Linus said he wanted LTT to be the Top Gear of computers, a few years back. With this one, I'd say he's succeeded. Totally on par with burning down their own caravan when going camping, or making a V8 powered blender.
I agree. I have a half-assed peltier/water cooler project I've made, and the one thing I spent time on was making sure it didn't leak. Would've also been neat to see how it compared to a 360 rad after the water temp reached its max.
Try going to carquest, AutoZone, O'Riley's. And get the correct hose for the radiator. Maybe get a proper radiator fan or something like a 12-14" fan for it. Then maybe not mount it on the top of the tower? Lol. Thanks for the good lol though 😂
“Should we build, leak proof, and then test the water cooling system?” Linus: “Nah, we should 100% just start the CPU stress test and then quickly build a cooling system around a running computer while shoving towels in leaks like we’re trauma surgeons trying to save the computer version of 50 Cent after getting shot 12 times”
Hey dude wtf 😅 I'm a vet MD and we do open heart surgery. And if trained properly a mechanic might actually be useful in that situation. P.S. Human doctors can't treat 30 different species. Just sayin😏😂😁
Easily the most stressful build I've ever seen on LTT. Not sure if they intentionally wanted this to fail to generate more clicks or if they just did a bad job in general. Reminds me of when they used a PC to heat a room using a heater and nearly destroyed a PC because they used an old heater filled up with rust, debris and minerals.
@@christopherangell7579 Yea, I thought so aswell - but then you got to realise that... they probably do not have clamps for THAT size! XD (Still, they should have bought some... Doesn't make it less stupid that they did this shit and did it ONTOP of a PC, without propper clamps.)
I feel like the audio of this episode could be played over a scene of a ship sinking with the crew trying to save it and no one would know that the audio came from a PC build...
This was janky, even for you guys! LOL I have been using a copper core radiator for a decade. Meant to fit into a Geo Metro, I soldered some brass plate across the main openings and then soldered in some 3/8 female NPT fittings on each end. Coupled with a single 360mm fan, it keeps up with dual RTX3090's and a 5900x. After the water is completely heat saturated, it hovers around 40c with CPU Temps never exceeding 65c under 100% system load for hours on end. It works a treat, boys.
Thanks for the tips. Geo Metro radiator looks nice and small. I'm gunna build something similar - a small (for a car) radiator with a single big fan, maybe even the stock fan undervolted
If this is how your senior year engineering project goes you need to find a much better school. This would have been an F in my highschool automotive class. And we have come up with better solutions in battle damage repair training on fighter jets in the Air Force, and they hold 3,000 psi.
They should have just used the electric cooling fan for the PT Cruiser. You can pick them up for $50 and then they could have just ran it off a car battery.
That top fin cooler, you accidently explained why some dinosaurs had backfins, The fins presumably served as heat collectors for these small, cold-blooded reptiles. Over the last decade or so, the pelycosaur model has been extended to several large, spiny dinosaurs that lived in Africa roughly 100 million years ago and may have had fins to help warm or cool their blood.
Late addition, but, ELEPHANTS also use the same concept but instead of back fins, they use their ears. Large surface area with blood vessels to cool down blood temperature in the scorching savana. They also flap them like a handfan to cool down even faster.
I mean a long time ago now they did try to water cool all of the computers at linus tech tips with one water cooling loop. Didn't work too well in the end lol
@@MrMillyBob I wanna see an update version. Maybe with insulated pipes for the cool water. IDK, I think they could make a couple videos on it. They do already have the car radiator.
This was like a game where shit keeps going wrong and initially you can handle it but it gradually gets more and more intense and you're juggling 8 different things at once.
Nope, I felt that was lacking also. Don't mind them showing how chaotic it was / what went wrong... but they essentially didn't fix the problem and just called it a day.
the transmission cooler part is essentially a heat exchanger core in the outlet of the radiator. It does not need that much cooling and it uses the cold end of the radiator to get that little bit it needs.
You know, I’d love to see them actually do this the right way. Like, design actual interconnects to prevent leaks and proper fan mounts and design it to sit next to the computer instead of on top. Like, make this an actual working thing instead of some dumb idea someone had in the bathroom and decided to throw together before dinner
I too would love to see a non-rushed version and use copper pipe reducers to get down to your pipe size then the bicycle tubing and hose clamps for the connectors. Could be pretty cool. Maybe make all the connections before connecting the power and turning it on? lol
@@kmoecub straight up true . npt pipe in plastic or iron ,brass, stainless, and rubber hose clamps for reduction and seals all in one piece. it could have be easier it was friday and just for fun.
I feel like if they had taken all the time and effort they put into catching leaks, and stopping leaks, then put all that effort into preventing leaks before they started, it would have been significantly less stressful lol
This has the energy of one of those ridiculous reality cooking shows where they have a half hour to make a thing. THE SOUFFLE IS DEFLATING, WHO'S DOING THE WHIPPED CREAM? WE NEED TO PLATE NOW!
20 yrs ago car radiators were what everyone used. There were a handful of cars that were known to have radiators that could easily be shrouded for 1-2 120mm fans (or bigger if you liked). As I remember, there really was minimal advantage to going bigger unless you were trying to go passive.
@@Alcoholic_Nerd Well 20-30 years ago. Before there really were over the counter water cooling kits, or at least any that were worth using. Haven't kept up exactly on the scaling of thermal load from cpu's and gfx... but casual observation says cpus haven't increased much, while gfx have gone up 100-200 watts or so... shouldn't really impact the size of a radiator required for liquid... guys were running systems with TECs on top of their CPU's and GFX without scaling up systems much if at all; which was probably pushing them to about the thermal load of a modern system.
Would love to see an updated version of this after you guys get an understanding of how a car cooling system works. You can get joints to step down the cooling lines properly and not have leaks. Also I'd recommend an older rad that does not have a trans cooler, but if you cannot find one you can plug the smaller PC rad into the system to work as a trans rad.
@@Alcoholic_Nerd the stepdown as referred to in the video is due to the largest pc pipe being smaller than the smallest car rad line. Yes a stepdown of the hoses is still needed unless you modify the pipes on the car rad. Edit: Vehicle manufacturers use a system of transfer points to achieve stepping down and up the cooling lines. The 2 points that Lynus could utilize for this project are the water pump which has a larger input than output and the crossover pipe which typically has multiple smaller inputs converge into a larger output. The crossover on newer cars also houses the thermostat which may improve performance of this system should they pressurize it like a vehicle cooling system.
@@joshuatayloe8616 I too am frustrated by their attempt to do this. They wouldn't need an older rad, they would just need a rad from a manual car. Would cost em 30 dollars to find a big nice used radiator, and they could save even more money by just using radiators electric fan (which is 12v). If a radiator is able to cool a running engine down to let's say 30-40 degrees with no thermostat, then it will more than likely be very effective at cooling down a cpu or gpu. I don't think people would actually care if they had to have a big radiator on the outside of their pc, especially if it meant they could finally run the latest i9s at operating temps.
@@Lazulcat Engines run closer to 80-90 degrees celsius, or at least the coolant does. The oil temp is higher than that. And if you did not have a radiator you engine would run so hot it would quite literally explode. If a radiator is capable of cooling down 4-8 cylinders that have thousands of explosions in them every minute. Then surerly one radiator could cool down a processor. There is a lot of heat in an engine.
@@Scyllx honestly im kind of disappointed with these "experiment/fun" videos lately. They don't bother to make things properly, and while I understand that it would take exponentially more time and effort, these videos feel too half-assed.
@@Sh4dovv but im here mostly because of my curiosity regarding the performance of combining a car radiator and a gaming pc. I like watching them mess around as well, but at some point the video loses focus and they're busy trying to not get a 3090 wet because they decided to rush everything.
Yeah, me too ! It would make for an interesting project. The way they approached it though, totally ruined it for me. It was beyond silly and useless, to the point that it wasn't even fun to watch.
Yep, car radiators are nothing new for experimental water-cooling but choosing a more appropriate rad and actually thought through connections would be more interesting to watch.
They probably won't, because that's too technical of a video and won't really get views. Though, GN already did the car radiator thing to my knowledge.
Anyone else remember when Linus tried to water cool an entire house full of video editors workstations using copper pipes and a radiator stuck out the window? Good times.
They could have just used glue to make it watertight and it would have worked xD There is something like a "hot glue pistol" thats really cheap and super usefull :)
It works in theory, like masks. Meanwhile everyone including nurses be getting sick all the time. And experts saying "but it wasn't supposed to happen!" LOLOL
This is why I love this channel because you build and test stuff on video not experiment off camera and make sure it works then show us the cooling test to see if it's a practical solution.
This would actually have been a really interesting concept to see done properly... However it was mildly amusing to watch them all run around wildly at risk of destroying their components.
Not "mildly amusing". It was WILDLY infuriating to see them do this. This has to be intentionally bad. No leak tests, shoddy piping, not just turning off the power when things starts to leak....
@@Jodah175 Yeah I know. If they had actually thought it out and planned it a little better it would have been interesting to see them custom build a case or something actually interesting other than slapping an incredibly leaky device on top of a case. lol
@@printeh yeah it probably was intentionally bad, but it's not our money to waste, so who cares? I would rather see them destroy 100 3090's while doing crazy experiments on them than have those 100 gpu's sit in crypto mining rigs.
*Spend a little extra time making sure the connections don't leak* Linus: Nah *Constantly scramble, having to replace towels and the water constantly over the course of about an hour* Linus: *galaxy brain*
Also Linus: Make a video that is interesting to people who water cool PCs, but make sure to fail so they stick with over the counter solutions from your advertisers.
This is probably my favourite video of the year. The utter chaos of "it's running dry" "it's leaking" "oh no" all at the same time while everyone is running about and getting stressed they're about to kill the GPU was fantastic
They kill that GPU there is 0 chance of getting a replacement, except for stealing from Verified Actual Gamers (which they might be contractually obligated not to do).
TechTip for For Future Crazy Ideas: If there's a gap between pipe diameters, you can use a thicker pipe, say that has inner diameter of the CPU pipe and outer diameter of the Radiator pipe's inner diameter, 1" length cut section would be used as an adapter, and fits perfectly between the 2 pipes. I used it and didn't leak for 6 years. Also it's easy detachable.
"PC Cooling With the Kitchen Sink?" was the video. To be fair, with the amount this janky setup was leaking it was almost total loss water cooling too.
That's exactly what I want to see. I know the janky-ness gets views. Now after doing a janky trial run put some time into it, do some testing for leaks before install. An don't install it on top how about making it a side panel that swings open. Or just have it sitting on the side.
3 things to change before Part II: 1) Don't rush it right before WAN Show 2) Put the radiator next to the PC instead of on top of it 3) Seal off the radiator better
OR, Go even crazier. Mount the radiator to the outside of a car, like a racing fin. Then drive around a track while benchmarking the PC. MAXIMUM AIRFLOW.
This needs a revisit. Print some adapters, figure out a proper mounting system. This trainwreck was fun to watch but I'm interested in some serious results..
@@StambeccoAllaFragola in some countries a car radiator can be cheaper then water-cooling radiators, all you need is the water blocks and you're good to go
@@Unwavering_Resolve there are way more efficient ways to improve thermals as Linus himself said at the beginning of the video: at a certain point you have diminishing returns and that radiator size must be overkill. But yeah, I guess it can be a viable cheap idea if you have a spare car radiator laying around. And many towels.
All they had to do was make a run to a Canadian Tire and hit the plumbing section for some reducer fittings to step the radiator hose connections down. I think it's funny how inaccurate the name Canadian Tire is to the breadth of the items the stores sell. It's like "Oh, we also sell tires." Definitely needs a revisit on this idea, with proper prior preparation to prevent piss-poor performance. The 7P principle, 6P if you leave the piss out.
not once did they stop to think if they should stop and rethink their plan. Nope, they just kept goin with the loop leaking everywhere, with fans not working and fixing things DURING the test. This feels like a "We need something to upload tomorrow, but only have an hour for filming" type of video.
I have a very good idea for this. But this requires long tubes, and living in a winter place. Stick it outside mounted next to a window, cover it with some anti freeze stuff and even furnaces to keep it from freezing, but the water/ coolant will be super cold and keep the cpu (and gpu if you water cool it) super cool and chilled. Except you would possibly need another pump to pump from the radiator to the pc, so it'd be in the middle.
If this was school they'd be phoning Linus and Alex's parents right now to tell them that their children must stay late to finish their work properly 😂
In your past lives, were you guys nuclear engineers at Chernobyl? Seriously, I love watching you guys cluster frack things up. Its up there with watching classic Three Stooges shorts. LOL
It's like one of those sci-fi movies, when the space ship is barely functional and the crew is doing their max to keep the thing fliying, it's just missing the red alert signs and some sparks though
I found myself thinking "I want to see the LTT team playing Spaceteam". (Spaceteam being a great local multiplayer mobile game that is all about precisely that vibe.)
Well they got a ton of thermal mass there, and LTT found in previous tests that having bigger reservoirs let you run at very low temps for a longer time before the full loop reaches it's thermal limiting. With that huge radiator, it could probably run those tests for an hour before having all the water fully heated up. And given how fast they were replacing water, maybe the solution isn't a big radiator, just a massive reservoir with a substantial leak so you are replacing a lot of water every few minutes.
Why use a big tank with big "leaks" when you can connect CPU water block directly to your cold tap water (through a series of filters of course) and dump all "hot" water straight into sewer system?
@@dasherplayz4471 ya it would. This feels half-assed. It feels lazy. You can make things succeed and do them well but still make things dramatic if you wanted but I don't care about drama. I want something that feels organic. If the drama is real, fine. I clicked on this because I'm a nerd and wanted to see an honest effort at something silly but cool. This is just lazy and lame.
@@anklexpress I think the drama is real, since they would not want to destroy a 3090 and to me it feels like they just came up with this idea like 2 days ago and needed a video. And I understand where are you coming from but to a lot of other people this chaos is one of there favorite moments. Also honestly the video should have been titled "the jankiest cooling project"
@@dasherplayz4471 Much of it feels super manufactured. Like you admit...it feels like they came up with it 2 days before and needed a video. Which means they didnt actually care about the concept, they didnt actually care about doing something cool, they knew that it would make for a rushed and hackneyed (read funny) video...which means they manufactured the drama in that they knew beforehand it would be slapstick and dramatic in a funny way. Thats very different from a serious honest effort at doing something ridiculous and letting the drama and slapstick come out naturally because you didnt honestly think it would be dramatic or funny. Those are the best videos. When I said it felt like they gave no effor to this, I meant it seems as though a lot of what they were doing, speaking as a dude who got a degree in physics and math, andknowing Alex is basically an engineer, that maybe 1 extra hour of thinking and work from them would have made something that would not have put components at risk and would have been way more interesting to watch because it would have been ridiculous but also actually worked really well!
A buddy of me drilled 2 holes into the floor of his computer room, right into his basement and hung a car radiator with car fan there. No noise and great cooling lol... That was like...15-20 years ago
Personal computer water cooling started with automotive radiators. Shame it's next to impossible to get an aluminum water block these days so you could continue to play with them.
"What have you been doing this whole time??" "I've been making sure we don't kill the system!" "Yeah well that's going great isn't it?" "It is!! It's not dead yet." This exchange was golden LOL This was a beautiful trainwreck. One of my fav videos of recent times! Love these crazy projects and ideas.
Its amazing how fast this went from "big rad = more better" to audio bites from a submarine battle
Accurate
@@alinapaasz1841 XD
Valid
WE’RE LEAKING WATER
Linus said he wanted LTT to be the Top Gear of computers, a few years back. With this one, I'd say he's succeeded. Totally on par with burning down their own caravan when going camping, or making a V8 powered blender.
Would love to see a "non-rushed" version of this tho, maybe with a nice case or something for the radiator
Maybe using a matching fan that’s designed to go into a car, instead of multiple smaller fans.
Oh man, you could say this about so many linus projects.
I agree. I have a half-assed peltier/water cooler project I've made, and the one thing I spent time on was making sure it didn't leak. Would've also been neat to see how it compared to a 360 rad after the water temp reached its max.
@@roberts_lancmanis agreed, seemed purposely rushed/dumb
Try going to carquest, AutoZone, O'Riley's. And get the correct hose for the radiator. Maybe get a proper radiator fan or something like a 12-14" fan for it. Then maybe not mount it on the top of the tower? Lol. Thanks for the good lol though 😂
Honestly, if this was like a legit project and not just a 20 minute throw together idea, id love to see how cool the system got.
Same, i had high hopes but after wathcing it i dont even see the point of making it.
You can literally watch a pc build with a mo-ra and check right now lol.
It would have probably dropped another 5-10 degree
Yeah me too,this video was pointless tho. If the were serious they would have stopped the leaks to begin with. Disliked.
Make the entire computer a radiator, like the all fan case
“Should we build, leak proof, and then test the water cooling system?”
Linus: “Nah, we should 100% just start the CPU stress test and then quickly build a cooling system around a running computer while shoving towels in leaks like we’re trauma surgeons trying to save the computer version of 50 Cent after getting shot 12 times”
But the likes
This is stand-up ready line right here, got laughed
What an ungodly comparison 🤣🤣
If more people looked at LTT comment sections you would have max comments
🤣😂🤣
I love how LMG basically has an engineering dept. and somehow manages more Jank than Jayztwocents.
The engendering dept is just Linus and 2 others throwing random components together
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Yup
At this point its more like ENDANGERING department LOL
This is the most chaotic LTT video I've ever seen, and that's really saying something.
I haven't had a good laugh like this in awhile. We need more of this kind of chaos!
The struggle was real. I loved it.
Fax
This is like 2013-14 Linus
This is one of those projects you REALLY REALLY shouldn't rush, and oh boy did they rush it
This is worse than alex covering an extreme edition cpu with nutella and mustard and than washing it in the sink.
The (WAN) show must go on!
@@alinapaasz1841 xd
this is cyberpunk 2077 as LTT project
yeah but this video wouldn't be nearly as entertaining otherwise
Beautiful, was like watching open heart surgery with a veterinarian and a mechanic. ♥
Horse surgeon.....
Hey dude wtf 😅 I'm a vet MD and we do open heart surgery. And if trained properly a mechanic might actually be useful in that situation.
P.S. Human doctors can't treat 30 different species. Just sayin😏😂😁
*Literally all this chaos could have been avoided if they stopped, spent maybe 5 minutes to properly seal the ends, and started it back up again.*
Dude, it is Linus Tech Tips, crazy over correct
Hose clamps. They're a thing.
yes but watching them drive the computer like its a space ship in warp drive is killing me
it was annoying to watch cuz I was so interested in the premise and got nothing conclusive
Seriously, $170 on a radiator, can’t be arsed to spend $20 on proper hose clamps and connectors to make this actually work
I’d love to see them tackle this again, but ya know, actually do it well 😂
Agreed. This is just a huge train wreck.
Hey nice to see you here! Big fan of your videos!
I Really I hope they do it again, but more planned out. We know how Linus likes to milk his investments
Omg me too
I know, all that money and production and most of the time they are fucking useless at engineering
Here I was, thinking I was going to watch a cool build to release some anxiety and relax for a bit...
Exact same thought
If you want to get rid of anxiety watch foo the flowerhorn
Agreed. I couldn't finish it lol it was a train wreck. It takes an hour to design and 3d print some adapters
@Yung G complex coloring books and some jazz or something chill to listen to works wonders. also yoga
Every comment will be replied here and heart too
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Easily the most stressful build I've ever seen on LTT. Not sure if they intentionally wanted this to fail to generate more clicks or if they just did a bad job in general. Reminds me of when they used a PC to heat a room using a heater and nearly destroyed a PC because they used an old heater filled up with rust, debris and minerals.
I mean sometimes people are dumbasses lol
LTT - Has a full workshop capable of basically, making anything they want.
Builds a full on rad with nothing but puddy, zip ties and a bike condom.
LTT - Has hose clamps...only uses them on the small adapters instead of the ones leaking from zip ties
@@christopherangell7579 Yea, I thought so aswell - but then you got to realise that... they probably do not have clamps for THAT size! XD
(Still, they should have bought some... Doesn't make it less stupid that they did this shit and did it ONTOP of a PC, without propper clamps.)
@@Vodhr you know you can interconnect multiple hose clamps
u can't use claps on 2 soft tubes
Could have put that rad literally anywhere else. Nope! Put it on TOP, so it leaks directly into the system. Brilliant!
I feel like the audio of this episode could be played over a scene of a ship sinking with the crew trying to save it and no one would know that the audio came from a PC build...
"Oh god, it's so big."
Uh...
I feel like that’s 90% of their videos really
@@JinghisKhan Uhh.... iceberg?
GirlBaBes.Men
Alternate title : Linus and Alex screaming and trying to fix leaks.
They never tried to fix the leaks though
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They should've used hose clamps or something
THE SUPER LINUS BROS
@@dawkosvk I meant the scrap clothes and rags..
This was janky, even for you guys! LOL
I have been using a copper core radiator for a decade. Meant to fit into a Geo Metro, I soldered some brass plate across the main openings and then soldered in some 3/8 female NPT fittings on each end. Coupled with a single 360mm fan, it keeps up with dual RTX3090's and a 5900x. After the water is completely heat saturated, it hovers around 40c with CPU Temps never exceeding 65c under 100% system load for hours on end.
It works a treat, boys.
Holy shit please link a picture to it ahahah
Thanks for the tips. Geo Metro radiator looks nice and small. I'm gunna build something similar - a small (for a car) radiator with a single big fan, maybe even the stock fan undervolted
You know it’s intense when you see Alex literally standing on the table
Nice to meet u here :D
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Wow
This video is the MOST Linus I have seen Linus in quite a while. I love it. Moar pls.
Right? It's like they're determined to use zip ties, or have never heard of self-fusing silicon tape.
This video is a perfect representation of what engineering school senior projects feel like
If this is how your senior year engineering project goes you need to find a much better school. This would have been an F in my highschool automotive class. And we have come up with better solutions in battle damage repair training on fighter jets in the Air Force, and they hold 3,000 psi.
@@biteme263 it was a joke man
@@biteme263 its okay to be mad u make 25k
@@Kienbaum123 hehehehe... hehe
yup and exactly what if feels like to change a rad on a pt cruiser... they built those things around the body lol
Got to be honest. This went a lot better than I expected this to go. Nobody got electrocuted, no fingers lost, all in all a massive win.
Considering how many ways it could’ve gone wrong, yep!
Flashbacks to whole room water cooling.
Less bodily harm than the studio tour.
Whole Editing Room Water-cooling incoming? Lol
oh man all this sheer pandemonium between the leakage, topping up the reservoir, and getting all the fans was so raw and uncut. It's beautiful!
“Let’s put the radiator on top of the computer. What could go wrong?”
*20 minute video ensues.
Eyyyy
yeah. it was all scripted.
oh hi erik
Why put it on the top and risk the leak? Put it aside by side
Woow, I just discovered you last night :)
I don’t know if this is crazier than the 2014 House water cooling project...
It's crazier in terms of everyone was crazy and running around like a chicken with their head cut off.
Whole room watercooling was way crazier and much more well done
Remember the bathtub? 😂
crap i'm getting old...
Still remember the overclocking room promises from RTX Overclocking vid?
I want to see this remade with actually proper fittings and working fans. There's potential there, I believe it.
a low speed big car fan with proper shroud for the rad would be better for the acoustics for sure
@@ratchet1freak how about a box fan with the motor wired into the CPU fan speed controller?
They should have just used the electric cooling fan for the PT Cruiser. You can pick them up for $50 and then they could have just ran it off a car battery.
@@JuiceSpringsteen88 without an alternator, i think they can figure something way better then just consuming car batteries like nobody's business
Actually the PT fan should work. It works on 12v and I am sure there is an adapter somewhere for that. So it can connect to the power supply.
That top fin cooler, you accidently explained why some dinosaurs had backfins, The fins presumably served as heat collectors for these small, cold-blooded reptiles. Over the last decade or so, the pelycosaur model has been extended to several large, spiny dinosaurs that lived in Africa roughly 100 million years ago and may have had fins to help warm or cool their blood.
Late addition, but, ELEPHANTS also use the same concept but instead of back fins, they use their ears. Large surface area with blood vessels to cool down blood temperature in the scorching savana. They also flap them like a handfan to cool down even faster.
I want to see a non-leaky version of this with multiple computers hooked up to it.
I mean a long time ago now they did try to water cool all of the computers at linus tech tips with one water cooling loop. Didn't work too well in the end lol
that’s called “whole room water cooling project”
Eh, I use about the same on my fpga mining rig, instead of crazy it is actually reasonable when you are running that much hardware.
Whole house water cooling. He made a video series making a single loop for multiple computers with easy connect.
@@MrMillyBob I wanna see an update version. Maybe with insulated pipes for the cool water. IDK, I think they could make a couple videos on it. They do already have the car radiator.
This was like a game where shit keeps going wrong and initially you can handle it but it gradually gets more and more intense and you're juggling 8 different things at once.
Overcooked 2 😂
@@iiichigo_769 Fitting name
oxygen not included
Space Team
Ah yes, "Real life", I've heard of it.
Am I crazy for wanting to see a better thought out and functional version of this project later on?
No
Nope, I felt that was lacking also. Don't mind them showing how chaotic it was / what went wrong... but they essentially didn't fix the problem and just called it a day.
YEA, THIS VIDEO SUX
You could probably find a motorcycle radiator that would fit in one of the really large cases
My first idea for WC was using car radiator, since where I live they are 1/3 the price of proper WC rads. Would love to see it done right
the transmission cooler part is essentially a heat exchanger core in the outlet of the radiator. It does not need that much cooling and it uses the cold end of the radiator to get that little bit it needs.
When you drop your pc off at a sketchy shop and they say "Don't worry, we're professionals."
custom loopz $200
Invoice: Parts $50, labor $2000
You know, I’d love to see them actually do this the right way. Like, design actual interconnects to prevent leaks and proper fan mounts and design it to sit next to the computer instead of on top. Like, make this an actual working thing instead of some dumb idea someone had in the bathroom and decided to throw together before dinner
It already exhists. Check pc builds with a MO-RA
and there is no point of doing it 'correctly' cuz of diminishing returns, something a lot smaller would do the same job
Damn you sound boring
Can't agree more, was disappointed that there were leaks in the system and they tried to refill it every often.
XD
Can't wait to see this concept re-visited a year from now when its not thrown together on a Friday.
I came for that, what I got was a mediocre comedy of errors.
Yup
Honestly I hope they revisit this soon cause it could be so much better
Its actually not that different from an idea I have for a build where I want to put the radiator down in the crawlspace of the house.
It seems like 90% of the leaking issues could have been solved with a quick trip to the hardware store prior to cobbling this mess together.
I too would love to see a non-rushed version and use copper pipe reducers to get down to your pipe size then the bicycle tubing and hose clamps for the connectors. Could be pretty cool. Maybe make all the connections before connecting the power and turning it on? lol
Yeah, this one deserves a revisit where Alex actually has time to use the lathe to make proper adapters for the radiator.
Proper adapters are available off-the-shelf. It just takes a bit of auto and plumbing knowledge.
@@kmoecub straight up true . npt pipe in plastic or iron ,brass, stainless, and rubber hose clamps for reduction and seals all in one piece. it could have be easier it was friday and just for fun.
I'm guessing the video planning went like this:
"Should we plan?"
"No, chaos gets more likes."
More dislikes for sure
There may be a bit of truth in that. Linus getting impatient because he's late for WAN Show also doesn't help.
Me at the beginning of this video "Wow I'm glad they have a legit workshop and can do projects like this correctly
Me halfway through "Oh god"
You must be new here
It actually probably would have been amazing but they did a really bad job sealing those pipe connections.
@Scott Myers This would be a much different video if they were to be more prepared and professional. Videos like these are great
Doing it correctly? That's no fun!
@Scott Myers But doing things correctly is boring
"Find the spots where rags aren't wet, and move them into spots where rags are wet" LOL.. this was such a clusterfuck and I loved every second of it.
I feel like if they had taken all the time and effort they put into catching leaks, and stopping leaks, then put all that effort into preventing leaks before they started, it would have been significantly less stressful lol
But then it wouldn't be ltt
All i could think was 3d print a reducer. Mill a reducer. But no! Inner tube and rags 🙂
But then it would've been a short and boring video. ;)
GirlBaBes.Men
'our craziest cooling project yet' This caught my attention because I watched you water cool a room about 5 years ago.
I think it's "craziest" in the "chaotic" way
I really want them to revisit the cast iron radiator video, there really was something to that they messed up
@@AsbestosMuffins I can only agree with that
That was only 5 years ago? ....Wow.
This has the energy of one of those ridiculous reality cooking shows where they have a half hour to make a thing.
THE SOUFFLE IS DEFLATING, WHO'S DOING THE WHIPPED CREAM? WE NEED TO PLATE NOW!
WHERE'S THE LAMB SAAAAAAUCE!!!!!
I FORGOT TO MALE THE LAMB SAUSE!!!
WHAT ARE YOU??!!!!
WHY COBBLE HERE ?!!
Lyrica
20 yrs ago car radiators were what everyone used. There were a handful of cars that were known to have radiators that could easily be shrouded for 1-2 120mm fans (or bigger if you liked). As I remember, there really was minimal advantage to going bigger unless you were trying to go passive.
20 years ago was only 2003......
@@Alcoholic_Nerd Well 20-30 years ago. Before there really were over the counter water cooling kits, or at least any that were worth using. Haven't kept up exactly on the scaling of thermal load from cpu's and gfx... but casual observation says cpus haven't increased much, while gfx have gone up 100-200 watts or so... shouldn't really impact the size of a radiator required for liquid... guys were running systems with TECs on top of their CPU's and GFX without scaling up systems much if at all; which was probably pushing them to about the thermal load of a modern system.
They were the heater cores, a radiator this big is designed for levels of airflow that won't be achieved inside a house without a turbofan.
I feel like with just a few seconds of thought this could have become an effective semi-permanent solution
I can't believe how many poor decisions they made in a row.
Yeah I feel like if it was just positioned beside the pc it would be awesome
They took the time to order a radiator, but didn’t get plastic couplers. Which auto parts would have had, it would just take 2-3 of them.
Bro even I could make this work
I'm genuinely mad, as a mechanic, watching them butcher the execution of this idea
this started off as a normal video and then quickly turned into something with a lot of mad scientist vibes
Agreed! But is was soo much fun! More of this, please! :D
It's Alive! It's Aliiiiiiive! .... Actually, with Linus involved, I'm surprised it's not dead.
lmao, what chaos did I just watch? 😅
Linus Tech Tips you come for the tech stay for the jank
a whole new meaning of Xoc
We didn't go out to dinner yet
This is surgery being performed.... On a PC.
A normal LTT video.
Would love to see an updated version of this after you guys get an understanding of how a car cooling system works. You can get joints to step down the cooling lines properly and not have leaks. Also I'd recommend an older rad that does not have a trans cooler, but if you cannot find one you can plug the smaller PC rad into the system to work as a trans rad.
You don't need to step down shit if something is properly sealed...
@@Alcoholic_Nerd the stepdown as referred to in the video is due to the largest pc pipe being smaller than the smallest car rad line. Yes a stepdown of the hoses is still needed unless you modify the pipes on the car rad.
Edit: Vehicle manufacturers use a system of transfer points to achieve stepping down and up the cooling lines. The 2 points that Lynus could utilize for this project are the water pump which has a larger input than output and the crossover pipe which typically has multiple smaller inputs converge into a larger output. The crossover on newer cars also houses the thermostat which may improve performance of this system should they pressurize it like a vehicle cooling system.
@@joshuatayloe8616 I too am frustrated by their attempt to do this. They wouldn't need an older rad, they would just need a rad from a manual car. Would cost em 30 dollars to find a big nice used radiator, and they could save even more money by just using radiators electric fan (which is 12v). If a radiator is able to cool a running engine down to let's say 30-40 degrees with no thermostat, then it will more than likely be very effective at cooling down a cpu or gpu.
I don't think people would actually care if they had to have a big radiator on the outside of their pc, especially if it meant they could finally run the latest i9s at operating temps.
@@ASDASD34RDFS all of these are very good points although i'm pretty sure engines run closer to 70 degrees celsius.
@@Lazulcat Engines run closer to 80-90 degrees celsius, or at least the coolant does. The oil temp is higher than that. And if you did not have a radiator you engine would run so hot it would quite literally explode. If a radiator is capable of cooling down 4-8 cylinders that have thousands of explosions in them every minute. Then surerly one radiator could cool down a processor. There is a lot of heat in an engine.
I wanna see this redone properly with actual fittings and a racing style radiator
Could be really interesting if they replace the D5 with a real car water pump and the Noctua by a car radiator fan
@@Scyllx honestly im kind of disappointed with these "experiment/fun" videos lately. They don't bother to make things properly, and while I understand that it would take exponentially more time and effort, these videos feel too half-assed.
@@potatosoup19129 isnt that the point of these type videos they're funny vs normal
@@Sh4dovv but im here mostly because of my curiosity regarding the performance of combining a car radiator and a gaming pc. I like watching them mess around as well, but at some point the video loses focus and they're busy trying to not get a 3090 wet because they decided to rush everything.
@@potatosoup19129 if something is not practical to anyone it's more fun to half ass with proper results it than make it 100% properly
I really want to see them do this again but properly. Buying proper step down valves and sealing the piping so it doesn’t leak everywhere.
Yeah, me too ! It would make for an interesting project. The way they approached it though, totally ruined it for me. It was beyond silly and useless, to the point that it wasn't even fun to watch.
Same. A lot of the projects they do could be redone a lot better.
Yep, car radiators are nothing new for experimental water-cooling but choosing a more appropriate rad and actually thought through connections would be more interesting to watch.
They probably won't, because that's too technical of a video and won't really get views. Though, GN already did the car radiator thing to my knowledge.
I totally agree. With better research and preparation, this project had legs. It feels like they purposely made it into a fiasco for the laughs.
You could have so easily just had the radiator sit next to the computer. There was no reason to put it on top of the computer. Incredible work.
What fun is that?
For future reference: Radiator hose to the proper diameter of iron pipe, to PEX. Reducers are available, and you'll have a watertight loop.
Anyone else remember when Linus tried to water cool an entire house full of video editors workstations using copper pipes and a radiator stuck out the window? Good times.
Remember when it kind of worked but then started growing?
Gooood times.
how called this video?
@@discoveringcraft Whole Room Water Cooling Project. It's an 8 part series.
@@00Klingon thanx))
@@00Klingon LOL, that sounds great.
"Do we spend 30 minutes designing and 3d printing a watertight adapter, or try to ziptie loose flappy rubber?"
That would realistically take at least two hours
They could have just used glue to make it watertight and it would have worked xD
There is something like a "hot glue pistol" thats really cheap and super usefull :)
It works in theory, like masks. Meanwhile everyone including nurses be getting sick all the time. And experts saying "but it wasn't supposed to happen!" LOLOL
@@finlandjourney6065 get lost...
@@finlandjourney6065 you obviously don’t know how the masks work
LTT: We have an amazing workshop with tons of tools! With this we should be able to make anything!
Also LTT:
Yeah, but would it truly be an LTT video if they not jimmy rig, and botch it?
@@mokujin4076 shut up
This is why I love this channel because you build and test stuff on video not experiment off camera and make sure it works then show us the cooling test to see if it's a practical solution.
If Madison's ROG Rig Reboot was Linus' stress test,
This video was Audiences' stress test taken to whole another level.
indeed
This would actually have been a really interesting concept to see done properly... However it was mildly amusing to watch them all run around wildly at risk of destroying their components.
I feel like there will be a v2 of this concept at some point in the future
Not "mildly amusing". It was WILDLY infuriating to see them do this. This has to be intentionally bad. No leak tests, shoddy piping, not just turning off the power when things starts to leak....
its been done by tons of modders in the early days of watercooling.
@@Jodah175 Yeah I know. If they had actually thought it out and planned it a little better it would have been interesting to see them custom build a case or something actually interesting other than slapping an incredibly leaky device on top of a case. lol
@@printeh yeah it probably was intentionally bad, but it's not our money to waste, so who cares? I would rather see them destroy 100 3090's while doing crazy experiments on them than have those 100 gpu's sit in crypto mining rigs.
I feel like this is EXACTLY how my upper management in my company runs things...
It would be absolutely awesome to see the whole thing again in good build quality!
*Spend a little extra time making sure the connections don't leak*
Linus: Nah
*Constantly scramble, having to replace towels and the water constantly over the course of about an hour*
Linus: *galaxy brain*
well at least he got some exercise out of that.
Also Linus: Make a video that is interesting to people who water cool PCs, but make sure to fail so they stick with over the counter solutions from your advertisers.
This should definitely get a part 2, as well as submerg the rad in ice water.
he could use it as a stix helios rear sode panel
Re-do minus the leaks and jankeys.
@Ankit Meher the radiator is not electric
Jayztwocents did that recently
All this needs to work is some time at the hardware/autoparts stores to get the right plumbing.
This is probably my favourite video of the year. The utter chaos of "it's running dry" "it's leaking" "oh no" all at the same time while everyone is running about and getting stressed they're about to kill the GPU was fantastic
They kill that GPU there is 0 chance of getting a replacement, except for stealing from Verified Actual Gamers (which they might be contractually obligated not to do).
For me they overdone it in the jank and rushing, I'd actually want to see that radiator in a proper setup
It brings a new meaning to stress testing, I loved it.
worst video in a long time... It was too bad of a setup. wasted everyones time. You can be entertaining without being this stupid.
TechTip for For Future Crazy Ideas:
If there's a gap between pipe diameters, you can use a thicker pipe, say that has inner diameter of the CPU pipe and outer diameter of the Radiator pipe's inner diameter, 1" length cut section would be used as an adapter, and fits perfectly between the 2 pipes.
I used it and didn't leak for 6 years. Also it's easy detachable.
I sometimes get scared of putting a glass of cold coffee on my desk, in case I short my PC.
Meanwhile LTT:
i've spilled so many drinks on my desk iono how my stuff haven't gotten splashed yet
Your PC was not sent to you free by advertisers.
'member when linus was away for a week and the bois literally hooked up water cooling to their kitchen sink. I love LTT.
Whaaat when did it happen, is this a joke😂
"PC Cooling With the Kitchen Sink?" was the video. To be fair, with the amount this janky setup was leaking it was almost total loss water cooling too.
@@needfuldoer4531I feel like janky is requiremnet in every alex-linus video
@@Michael-vl5kq Alex and Jake
GirlBaBes.Men
The end of this episode was like overcooked in real life but instead of cooking they were trying not to die
Videos that Alex is in is either chaotic or really cool
"I've seen dumber stuff under this roof. Maybe more zip ties."
Every one of these weird builds summarized in 2.2 seconds.
And they all needed more zip ties...
I want to see you guys revisit this in the future with all the leaks figured out.
That's exactly what I want to see. I know the janky-ness gets views. Now after doing a janky trial run put some time into it, do some testing for leaks before install. An don't install it on top how about making it a side panel that swings open. Or just have it sitting on the side.
Im afraid the leaks are part of the show. This setup is nonsense anyway. Next please...
3 things to change before Part II:
1) Don't rush it right before WAN Show
2) Put the radiator next to the PC instead of on top of it
3) Seal off the radiator better
OR, Go even crazier. Mount the radiator to the outside of a car, like a racing fin. Then drive around a track while benchmarking the PC. MAXIMUM AIRFLOW.
Make sure the fans are plugged in
But this is more fun to watch
@@cortesacrawford Not like a racing fin, you need to mount it like a wall so all the air goes through it instead of around it... =p
Take this idea, get an all aluminum radiator and cut and weld the inlet and outlet's have suitable fittings ang the jank would be mostly gone.
"I am gonna find the dry rags and replace them with the wet ones" = Famous last words on a sinking ship lol
This needs a revisit. Print some adapters, figure out a proper mounting system. This trainwreck was fun to watch but I'm interested in some serious results..
What's serious about a car radiator for a PC? lol
@@StambeccoAllaFragola in some countries a car radiator can be cheaper then water-cooling radiators, all you need is the water blocks and you're good to go
@@Unwavering_Resolve True. Could find wrecked cars and possibly get some for free.
@@Unwavering_Resolve there are way more efficient ways to improve thermals as Linus himself said at the beginning of the video: at a certain point you have diminishing returns and that radiator size must be overkill. But yeah, I guess it can be a viable cheap idea if you have a spare car radiator laying around. And many towels.
This was a missed oportunity to call this "Our coolest project yet"
why? they litterally build a chiller in another video for pc cooling lel
All they had to do was make a run to a Canadian Tire and hit the plumbing section for some reducer fittings to step the radiator hose connections down. I think it's funny how inaccurate the name Canadian Tire is to the breadth of the items the stores sell. It's like "Oh, we also sell tires."
Definitely needs a revisit on this idea, with proper prior preparation to prevent piss-poor performance. The 7P principle, 6P if you leave the piss out.
I enjoyed the point when Linus just embraced the Chaos and just went for it all lol
Whyyyyyyy. But I love this.
It is pretty cool.
But does it play crisis
Can you make more prank calls? Those were my childhood
Holy shit, FNC, I remember listening to you guys in like middle school.
Cuz it can double as a carbon capture device while gaming!
thats legit the most anxious LTT video ive ever seen in 6+ years
Yes.
I remember water cooling started like this. Around maybe 2005 people were getting radiators, heater cores or a/c coils to use as radiators.
This is the most anxiety inducing video I have ever seen on LTT
You haven't seen the video where Dennis tries to install a CPU or Sarah builds a PC by WIGGLING the GPU in its socket.
@@EvostarSC I guess the difference was expectations. I expected those videos to be rough, this one not as much
@@SwolePapi15 I'm still cringing from the thought of that GPU socket mess lol
GirlBaBes.Men
"For better or for worse, this is a thing that exists now"
-Linus Sebastian 2021
I thought lil Sebastian from P & R , well not much difference between the two
Car radiator watercooling for 1 PC : craziest cooling project yet!
Whole room watercooling for 6 workstations : am I a joke to you?
This is way better: shop.watercool.de/MO-RA3-420-LT-black
Only real ones remember them trying to hang that whole room cooling monstrosity out the house window 😂😂
I was wrong
@@Ahmed_onYT yes they watercooled several pcs on one loop in an entire room of a house it was dope asf until it died
@@rapidfirer56 K srry
There’s a electrical rubber cover stuff that you can take a lighter too and shrinks. I would rim the inside with glue then shrink wrap it.
not once did they stop to think if they should stop and rethink their plan. Nope, they just kept goin with the loop leaking everywhere, with fans not working and fixing things DURING the test. This feels like a "We need something to upload tomorrow, but only have an hour for filming" type of video.
It's like they rolled new characters for this build.
Strength: 9
Dexterity: 9
Constitution: 13
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 3
Charisma: 17
Completly agree with you. There could have been more effort
This video was definitely half-assed. I was actually getting angry watching it considering how good their videos usually are.
you gotta admit the way they tested the flow path was comedy gold
Like they could have just put the rad on the ground and wouldn't have had to constantly worry about killing thousands of dollars of tech lol
When I heard the words "PT Cruiser", I just knew what was going to happen would be Three Stooges-level hilarious.
I used to drive one of those pieces of shit.... so happy I've upgraded since, it felt like I was driving a can of sardines
The heist style edit there when Alex was explaining his plan is one of my favorite edits of all time, great job Hoffman
I have a very good idea for this. But this requires long tubes, and living in a winter place. Stick it outside mounted next to a window, cover it with some anti freeze stuff and even furnaces to keep it from freezing, but the water/ coolant will be super cold and keep the cpu (and gpu if you water cool it) super cool and chilled. Except you would possibly need another pump to pump from the radiator to the pc, so it'd be in the middle.
If this was school they'd be phoning Linus and Alex's parents right now to tell them that their children must stay late to finish their work properly 😂
They'd call to get the kids outta there, its a liability thing xD
"Craziest Cooling Project Yet"
I'm still gonna say whole room water-cooling was crazier. I'll never forget that linus. You cant fool me.
Now that was cool!
The pinnacle of water cooling. time period wise too.
This felt like a filler episode or something. "Hey let's do something just to keep the videos going."
Would love to see a legit swing at this.
Exactly. It wasn't well thought out. There are so many ways to make it not leak and they didn't even try.
Couldn't agree more. One of their worst videos. Could of been so much better
@@knuckles1087 It is still funny.
@@knuckles1087 Could'f *
@@Squitdoogenz what are you on about?
In your past lives, were you guys nuclear engineers at Chernobyl?
Seriously, I love watching you guys cluster frack things up. Its up there with watching classic Three Stooges shorts. LOL
It's like one of those sci-fi movies, when the space ship is barely functional and the crew is doing their max to keep the thing fliying, it's just missing the red alert signs and some sparks though
I found myself thinking "I want to see the LTT team playing Spaceteam". (Spaceteam being a great local multiplayer mobile game that is all about precisely that vibe.)
My sci-fi characters basically live in a constant state of "we're venting atmosphere and the next hard burn will crack something."
Ikr, all the callouts and shit
@@MattFowlerBTR Are you talking about the VR game or is this a real thing?
I'm givin' you all she's got, capt'n!
I'm imagining waking up mid surgery and this is how it's going.
Well they got a ton of thermal mass there, and LTT found in previous tests that having bigger reservoirs let you run at very low temps for a longer time before the full loop reaches it's thermal limiting. With that huge radiator, it could probably run those tests for an hour before having all the water fully heated up. And given how fast they were replacing water, maybe the solution isn't a big radiator, just a massive reservoir with a substantial leak so you are replacing a lot of water every few minutes.
Why use a big tank with big "leaks" when you can connect CPU water block directly to your cold tap water (through a series of filters of course) and dump all "hot" water straight into sewer system?
This is the definition of a human stress test. My heart rate is really high rn.
I feel like 10% more effort at any point in this video and there would have been no drama and things would have worked perfectly
But that wouldn't be nearly as fun as this chaotic mess of a video
@@dasherplayz4471 ya it would. This feels half-assed. It feels lazy. You can make things succeed and do them well but still make things dramatic if you wanted but I don't care about drama. I want something that feels organic. If the drama is real, fine. I clicked on this because I'm a nerd and wanted to see an honest effort at something silly but cool. This is just lazy and lame.
@@anklexpress I think the drama is real, since they would not want to destroy a 3090 and to me it feels like they just came up with this idea like 2 days ago and needed a video. And I understand where are you coming from but to a lot of other people this chaos is one of there favorite moments.
Also honestly the video should have been titled "the jankiest cooling project"
@@dasherplayz4471 Much of it feels super manufactured. Like you admit...it feels like they came up with it 2 days before and needed a video. Which means they didnt actually care about the concept, they didnt actually care about doing something cool, they knew that it would make for a rushed and hackneyed (read funny) video...which means they manufactured the drama in that they knew beforehand it would be slapstick and dramatic in a funny way. Thats very different from a serious honest effort at doing something ridiculous and letting the drama and slapstick come out naturally because you didnt honestly think it would be dramatic or funny. Those are the best videos. When I said it felt like they gave no effor to this, I meant it seems as though a lot of what they were doing, speaking as a dude who got a degree in physics and math, andknowing Alex is basically an engineer, that maybe 1 extra hour of thinking and work from them would have made something that would not have put components at risk and would have been way more interesting to watch because it would have been ridiculous but also actually worked really well!
u must be fun at parties
This looked like an episode of those medical / ER shows. I'm glad that the patient lived. I'm glad it wasn't a real human on the table.
I love the Chaos that ensued from poor planning🤣🤣 as pops always says "poor planning = piss poor performance "
Doing an all nighter to finish some uni work, had a 20 minute sanity break and I'm glad I spent it watching this, actually buckled.
Great time management, if you wrote your comment in 36 seconds
A buddy of me drilled 2 holes into the floor of his computer room, right into his basement and hung a car radiator with car fan there. No noise and great cooling lol... That was like...15-20 years ago
Personal computer water cooling started with automotive radiators. Shame it's next to impossible to get an aluminum water block these days so you could continue to play with them.
I think AntVenom also had a similar setup some time ago
They looked so professional in the studio tour 😅😂🤣
There are two different reasons to say "WOW" when it comes to LTT. 🤣
Lol
11:24
THE PATIENT IS DYING!!!!
"What have you been doing this whole time??"
"I've been making sure we don't kill the system!"
"Yeah well that's going great isn't it?"
"It is!! It's not dead yet."
This exchange was golden LOL
This was a beautiful trainwreck. One of my fav videos of recent times! Love these crazy projects and ideas.