

1:12 LINUS finally "caught" on camera....

[@nickdavison9771]

JB Weld is amazing stuff, I always have some in my toolbox.