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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@stickit2theman1]

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

[@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

[@PlasmaJunkie]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Bboyman1150]

I’m glad I found this old gem

[@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.

[@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

[@PaciHDGaming]

Theese vlogs are AMAZING linus, keep em up!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@DroidAppleTech]

Nice fun vloggy style video Linus really great to watch.

[@deesley90]

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

[@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!

[@naota3k]

I really liked this DIY video. I definitely vote for more!

[@presmadagascar]

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

[@springbok4015]

presmadagascar 5 years later, true words.

[@maleprincess62]

Oh this was so edgy

[@dosman23]

Great video, nice to see someone taking time and showcasing personal home system fixes and upgrades.

[@Gr8Recon]

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

[@user-uc9go9lo8y]

LinusDIYTips would be great

[@user-uc9go9lo8y]

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).

[@user-uc9go9lo8y]

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.

[@Caleb5761]

I like these DIY projects.

[@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

[@AlpheusGibbs]

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

[@lescarpio]

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

[@Freddi1994]

I love these kinds of videos :)

[@Rowlett54]

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

[@MoltonLava76]

I'm loving these DIY videos. Keep making more please.

[@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

[@ZaneBlalock]

Linus, I don't comment much - but I do appreciate your videos, they're just awesome and they give me really great ideas for when I'm no longer a broke college student lol. Just wanted to say kudos man, you're alright in my book. Also bonus points for being a cool dad.

[@DoctorBenderTheGamer]

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

[@MrFrankieLB]

I think you did a great job . Adding fans to entertainment centers to help with PC cooling and Other Stereo components is a must and fun, great job!!!

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@gpdrissel]

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

[@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...

[@TDPEquinox]

i dont mind the early uploads. I am in the same time zone as linus, and i was just watching netflix.

[@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.

[@mysterymanmax123]

these vlogs are badass. I hope to see more!

[@CalFord542]

This is pretty cool, love to see more

[@LordMarcus]

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

[@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.

[@subwater911]

I definitely like this style of videos! Keep it up Linus!

[@baccarah7010]

i just love the linus way of doing things

[@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

[@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.

[@ArcadePC]

Spot on Linus! A true modder you are! (two thumbs up).

[@jonasslettingjensen5032]

This is so awesome! It would be cool to see more videos like this!

[@SioTisfy]

More like this DIY stuff

[@marcobalarezo4198]

your wife's way is WAY better lol

[@chaslinux]

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

[@viktorlogi1]

I'd love to see more of these videos!

[@exoticg9]

Nice Onkyo receiver.

[@Bluexin_]

gotta love the ps2 in there :')

[@callumfinlayson7649]

Please make more DIY videos, they're awesome and give me cool ideas!

[@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.

[@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

[@lazycdog]

I just learned something new! I would totally love to see more of this and do this to my own setup. Thanks! :D

[@declanb6985]

I'd love to see more of these kind of things!

[@Semikami]

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

[@minetech400]

xD

[@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

[@navalstarkiller]

I liked the vlog Format of this video, would love to see more.

[@kruceo]

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

[@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.

[@CesarEnglishTeacherCesar7Peru]

How can't you love this channel, Linus you and your team are the best!!

[@pangeaforever]

cant wait to see version 2!

[@cheesetoast99]

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

[@user-km9lg9rx7s]

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

[@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.

[@metax73]

Would love to see more of these videos.

[@Gameplayer529]

Your house looks really cozy and comfortable!

[@Marxone]

Good video. Btw, Wife is always right

[@kevinchung5932]

turn the cabinet into the case itself :O

[@luketanner6373]

I love it! Custom modding is cool, its nice to branch out from the real of straight PC modding. Keep it up! I want to see more like this.

[@mrjockey87]

yes more of this! implementations of linustechtips into everydaylife

[@CountChokcula]

Cutting the holes in your case was way more ghetto lmao

[@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!

[@enyownz]

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

[@aber06griffind1]

really nice 2 c an old school video again linus.. your way was the better one!

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.

[@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

[@Userless452]

I'd enjoy more content like this. Cool video!

[@TechSway]

This was a pretty handy video as I'm looking at storing my Corsair 250d case in an Ikea Alex Storage unit with some similar modifications.

[@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

[@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..

[@zushiba]

I would love to see more videos like this.

[@Sammy.U]

Dude these vids are awesome. I like to see what you guys would do with stuff outside of insane mineral oil/ room water cooling projects. Thanks!

[@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!

[@GamersTrue]

Linus we want moar like this! And your wife's way was leas ghetto. Lol.

[@RandomAjFilms]

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

[@jamyd0dger93]

Great video man! Really great to see a real world issue.

[@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.

[@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.

[@gambero972]

Really great type of videos/Vlog love them! I had a problem like this too in the pasr when i set up my Gaming rig un a small place, really kind of crazy thing that i've done with the fans just like you did ^^

[@PODEReTUDO]

More videos like this, they are fun to watch!!!

[@pheezus]

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