if you´re interested, the Radiator brand is Alphacool (a german watercooling company), this specific model should be a Nexxxos UT60 480mm Rad. Btw i have two 1080ti´s with waterblocks on them and i dont use them anymore, if you wanna play around with them in sli you can have them for free (i´d just need to figure out shipping from austria to the US)
Little trick for draining loop once you have it like that pop off a tube at the top open the drain port and inset air duster it will blast any water you have left out of it. Also, you need some biocide and corrosion inhibitor in with the distilled. You can get that from any of the main water cooling brands
I think that the reason only one of the GPU blocks was clogged is that little cooling was reaching the second block. Clogged water block fins seem to be very common regardless of vendor, one of the reasons I stay with air cooling. Vinegar, its acidic, can be helpful to removing scale buildup. Imagine the round EK logo rotated clockwise 90 degrees, it resemble an unhappy face. Very appropriate for this system as well a the current state of EK. Don't forget to add biocide to your coolant. Thanks for another great episode.
You should use antifreeze , itll def help with the rust, plus itll look way better with the green liquid. Fyi, teflon is used to prevent leaks, not because its already leaking.
I think the Teflon tape is primarily for the temperature expansion and contraction of the metal fittings. BTW that sticky stuff is so nasty! lol! Cheers!
Next time clean any loop parts like the rads with distilled water and not tap water. Cleaning with tap water can introduce things you don't want in the loop.
In Springfield, OH they're eating the blocks. They're eating the rads. Eat the rads. Eat eat the rads. Interesting the super rusty block was missing a screw. For that block to look like that, it probably had something that didn't belong there like a screw. Be sure to get a screw that doesn't rust like you know stainless.
just the caselabs case is worth a ton of money. If it is the merlin there is one selling for $1400. I usually do a complete teardown ever few months to clean my loop. It just depends if I use opaque coolant or not. Any heavy cleaners with alcohol or acetone, like goo gone can destroy the acrylic. It will cause it to cloud up and it may start cracking.
Plumbers tape to be sure, for in the day, we didn't want it to start leaking, so we took preventative maintenance before the problem. I'm sure that you put Teflon 'plumbers' tape' on the kitchen/bathroom drains when you work on them so that they won't start leaking. Nothing worse than the mess after something leaks, so pre protection, that is unless you know that the fittings and 'O' rings are good. Colored fluid, = funky dirty tubing...
Love this channel man!! I also tinker with PCs and starting to flip them as well. Very informative and also entertaining as well. BTW I thought that "decrepit" was actually spelled "decrepid" lol. I learned something else here. lol Keep up the good work man - take care.
Do you really need to water cool it again? If you're going to flip it as a budget build, use air coolers. Maybe you can get some aftermarket air coolers for the 980s? Or at least get one cooler for the 980, sell that system and keep the other 980 for another build.
The Teflon tape is to make sure it doesn't leak for certain if you have anything threaded at all thats related to liquid always use Teflon tape make sure you use fresh Teflon tape when you put it back together otherwise you might be a victim of Murphy's law if something can go wrong it probably will
One thing I've learned with being an electrician for over 30 years is that liquids and electricity don't mix. Don't care how good or watertight the system might be there's always a chance and since I leave my system on all the time - not a chance! One of the reasons SLI and Crossfire died violent deaths is because of excess heat cooking one or both or all three of your very expensive GPU's. Other reasons are the fact that GPU's advanced at a stupid fast rate, sucked way more power and got way more expensive in the process. When the game devs stopped supporting the platforms that was the last nail in the dual GPU coffin, not to mention it was a pain in the a@# to set up and configure. Good solid case though.
I got a question and I dont know all you have in there and not being noisy but that little space why can you make a detachable wall with a door or even a window and get you a stand up ac for that little space so you can do your videos and stuff so it wont be in the heat just a wild suggestion I thought when you bought that shed you was going to do your pc videos in it so I dont know your plan and just curious is all
The area is to small to close in plus the garage is also used for auto stuff and I usually have multple car and computer projects going on the same time. Would not be practical. I was gonna use the shed for that but the cost to run electricity is not worth it. Plus, we might be moving next year so I don't want to dump a ton of money on the house.
I remember you having physical problems and I was hoping you would get better. I sent you a message via comments and now I'm about to die being murdered and I never got to build a PC. I always wanted to. I won a laptop from toasty bro's but rejected it because I was homeless. I tried to get medical attention so many times and people keep stopping me, even at the emergency room. I'm so tired and suffocated physically that my body is giving out. People bitch any medical attention and are cutting my spinal column and mutilating my brain and stealing my FBI hard drive processor chip set . So this is the end for me. Take care and keep the PC videos coming for the people that exist that ain't the people involved with killing me.
Bro I hope you see this in time I'm debating getting 14 z440 work stations for 360$ only 3 hdd, all each 8gb ram, only 7 power cables and 10 keyboards is it worth it I figure even at 100$ a pc it's worth the flip
Resale Used market wise, you will be hard pressed to make much money on it, but yes it is worth it, theres still plenty of value in those GTX980's and please keep that case. its ironic that the second gpu is PNY because theres a rumour that Kingpin could be teaming up with PNY having been permenantly seperated from EVGA cause of the lousy way Nvidia dealt with them going into the 4000 series rtx and beyond era. the red extention cable sticks out like a sore thumb amongst all the black, it either needs more red themed stuff, or just do all black.
water cooling was a big overkill on this pc you found. just better ventilation on air is fine imo. unless you're overclocking but i never oc in fact i hate the concept just buy a faster processor or faster ram or whatever that's my mentality.
You sir are a very very angry person. You suppress all of your anger and it comes through during your videos! Lol! I’m just kidding man. I just came across your channel today and really have enjoyed the first few videos I have watched. I don’t know what the value of all the stuff you unboxed but as a very novice computer person it looks like you got a square deal. Anyways great channel man!
if you´re interested, the Radiator brand is Alphacool (a german watercooling company), this specific model should be a Nexxxos UT60 480mm Rad.
Btw i have two 1080ti´s with waterblocks on them and i dont use them anymore, if you wanna play around with them in sli you can have them for free (i´d just need to figure out shipping from austria to the US)
Little trick for draining loop once you have it like that pop off a tube at the top open the drain port and inset air duster it will blast any water you have left out of it. Also, you need some biocide and corrosion inhibitor in with the distilled. You can get that from any of the main water cooling brands
I was going to mention using distilled H20...cooling loops need biocide to stop bacterial growth...*(slime molds) as well as lubricants for the pump.
I think that the reason only one of the GPU blocks was clogged is that little cooling was reaching the second block.
Clogged water block fins seem to be very common regardless of vendor, one of the reasons I stay with air cooling.
Vinegar, its acidic, can be helpful to removing scale buildup.
Imagine the round EK logo rotated clockwise 90 degrees, it resemble an unhappy face.
Very appropriate for this system as well a the current state of EK.
Don't forget to add biocide to your coolant.
Thanks for another great episode.
That's why I don't want to mess around with water cooling. 😄
Teflon tape isn't used BECAUSE there were leaks.. it's always used (or something like it) for water fittings. Ask any plumber.
Somebody spent a lot of money on that build back in the day. It’s crazy how quickly pc parts lose value.
Meanwhile people on Facebook marketplace try selling their old hardware for the same price they bought them at lol
Water cooling looks nice ....sometimes but are more trouble then they are worth. I have never seen one that did not fail.
its worth it
your doing good have fun
thank you
You could probably fit an Arctic Accelero gpu cooler on those 980s if you could find ones for cheap.
Ketchup and mustard bottles for water and vinegar. Nice Rig to learn on for sure.
For $200 that is good. Caselab cases are worth holding on to. Re-use that tech!
If you can get that 2080 that would be sick. Awesome build regardless
You should use antifreeze , itll def help with the rust, plus itll look way better with the green liquid. Fyi, teflon is used to prevent leaks, not because its already leaking.
Love this rig. You're doing techie gods work with this one. Can't wait to see the end result.
Looks like the prior owner used tap water in that water cooler system.
A great way to jump into water cooling, yeah, have fun!
I think the Teflon tape is primarily for the temperature expansion and contraction of the metal fittings. BTW that sticky stuff is so nasty! lol! Cheers!
this was the case for the most serious enthusiasts back then
Next time clean any loop parts like the rads with distilled water and not tap water. Cleaning with tap water can introduce things you don't want in the loop.
That was not an SLI block but a EK Terminal block on the GPU's. You scored with that CaseLabs case!!!
Nice job.
In Springfield, OH they're eating the blocks. They're eating the rads. Eat the rads. Eat eat the rads. Interesting the super rusty block was missing a screw. For that block to look like that, it probably had something that didn't belong there like a screw. Be sure to get a screw that doesn't rust like you know stainless.
When u cleaned that case i was thinking exactly the same way. Foam and brush👍
just the caselabs case is worth a ton of money. If it is the merlin there is one selling for $1400.
I usually do a complete teardown ever few months to clean my loop. It just depends if I use opaque coolant or not.
Any heavy cleaners with alcohol or acetone, like goo gone can destroy the acrylic. It will cause it to cloud up and it may start cracking.
Plumbers tape to be sure, for in the day, we didn't want it to start leaking, so we took preventative maintenance before the problem. I'm sure that you put Teflon 'plumbers' tape' on the kitchen/bathroom drains when you work on them so that they won't start leaking. Nothing worse than the mess after something leaks, so pre protection, that is unless you know that the fittings and 'O' rings are good.
Colored fluid, = funky dirty tubing...
Next time, mix Dawn and vinegar 50/50. That stuff works GREAT for cleaning crud out of everything.
WOW, you must be rich, as you have twice the workspace as I do, lol. Love your videos.
something you might not have considered for cleaning you might try, simple green since you mentioned automotive terms.
Love this channel man!! I also tinker with PCs and starting to flip them as well. Very informative and also entertaining as well. BTW I thought that "decrepit" was actually spelled "decrepid" lol. I learned something else here. lol Keep up the good work man - take care.
Good day sir
good day to you too sir
if you dont want that power supplu ill take it im useing a 700 watt thermal take one right now and yea not enough power for what i need
Could you run those blocks through an ultrasonic?
not sure. never done it. don't see why not
The prophecy came to pass✌ Interested to see it flow again.
is that a plated copper block? That looks like corroded copper coming through the plating.
Do you really need to water cool it again? If you're going to flip it as a budget build, use air coolers. Maybe you can get some aftermarket air coolers for the 980s? Or at least get one cooler for the 980, sell that system and keep the other 980 for another build.
I did it mostly to learn but by cleaning it I was laterr able to flip the res, rads and block.
If you have CLR down there, use that to clean
I would have used a fullbody biohazard suit while cleaning that thing. 🤣
Just FYI, it is an Alpha Cool radiator.
The Teflon tape is to make sure it doesn't leak for certain if you have anything threaded at all thats related to liquid always use Teflon tape make sure you use fresh Teflon tape when you put it back together otherwise you might be a victim of Murphy's law if something can go wrong it probably will
in the video you said cooler master cases , the case isn't cooler master though its case labs
I said the wrong name. it was a case labs
White case would make those wires stand out, not a bad thing to be diff
loved that case since jayz2cents did sunkworks in it badd ass case any of the case labs case where
One thing I've learned with being an electrician for over 30 years is that liquids and electricity don't mix. Don't care how good or watertight the system might be there's always a chance and since I leave my system on all the time - not a chance! One of the reasons SLI and Crossfire died violent deaths is because of excess heat cooking one or both or all three of your very expensive GPU's. Other reasons are the fact that GPU's advanced at a stupid fast rate, sucked way more power and got way more expensive in the process. When the game devs stopped supporting the platforms that was the last nail in the dual GPU coffin, not to mention it was a pain in the a@# to set up and configure. Good solid case though.
I got a question and I dont know all you have in there and not being noisy but that little space why can you make a detachable wall with a door or even a window and get you a stand up ac for that little space so you can do your videos and stuff so it wont be in the heat just a wild suggestion I thought when you bought that shed you was going to do your pc videos in it so I dont know your plan and just curious is all
The area is to small to close in plus the garage is also used for auto stuff and I usually have multple car and computer projects going on the same time. Would not be practical. I was gonna use the shed for that but the cost to run electricity is not worth it. Plus, we might be moving next year so I don't want to dump a ton of money on the house.
@@DLMtechgarage ok cool I respect that and hope you find a good deal on another place i just was curious since I know your burning up in there
Still enjoy your videos
@@Allen811973 def appreciate the info!!
Still blows my mind and a WT... F moment why anyone water cooler on 3rd gen intel
I remember you having physical problems and I was hoping you would get better. I sent you a message via comments and now I'm about to die being murdered and I never got to build a PC. I always wanted to. I won a laptop from toasty bro's but rejected it because I was homeless. I tried to get medical attention so many times and people keep stopping me, even at the emergency room. I'm so tired and suffocated physically that my body is giving out. People bitch any medical attention and are cutting my spinal column and mutilating my brain and stealing my FBI hard drive processor chip set . So this is the end for me. Take care and keep the PC videos coming for the people that exist that ain't the people involved with killing me.
You should use TEF… Tape anyway, no matter if it did leak before
Bro I hope you see this in time I'm debating getting 14 z440 work stations for 360$ only 3 hdd, all each 8gb ram, only 7 power cables and 10 keyboards is it worth it I figure even at 100$ a pc it's worth the flip
Sell those 980s and try to get a waterblocked 1080ti...I see them all the time for less than a normal 1080ti
that is what I told my wife , I got some good quality rubber.. a set of 4 for $4000 for her car
Resale Used market wise, you will be hard pressed to make much money on it, but yes it is worth it, theres still plenty of value in those GTX980's and please keep that case. its ironic that the second gpu is PNY because theres a rumour that Kingpin could be teaming up with PNY having been permenantly seperated from EVGA cause of the lousy way Nvidia dealt with them going into the 4000 series rtx and beyond era. the red extention cable sticks out like a sore thumb amongst all the black, it either needs more red themed stuff, or just do all black.
Goo be gone is good as well
not for acrylic, it will destroy it.
EK is legit you say bwah hahahahahahahaha
200 beans is worth
water cooling was a big overkill on this pc you found. just better ventilation on air is fine imo. unless you're overclocking but i never oc in fact i hate the concept just buy a faster processor or faster ram or whatever that's my mentality.
18:01 "oc cool" 🤣
bro doesn't even know what he got there
I am def not a water cooling guy 😳
18:00 It's not OC Cool, it's Alpha Cool.
You sir are a very very angry person. You suppress all of your anger and it comes through during your videos! Lol! I’m just kidding man. I just came across your channel today and really have enjoyed the first few videos I have watched. I don’t know what the value of all the stuff you unboxed but as a very novice computer person it looks like you got a square deal. Anyways great channel man!