What Happens if you Water Cool an Air Cooler?

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    0:00 Water cooling w/ bottle
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    0:52 .tech
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    13:34 INGREDIENTS: WATER/EAU (Below 0C)
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  • @confettied
    @confettied 3 года назад +4760

    I feel like watching LTT is like watching a nature documentary where the cameraman has an ethical obligation to not help a dying animal, especially when Linus is balancing a computer on the edge of two flimsy plastic tubs, one of which is filled with water, while ripping open a bag of ice with his *teeth.*

    • @dabalugi3092
      @dabalugi3092 3 года назад +265

      There's.... something eeriely accurate with this comment. It's so strangely perfect for the entirety of LTT.

    • @Kafj302
      @Kafj302 3 года назад +103

      I am like number 64 on this comment
      Someone needs to hire a voice over person and redo some of the video with what the nature person would be saying like "here we see Linus Sebastian, clearly instruct a subordinate, not to climb on the wheeled elevated platform"

    • @Slashagasaurus
      @Slashagasaurus 3 года назад +17

      Lmao, I wish I could save comments. I was thinking the same thing

    • @uberfuzzy
      @uberfuzzy 3 года назад +15

      I think that only applies when Linus+Alex+workShop align.

    • @ralph972
      @ralph972 3 года назад +16

      @@Kafj302 David Attenborough's voice would be perfect

  • @marvil9205
    @marvil9205 3 года назад +3054

    8:04 "with a Dremel, anything is compatible with anything"
    wise words

  • @CrustyCrendan
    @CrustyCrendan 2 года назад +719

    "With a dremel anything is compatible anything" is the single best tech tip I've ever gotten from this channel

    • @shey_clone
      @shey_clone Год назад +6

      "took a while but I got the cover off of my B550M AM4 motherboard and installed my new intel core i9 12400KF, I don't know why they keep the cover on those."

    • @yummyherbicide7296
      @yummyherbicide7296 Год назад

      Its true!

  • @Gobbbbb
    @Gobbbbb 3 года назад +769

    "PREMIUM ICE"
    "get the ingredients please"
    Ingredients: WATER

    • @djchameleon6582
      @djchameleon6582 3 года назад +1

      What do you think premium ice is made out of ice 9? It's made of ice
      Now this makes me think that somebody out there thinks that ice of higher numbers is made out of ice of lower numbers not the difference between charcoal and diamond

    • @Gobbbbb
      @Gobbbbb 3 года назад +25

      @@djchameleon6582 That's the joke.

    • @Gobbbbb
      @Gobbbbb 3 года назад +5

      @@djchameleon6582 That's the joke.

    • @djchameleon6582
      @djchameleon6582 3 года назад +1

      @@Gobbbbb I know I'm adding to the joke the first line is stating the obvious the second one's making another joke that fancier versions of water do exist just not really as a substance more of a structure

    • @Gobbbbb
      @Gobbbbb 3 года назад +3

      @@djchameleon6582 Ah sorry, reading text properly isn't a strong suit of mine lol.
      It's always been funny to me that people pay a lot money for ice, especially when they take it home and put it in their freezer.
      My mum does it and it bothers me so much, we even have ice trays 🙄

  • @HiannDNorris
    @HiannDNorris 3 года назад +2083

    “Came on, I don’t make the rules around here”
    - the CEO

    • @graveyj2000
      @graveyj2000 3 года назад +139

      Welllllll...there is always Yvonne...

    • @sanchitkarpe6576
      @sanchitkarpe6576 3 года назад +7

      @@graveyj2000 is that the girl with pink hair who keeps screaming?

    • @vladnicolescu2638
      @vladnicolescu2638 3 года назад +78

      @@sanchitkarpe6576 Yvonne is linus' wife

    • @sanchitkarpe6576
      @sanchitkarpe6576 3 года назад +9

      @@vladnicolescu2638 oh

    • @arcanum3882
      @arcanum3882 3 года назад +11

      *come on

  • @GamersNexus
    @GamersNexus 3 года назад +7941

    rofl. Loved the bucket water cooling. Pretty fun experiment and interesting results. Exactly what I would expect of you guys!

    • @LazyEngineerYT
      @LazyEngineerYT 3 года назад +26

      @@DGARedRavenLMAO!

    • @joshuarogetsmc4601
      @joshuarogetsmc4601 3 года назад +9

      Hi :D

    • @dividion8102
      @dividion8102 3 года назад +91

      Water wasn't extreme enough. They should've dunked it in mineral oil.

    • @kayburcky7146
      @kayburcky7146 3 года назад +21

      I don't know if that's an insult or a compliment xD

    • @NormalFerrari
      @NormalFerrari 3 года назад +25

      What is rofi?
      Am I stupid?

  • @BaconNDCheese
    @BaconNDCheese 11 месяцев назад +22

    love the editing lol. "you're not getting on the table Alex!" cuts to Alex fully on the table

  • @definitelynotdoingcrimes8634
    @definitelynotdoingcrimes8634 2 года назад +176

    When I was a kid I won a science fair by running performance tests on a junk computer with air cooling vs dry ice directly on the heat sink lol. This brought back memories.

    • @brentongilmore5853
      @brentongilmore5853 Год назад +2

      Dry ice smoked it right?

    • @sippy-tj6xi
      @sippy-tj6xi 4 месяца назад

      it shouldnt since dry ice turns directly to gas @@brentongilmore5853

  • @KiryiMONZTA
    @KiryiMONZTA 3 года назад +1856

    Finally I found an easy watercooling tutorial without all that pump, res and fitting blabla. Thanks.

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ 3 года назад +52

      And it's cheap!

    • @esher3601
      @esher3601 2 года назад +41

      I mean like you can change the water after every 1 game if you find a good box

    • @drumedorable
      @drumedorable 2 года назад +29

      @@esher3601 I just set a water sprinkler connected to the mains to spray water continuously at the cooler, works like a charm.

    • @givememyaccountbackno1125
      @givememyaccountbackno1125 2 года назад +5

      @@esher3601 add a spigot, open it to make room and drop in some ice while you're in the lobby. Boom.

    • @brujo_millonario
      @brujo_millonario 2 года назад +1

      Easily portable too.

  • @computernaut
    @computernaut 3 года назад +964

    "We're learning so many things today that will never be applicable to anyone else ever again." Isn't this what you do most of the time?

  • @lkswift
    @lkswift 3 года назад +74

    3 things I really wish you had tried:
    1) mount the water pump on the side of the tub, so the water flows through the fins of the cooler.
    2) putting that massive cpu cooler that came with the MB on a GPU
    3) rigging that motherboard for LN2. Seem like you might be able to mount a pot on there in a way that keeps condensation off of the board.

    • @bacon.cheesecake
      @bacon.cheesecake Год назад

      Could've mounted a noctua industrial fan on the heatsink lol

    • @blext816
      @blext816 8 месяцев назад

      @@bacon.cheesecake gamernexus already did it

  • @Jake1702
    @Jake1702 2 года назад +17

    Honestly, if you could find a more elegant and safe way to do it, literally just dunking the heat sink in water *could* potentially be a valid cooling option.

    • @mcsexy123
      @mcsexy123 2 года назад +2

      I feel like it might cause condensation on the electronics which isn't a good idea

    • @franzferdinand5150
      @franzferdinand5150 2 года назад

      What you ought to do is cover the heat sink in a plastic, waterproof frame and take a water pump which will continually drag cool water through the heat sinks. Basically it’ll be a safer version of water cooling.

    • @georgestone8099
      @georgestone8099 7 месяцев назад

      Dunk the whole thing in mineral oil

  • @playstationRLZ
    @playstationRLZ 3 года назад +2221

    "You're not getting on the table, Alex"
    Next frame Alex is on the table.

    • @Jamrocks2899
      @Jamrocks2899 3 года назад +17

      Are you internet explorer?

    • @torpedo996
      @torpedo996 3 года назад +51

      When Linus said "You're not getting on the table, Alex", I knew that Alex would get on the table for sure. This is LTT after all.

    • @Atomictaru
      @Atomictaru 3 года назад +3

      @@Jamrocks2899 only he knows

    • @thmikachu
      @thmikachu 3 года назад +6

      Alex cannot be stopped, Alex only does Alex things

    • @JoshuaDoss
      @JoshuaDoss 3 года назад +1

      God damn it

  • @leonardusl5141
    @leonardusl5141 3 года назад +518

    This video is basically just Linus trying to re-invent custom watercooling
    "What if we took heat fins, and put them in water"
    "Hmm, adding a pump to move the water around would be more effective at cooling"

    • @victorng2996
      @victorng2996 3 года назад +6

      dont really need pump to move water around with that amount of water and heat source... convection current will do the trick.. but provide the surface of the water could cool down fast enough to prevent thermal throttling

    • @NN-qj4sk
      @NN-qj4sk 3 года назад +9

      @@victorng2996 It’s still more efficient to have a pump than a fucking bucket.

    • @Zuilli
      @Zuilli 3 года назад +33

      not really, it's inverting a water cooler. In normal water coolers the water is used to transport the heat away from the cpu into the fins which get air cooled by fans. Here he's literally using water as the cooler medium for the fins, if anything this is TRUE water cooling.

    • @andrewf8366
      @andrewf8366 3 года назад +7

      @@Zuilli completely agree. And eventually this system will gain temperature because it's just storing the heat in the water. Unless you bring in air to move the heat into the room, or water from the sink, it'll eventually gain temperature until equilibrium is reached (which would probably be at least room temperature)

    • @victorng2996
      @victorng2996 3 года назад +2

      @@NN-qj4sk well i said convection current thus the heat source has to be at the bottom o_o

  • @LKD70
    @LKD70 2 года назад +13

    Would actually be pretty interesting in a double-wide case

  • @pauls5745
    @pauls5745 3 года назад +10

    I love these cooling vids. maybe they can do one on "is it possible to make a dry ice cooler?"

  • @NoOne-fe3gc
    @NoOne-fe3gc 3 года назад +846

    "dang, my mouse battery is dead, brb"
    "dang, my water cooler bucket ran out of ice, brb"

    • @snappedmzakeszar9877
      @snappedmzakeszar9877 3 года назад +26

      was gonna give you a like, but then i saw you had 69 likes so i didn't want to ruin it. so here's 👍a thumbs up

    • @centlytical
      @centlytical 3 года назад +36

      @@snappedmzakeszar9877 was gonna give you a like, but then i saw you had 6 likes so i didn't want to ruin it. so here's 👍a thumbs up

    • @centlytical
      @centlytical 3 года назад +2

      @@AOmega72 lmao bruh HAHAHAHHQ

    • @mihailmilev9909
      @mihailmilev9909 3 года назад +4

      @@AOmega72 so here's 👍a thumbs up

    • @mihailmilev9909
      @mihailmilev9909 3 года назад +3

      @@centlytical was gonna give you a like, but then i saw you still had the same number of likes that the previous guy said so i didn't want to ruin it. so here's 👍a thumbs up

  • @teezy_tank
    @teezy_tank 3 года назад +580

    Mom: "Go and build a PC with the neighbors kids!"
    The neighbors kids:

  • @TheEmpowerment1
    @TheEmpowerment1 3 года назад +26

    Just coat the entire back of the board in epoxy, then you can daily this.

  • @mbgdemon
    @mbgdemon Год назад +17

    This would actually work really well if you had a proper rubber seal between the back of the case and the reservoir that snugged around the heat pipes with silicone. Then you could have a case that's computer on top, sealed container of water on the bottom, with heatskinks going through the seal down into the water, and a pump to move around the water. In practice I think this would actually be safer and more effective than a regular water cooling setup because it's fail-safe: the water is always below the computer and cannot fall upwards.

    • @infatuated9970
      @infatuated9970 Год назад +3

      I feel like it would work even better if a massive heatspreader like this one were enclosed with a pump inside of it to act as a big AIO. Circulating the liquid slowly from a big heatsync to a cooling reservoir and so forth would probably work so much better than current AIOs. This video really makes you think.

    • @infatuated9970
      @infatuated9970 Год назад +1

      But for the safety part, you're absolutely right. This would be a lot better by what you said. I'm thinking more in terms of marketability and portability

    • @LutraLovegood
      @LutraLovegood Год назад

      @@infatuated9970 There's a simpler solution of just immersing the computer in a non-electrically conductive liquid.

    • @infatuated9970
      @infatuated9970 Год назад

      @@LutraLovegood It isn't the same though. Because of the viscosity of mineral oil, it is less effective than water at pulling heat away.

    • @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441
      @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 10 месяцев назад

      Makes me wonder. would it be cheaper to just buy bags of ice for this kind of setup than whatever it costs to run an AIO pump haha

  • @gamebuster800
    @gamebuster800 3 года назад +207

    13:45 - this is a perfect summary of LTT. A dripping computer balanced on a plastic container while tearing a bag of ice open with the mouth.

    • @adamallen2316
      @adamallen2316 2 месяца назад +1

      I’ve seen so many comments about him opening bag with his mouth, what’s the issue here? How is this worth mentioning ?

    • @gamebuster800
      @gamebuster800 2 месяца назад

      @@adamallen2316 It is hard to describe. There's something _undecent_ about it - Uncultured maybe. Like wearing socks in sandals.

  • @midnightzeratul3
    @midnightzeratul3 3 года назад +334

    "We're NOT getting on the table Alex"
    *Alex on the table less than one second later*

  • @crazyjoeshorts5256
    @crazyjoeshorts5256 Год назад +1

    if you were worried about metal dust contamination and such, you could run it as a closed system, where the intake for the system was ported in from an ac unit or refrigerator/freezer that was pulling air in from outside. you might need to seal the electronic components, as constant exposure to that kind of cold air could cause moisture buildup, perhaps the cooling box could contain a small dehumidifier. this would obviously consume a lot of power, but would be a practical solution that wouldn't see a computer sitting so close to a vat of water.

  • @letterboxpops
    @letterboxpops Год назад +2

    Computer flipped on its side, heatsink submerged in ice water. Clocking in at 8 degrees C.
    Linus: I think we can do better.

  • @xXFr0sty67Xx
    @xXFr0sty67Xx 3 года назад +46

    "We are learning so many things that will never be applicable to anyone else ever again." sums up the whole vid.

  • @Angel-lp9sw
    @Angel-lp9sw 3 года назад +93

    “You’re not getting on the table ALEX”
    Next cut: *is on table*

  • @LILLJE
    @LILLJE Год назад +7

    The passive cooling heatsink would most likely work much better if it was mounted horizontal to the chassis, since the fins didn’t allow airflow to pass through the fins in this configuration.
    I’m surprised you didn’t think of that

    • @absolutehuman951
      @absolutehuman951 8 месяцев назад

      I mean... There is NO WAY it was supposed to work with flaps horizontally without any active cooling. That's just common engineering sense!

  • @melchormendoza
    @melchormendoza Год назад +12

    i wish youd revisit this idea and build an eclosure for a standard tower cooler to be water cooled with pumps and whatnot.

    • @hossosplitternacken7819
      @hossosplitternacken7819 Год назад +1

      yeah its a great concept for an heat exchanger.... and then we call it hmm maybe "radiator"😐

  • @noredine
    @noredine 3 года назад +280

    "I was super excited about it until i had to actually touch it"
    this could interpreted in another way

  • @devondvorak9176
    @devondvorak9176 3 года назад +387

    Major hardware water-cooled an air-cooler, he built an acrylic case for it too. It was a pretty cool video aswell

    • @starrfoxkid64
      @starrfoxkid64 3 года назад +24

      I was just about to say it too.
      (Good thing I checked if there was already a comment about it. *Stares at the people who type essentialy the same comments repeatability on videos*)

    • @willphillips2522
      @willphillips2522 3 года назад +52

      That’s the guy who 3D prints fan made fans right?

    • @rph_redacted
      @rph_redacted 3 года назад +3

      It was an amazing concept.

    • @PAEz...
      @PAEz... 3 года назад +23

      @@willphillips2522 Yep, one of my fav shows on yt. Hes done some other fun experiments aswell.

    • @tweaker1968
      @tweaker1968 3 года назад +22

      Came to give Major Hardware a shout-out!

  • @huggsxhuggs
    @huggsxhuggs 2 года назад

    Crazy experiment. But yup thats a lot of fun to watch

  • @etatsopa
    @etatsopa 2 года назад +3

    You'd probably want to find a way to have the fins on the heatsink oriented vertically for better convection

  • @InspectahPatio
    @InspectahPatio 3 года назад +458

    "Alex invited me to his superbowl party one time, that was nice of him!"
    "Yeah, you brought your kids."
    ahhahaha

  • @mica4977
    @mica4977 3 года назад +121

    13:41 Great idea allowing the guy notorious for dropping items to be leaning a Power Supply right over a container of water one handed while distracted opening a bag XD

    • @shodanki3736
      @shodanki3736 3 года назад +6

      I Expected "BOOM" every second ;) and a video how we fried our server with water ;)

  • @blendyboi2087
    @blendyboi2087 Год назад

    I feel like LTT needs to revisit this with a well thought out version cause this was a version of winging it experimentation. One of my favorite videos tho

  • @2nmingo
    @2nmingo Год назад

    every mobo should be like this. it would make keeping your components clean so much easier and it would probably work really well at dissipating heat

  • @BoSaGuy
    @BoSaGuy 3 года назад +264

    Linus: I don’t make the rules around here.
    Also Linus: **Is literally the CEO of the company and makes most of the rules**

    • @claycassin8437
      @claycassin8437 3 года назад +23

      His wife is the CFO. She also provided all the financial backing when they started. He may make MOST of the rules, but they have to be approved by her. That is the rule he doesn't make.

    • @trapical
      @trapical 3 года назад +10

      CEO of the company, personally owns the building, wrote the script and decided what they are doing, AND this video was probably his idea in the first place. But he doesn't make the rules!

    • @bbggakkba
      @bbggakkba 3 года назад

      @@trapical nah I think they rent

    • @Torguemada
      @Torguemada 3 года назад +3

      @@trapical As the credits clearly say Alex actually wrote the script and as such presumaply was also the one whose idea it was.

    • @trs5127
      @trs5127 3 года назад +4

      @@trapical Linus doesn't do much ideas and almost no scripts other than of devices he personally tests. That's given considering he has specialised people for that kind of stuff

  • @Tony375051
    @Tony375051 3 года назад +516

    Weird shenanigans by Linus and Alex is always a great video

  • @bogdanadrian2762
    @bogdanadrian2762 Год назад

    quite nice i've been working around this ideea for a few years

  • @byrmn__
    @byrmn__ 2 года назад

    this one is total madnes of a tech guy.. loved it!

  • @TheAlpha6echo
    @TheAlpha6echo 3 года назад +397

    Rick: “Well that’s just water cooling with extra steps!”

    • @FukkenDubben
      @FukkenDubben 3 года назад +33

      Technically, less steps. No tubes, reservoirs, or fittings to worry about. Just slap the heatsink on, fill a bucket with ice water, drop in a submersible pump, and you're good to go! No bleeding the loop, no fans to cable manage, and probably a heck of a lot cheaper too!
      Not saying this is smart.. There are just less steps, and it's definitely unique so there's that. 😂

    • @KingOfLeeYT
      @KingOfLeeYT 3 года назад

      Omg yes XD

    • @dsleong8328
      @dsleong8328 3 года назад

      not to mentioned that you dont need fans anymore ,whats not to like, its water

    • @hampopper3150
      @hampopper3150 3 года назад

      some heatsinks have copper tubing and you can just pump water throw them and it will be both air and water cooled

    • @xsvrrx
      @xsvrrx 3 года назад

      @@FukkenDubben agree i did the water cooling verion of this back in 2010 and 2013 full guide and experiment details are on toms hardware froms

  • @CJB1103
    @CJB1103 3 года назад +416

    “I don’t make the rules around here, Alex” - Linus, CEO of Linus Media Group

  • @erueka6
    @erueka6 Год назад +2

    I think a magnetic stir bar in the bottom of the tub would have made the water flow better or a very gentle wave machine to get water and air contact with the fins

  • @Anubis78250
    @Anubis78250 Год назад

    I've always thought it would be cool (no pun intended) to run a water cooling setup with the radiator inside a little under-desk fridge.
    This board is filling my head with a combo pc case that has a fridge on the back side. Keeping your gaming rig and your cold snacks chilled at the same time.

    • @StephanAhonen
      @StephanAhonen Месяц назад

      This won't work -
      A refrigerator is cold because it's got a machine in it that pumps heat from the cold space to the surroundings.
      The refrigerator manufacturer sizes that machine to be capable of pumping about the amount of heat that leaks in through the insulated walls. This is maybe a double digit number of watts or so at most. Any more is wasteful, makes it more expensive, etc
      What this means is that the hundreds of watts of heat produced by your computer will quickly overwhelm the ability of the fridge to pump that heat out of itself.
      A window A/C unit would be closer to the amount of cooling power necessary to do this. But really, at the end of the day, because you're pretty much always moving heat from your PC into lower temperature surroundings, there's no need to introduce a whole refrigeration cycle into the mix. The easiest way to get more cooling power is just to run more air through larger radiators.

  • @YeetPC
    @YeetPC 3 года назад +661

    Original title before they change it: "We Water Coolee an Air Cooler!
    "

    • @RandomsyIT
      @RandomsyIT 3 года назад +11

      Got a screenshot!

    • @Flabulo
      @Flabulo 3 года назад +29

      3 hours and they still haven't knowticed.

    • @99SuperKiller99
      @99SuperKiller99 3 года назад +5

      I don't know how or why this doesn't have more attention

    • @danielschell4593
      @danielschell4593 3 года назад +3

      i noticed it like instantly

    • @b_man-25
      @b_man-25 3 года назад +4

      only og's will remember

  • @Ryeera
    @Ryeera 3 года назад +307

    God this is the most anxiety-inducing video from LTT I have seen in a few years....

    • @mathewshapovalov9754
      @mathewshapovalov9754 3 года назад +15

      No Sarah's pc build happened recently

    • @DevanTavaresTV
      @DevanTavaresTV 3 года назад +30

      Clearly you didn't see the car radiator liquid cooled build

    • @maximravinet9950
      @maximravinet9950 3 года назад +4

      @@DevanTavaresTV yeah that one

    • @huaky24
      @huaky24 3 года назад

      Excluding the Sarah build, omg that poor heatsink.

    • @huaky24
      @huaky24 3 года назад

      Excluding the Sarah build, omg that poor heatsink.

  • @JeffNelsonBuffalo
    @JeffNelsonBuffalo Год назад

    Video should start around 8 mins. Glad I'm here with timely suggestions

  • @LukeMXack
    @LukeMXack 11 месяцев назад

    you could potentially combine the water tank and heatsink (weld) but have the heatsink at the bottom of the water, that way you won't need a pump to move around the water as the warm water will naturally displace colder water and move to the surface (hot stuff is less dense),
    next step would be to have the top side of the water container much wider like a reverse pyramid so that the surface area for the rising warm water is much larger and thus has more transmission to the air maybe even add a fan at the top.

  • @robertdascoli949
    @robertdascoli949 3 года назад +192

    "With a Dremel, everything is compatible."
    I believe that's going to go on a LTT t-shirt

    • @JoshRiolu
      @JoshRiolu 3 года назад +3

      If Ifixit started selling Dremels they'd be making millions in no time

    • @DJFreshJuice
      @DJFreshJuice 3 года назад

      I never buy merch but that might actually get me to give in

    • @Mr3ppozz
      @Mr3ppozz 3 года назад

      If it isn't on their planned merch list... it damn well should be ! XD

  • @Smothtiger
    @Smothtiger 3 года назад +101

    Reminds me of Major Hardware and his water-cooling of an air-cooler some two years ago. Though he enclosed the fins with its own reservoir. Remember it worked, sort of.

    • @thomasb1521
      @thomasb1521 3 года назад +9

      He did a check up on that a little bit ago didn't he?

    • @andrewr05
      @andrewr05 3 года назад +6

      @MajorHardware
      Yeah that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the title.

    • @sienile
      @sienile 3 года назад +4

      His was way more professional too. LTT could learn a few things from him.

    • @katarjin
      @katarjin 3 года назад +2

      @@sienile ...but then it would not be LTT.

    • @sienile
      @sienile 3 года назад

      @@katarjin - Sure it would, just with less of Linus torturing tech. :p

  • @SirPano85
    @SirPano85 Год назад

    "It's splashing! It's splashing!"
    I'm immediatly thought the same but when you was putting a so big pump exactly under the heatsink... I love PC and aquarium....

  • @theShawnFrey
    @theShawnFrey 2 года назад

    I am completely amazed any of those parts made it out of this haha

  • @brofiz9997
    @brofiz9997 3 года назад +515

    "Where's your computer?"
    "Inside the icebox over there."

    • @jankees4037
      @jankees4037 3 года назад +9

      I have a bucket here, also a waterpump for the pool outside. I just need that flipped motherboard.

    • @aserta
      @aserta 3 года назад +11

      Technically speaking, you could buy a marine type freezer kit, drill some holes in the provided heat sink, and put the coils from the freezer kit inside the cooler, then encase that in foam so you don't have to run it 24/7 and that would probably cool this to shits. It wouldn't be feasible with a regular pc, because that would condensate inside the sensitive areas, but with this, you could buy two sheets of copper sticker and put them on the case facing the cooler and on a separator board facing the case, killing off condensation.
      TLDR this setup is the first setup that can be freezer cooled without running excessive lines away from the CPU.

    • @sukhmandersingh4306
      @sukhmandersingh4306 3 года назад

      "Submerged in water"

  • @MadCowOnFire
    @MadCowOnFire 3 года назад +295

    I dont think I've felt more stress watching a video then when Linus mixes water with a computer 😰

  • @ofdime
    @ofdime Год назад

    You could do a really cool like steampunk futuristic build with that case and cooler and just no cable management/ purposefully messy cables it could look cool

  • @jonardweiheng2435
    @jonardweiheng2435 2 года назад

    Linus makes the best ad input in the universe.
    Change my mind

  • @ThatLaloBoy
    @ThatLaloBoy 3 года назад +265

    14:48
    "I don't make the rules around here Brandon."
    - Linus Sebastian, CEO of Linus Media Group
    LOL

  • @RiteshRajbhandari-lp
    @RiteshRajbhandari-lp 3 года назад +241

    "I was super excited about it until I had to actually touch it"
    That's what she said

    •  3 года назад +5

      😂

    • @mrnobody9268
      @mrnobody9268 3 года назад +6

      LMFAOOO

    • @mistermomo2904
      @mistermomo2904 3 года назад +7

      if youtube had comment awards, i'd give you one. thank you for your service o7

    • @semihylmaz3949
      @semihylmaz3949 2 года назад +2

      Nice catch!

  • @nortongartino4602
    @nortongartino4602 2 года назад

    This video is so weird but entertaining. Thanks LTT!

  • @ryskk0739
    @ryskk0739 2 года назад

    Hands down one of my favourite ltt videos

  • @MishiMIshaniz
    @MishiMIshaniz 3 года назад +53

    "you're not getting on the table, Alex!"
    *hard cut to alex on the table*

  • @MountainWo1f
    @MountainWo1f 3 года назад +106

    This video gave me an idea. 1) fill a bucket with water. 2) put a heat sink in it, but with the mounting hardware above the water line. 3) put it in the freezer. 4) test how a block of ice works as a cooler.

    • @anthrosaurian
      @anthrosaurian 3 года назад +38

      Amusingly, my neighbor discovered that this ends very badly.
      When water freezes into ice, it expands, and it will happily bend/warp/break delicate metal bits that are submerged within it, especially at the surface.
      (I might have thoroughly enjoyed watching him prove me right about just how bad of an idea it was to try to do XD)

    • @durdy911
      @durdy911 3 года назад +4

      It depends on what metals are placed in. Material like whats in the heat sink inside a freezer will be fine.

    • @ScorpioT1000
      @ScorpioT1000 3 года назад

      best power economy 2021

    • @morristgh
      @morristgh 3 года назад +11

      Also Ice Water > Ice when it comes to cooling shit.
      Many people don't realise this but ice water is always at the freezing point of water and is far superior when it comes to cooling because it's a liquid not a solid and thus far superior at dissipating heat. Ice may be able to reach sub freezing temperatures but at the end of the day you'd be better off creating a saline ice water solution.
      If you want to get serious about cooling I recommend buying a block of dry ice and dissolving it in acetone/isopropyl-alcohol. You can easily reach -75°C that way.

    • @TwoTonTaft
      @TwoTonTaft 3 года назад

      A solid block of ice can actually insulate pretty well too, depending on whatever other environmental factors are involved.

  • @13thmistral
    @13thmistral 2 года назад

    that is an awsome looking heatsink indeed

  • @joshnabours9102
    @joshnabours9102 2 года назад +3

    Today the thought occurred that maybe it is possible to make a passive cooled setup with a mineral oil / transformer oil mister setup in order to "water cool" the passive cooling. I think that would work too. With a non conductive liquid mist cooling you theoretically have a sealed case too.

  • @lamboshot3225
    @lamboshot3225 3 года назад +65

    I did this as an electronics shop project in sophomore year of high school. I flex sealed a plexiglass box around a hyper 212 and put it into a water cooling loop. It worked really well until the box broke and water went all over the motherboard

    • @cooper10182
      @cooper10182 3 года назад

      Major Hardware did something similar though think he used aquarium glue.

  • @simoncleret
    @simoncleret 3 года назад +151

    "I don't make the rules around here" - Linus, titular owner of his company

    • @ir7pf282
      @ir7pf282 3 года назад +7

      He’s a mad scientist of water cooling he doesn’t make rules, he abides them.. then bend them

  • @kris2501100
    @kris2501100 2 года назад

    Interesting, but they can also make a case with aio radiators sitting outside of the case (or separate compartment) and blow through a filter.

  • @MightyElemental
    @MightyElemental 2 года назад

    Very cool tech tip. I'll be sure to try it out

  • @tictactacos
    @tictactacos 3 года назад +38

    “You’re not getting on the table, Alex” *cut to Alex on said table*

  • @SOCMMOB
    @SOCMMOB 3 года назад +62

    You could totally make a silicon barrier between the water and the delicate bits that seals around the heat pipes and submerge your cooler in a circulating water feature. Like a lazy river through PC islands.

    • @esuil
      @esuil 3 года назад +15

      But if you are going to this length, at this point whats the points of even bothering with heatsink and water at all?
      Just submerge whole pc into oil based non-conductive liquid designed specifically for this. This is what lot of miners do to save on power usage.

    • @tesmat1243
      @tesmat1243 3 года назад +4

      This is literally what the company did to publicize the motherboard lol, in gamer nexus video is shown

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 3 года назад +3

      Also, might try placing the pump on its side (if possible) and directing the water output at the opposite wall, setting up a circulation pattern in the tank. Or a magnetic stirrer such as used in chem labs.

    • @tomschmerling9271
      @tomschmerling9271 3 года назад +4

      Just imagine a waterfall-like Build. Where the Water is running through the cooler. That would be dope!

  • @JammedFuzzball
    @JammedFuzzball 2 года назад +2

    Here is an idea, get a top dropping ice machine, port a hole at the bottom where ice/water would collected then feed that same cooler block from inside and stick the cpu connecting part out, seal and connect and run to your hearts content, install a nactua water poof fan from inside the ice maker blowing inwards from left or right to vise versa to keep water flowing through the fins.
    Now you would use your current case along with the same cooler and only need the super cheap ice machine, additionally you could drill two port holes on the lid and connect fans inside pointing out to blow outwards, which would provide a little bonus AC to your immediate area.

  • @VEN0M415
    @VEN0M415 3 года назад +465

    Real ogs remember who sealed a heatsink in a plastic box filled with water before Linus did this lol

    • @a_slakoth7420
      @a_slakoth7420 3 года назад +112

      Major Hardware for those who are interested

    • @communistgooglepartybolshe5511
      @communistgooglepartybolshe5511 3 года назад +6

      Linus steals every good idea out there & uses it ... guy has zero talent around him & zero individual thought ... sheep in wolves clothing

    • @VTOLfreak
      @VTOLfreak 3 года назад +10

      First thing I thought wen I saw the thumbnail on this video. :P

    • @aarnavchaturvedi2552
      @aarnavchaturvedi2552 3 года назад +44

      @@communistgooglepartybolshe5511 what'll you do cry about it?

    • @VEN0M415
      @VEN0M415 3 года назад +23

      @@communistgooglepartybolshe5511 to be fair it's not the same design, but the same concept, still though would be cool if LTT with its bigger budget could make what MH made but more reliable and better designed for the water flow.

  • @hoodie8819
    @hoodie8819 3 года назад +52

    5:21
    *I'm not gonna miss a chance to throw something at boss with no consequences*

    • @abm5119
      @abm5119 3 года назад

      That alone made this video worth watching

  • @bektaskonca5189
    @bektaskonca5189 2 года назад

    i have been waiting for this 20 years, someone finally had the brain to see the logic of having cpu cooling far away from everything else...

  • @HyenaPlayGames
    @HyenaPlayGames 11 месяцев назад

    The addition of the pump just makes his a water cooling with extra steps

  • @unlokia
    @unlokia 3 года назад +567

    Linus' corporate speak: *_"It's trending down"_*
    Normal person: *_"The temperature is dropping"_*

    • @LeDechaine
      @LeDechaine 3 года назад +9

      HODL :P

    • @supremeicecreme1658
      @supremeicecreme1658 3 года назад +2

      Naaahhhhh that's just science

    • @frostedlambs
      @frostedlambs 3 года назад +11

      @@supremeicecreme1658 more like a stockmarket broker talk

    • @ankur7564
      @ankur7564 3 года назад +7

      that's how real engineers talk

    • @supremeicecreme1658
      @supremeicecreme1658 3 года назад +11

      @@frostedlambs Graphs have trends! Anyone who deals with graphs will talk about trends!

  • @theigpugamer
    @theigpugamer 3 года назад +83

    5:22 the only time you get to hit your boss and he can't complain as he wasn't looking to be able to dodge it

    • @NoName-fo9ty
      @NoName-fo9ty 3 года назад +1

      Enjoy that very much i did.
      Ahhh who does that?? 😂😂🤣

    • @theigpugamer
      @theigpugamer 3 года назад

      @@NoName-fo9ty precisely 😂
      In the face

  • @mustseeice
    @mustseeice 2 года назад

    Hmm might be useful if paired with passive case cooling. Connects straight to a case.

  • @Wobble2007
    @Wobble2007 2 года назад +1

    This is actually a superb way of designing mobos and CPU coolers imo, all the heat of the CPU is on a separate side, so the GPU and CPU is separated to allow for lower temps, less hot air mixing up in close proximity, plus the CPU cooler can then be designed to be spread out across the back of the mobo like the one in this video, add to that 1 or two jumbo 200mm fans, which are much quieter than smaller ones and move much more air, now you have the GPU in its own compartment being cooled and the hot air extracted, same for the PSU, and the CPU is separated at the back, pretty much the most refined ATX design we have seen so far, everything back in the day was huddled together in a tight poorly designed case, the PSU was right by the CPU which was right above the GPU, plus the north and south bridge and the memory, all that heat in close proximity can't be good for thermals, stability, machine life expectancy and so on.
    Then they just have to work on some PC cases with this updated ATX form factor, one with a nice big separate area sealed off to isolate the CPU and it's cooler, this should end up with lower noise output as well.

  • @CCP_Xyed
    @CCP_Xyed 3 года назад +153

    Linus - submerges the NHD-15 into a bucket of Ice Water.
    Noctua - "He did what? . . . . . Linussssssssssssssssss!"
    Noctua Tech - "Can we make that work for real?"

    • @Deses
      @Deses 3 года назад +4

      Major Hardware actually did!

    • @timcollins468
      @timcollins468 3 года назад +1

      @@Deses Actually, that was a great video where he built the enclosure to basically make the heatsink into a super efficient water block. Linus, with all that workshop gear could have done an amazing version of that without nearly shorting out a system in the process.

  • @StevieeeTV
    @StevieeeTV 3 года назад +53

    Next project: Watercooling a watercooler watercooled pc

    • @magician4058
      @magician4058 3 года назад

      dis some mrbeast lvl stuff right here

    • @gliderman9302
      @gliderman9302 3 года назад

      @literally ur dope can you stop spamming junk

  • @Hito343
    @Hito343 2 года назад

    Oh my god i was so anxious watching this.

  • @jingyu_park
    @jingyu_park 2 года назад

    This is the experienment which I always wondered

  • @FunkyM217
    @FunkyM217 3 года назад +60

    These "Top Gear" Projects are always my favourite.

    • @LordWaldema
      @LordWaldema 3 года назад +17

      TONOIGHT ON LTT:
      Linus eats a plastic bag
      Alex climbs on a table
      and James says "cow"

    • @codyparker679
      @codyparker679 3 года назад +1

      Yeah you just explained why I love these so much

    • @Ryan_Mikael
      @Ryan_Mikael 3 года назад

      Same here ! i really enjoy them

  • @HamerReviews
    @HamerReviews 3 года назад +341

    SURELY this is the reason to bring back the Mineral PC? We can start calling Luke ‘slick’ again!

    • @Ryan_Mikael
      @Ryan_Mikael 3 года назад +3

      oooooo good one

    • @ben_mr6086
      @ben_mr6086 3 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @calebnault1818
      @calebnault1818 3 года назад +14

      They should re do a “mineral oil” build with 3M Novec engineering fluid it’s used in servers to submerge the racks and cools components quite well

    • @samasher5370
      @samasher5370 3 года назад +2

      Yeah was thinking the same thing. They need to make another mineral oil cooler build , it's been years since the last one

    • @offroader23
      @offroader23 3 года назад +3

      I was thinking the same thing. Mineral oil builds were so cool. Haven't seen that for ages

  • @ornn6177
    @ornn6177 2 года назад

    LTT cooling solutions are honestly the best HAHAH

  • @kuunib7325
    @kuunib7325 5 месяцев назад

    Metal dust is a real problem where I work. The metal dust I might deal with is condensed metal plasma from laser cutting machines. We do put the machines in an enclosed ''room'' with filtration but some dust always gets through.

  • @LuxLikeGaming
    @LuxLikeGaming 3 года назад +95

    Major Hardware sends his regards :D
    Edit: When you said you wanna come up with something more "usable", PLS do a colab with Major Hardware! He did something like this a while ago and he deserves it :)

    • @DJlegionuk
      @DJlegionuk 3 года назад +9

      +1 for Major Hardware

    • @Alpejohn
      @Alpejohn 3 года назад +1

      Was going to comment the same. :-P

  • @tcelltech2518
    @tcelltech2518 3 года назад +68

    This is the LTT content I've been missing. Just wish they would do benchmarks before and after

  • @shlongbongchewy
    @shlongbongchewy 2 года назад

    Im thinking of a setup where there is an upper reservoir with a lid that you can add ice to it. Then a spout lower where you can purge the excess water.

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 Год назад

    The second “no look catch” i could already see the screwdriver going through your hand or eyeball

  • @emosasukefan01234
    @emosasukefan01234 3 года назад +69

    5:20 give that person a raise. Balls of steel

  • @dajusta87
    @dajusta87 3 года назад +23

    Linus you can revisit the "whole room cooling" again with these reverse PC's all coolers touching the wall, into a copper piping that Luke's dad installed.

  • @getridofit3
    @getridofit3 2 года назад +2

    9:57 The Best moment in LTT history!

  • @GerinoMorn
    @GerinoMorn Год назад

    If that had a proper flared base with a seal, so that it could become like one side of a column (tall prism) of water, this seems like pretty decent setup. With high enough column the natural density difference will cause water to circulate: the hotter the water, the more it will circulate. And you can even leave top open for that swamp cooling :D

  • @spawngaming3261
    @spawngaming3261 3 года назад +45

    Brendon - "this is so stupid."
    Linus - " yeah well, I don't make the rules."
    Me - " Umm. Aren't you the founder and CEO of the company?"

    • @claudiusaugstus3077
      @claudiusaugstus3077 3 года назад

      Obviously not. He is a product of the company.

    • @LaDeXi
      @LaDeXi 3 года назад +2

      Exactly, he's the CEO. He's not in charge of things like that. He has other people for things like that. My guess is that Yvonne and Nick are the ones who actually make the rules in LMG.

    • @spawngaming3261
      @spawngaming3261 3 года назад

      @@LaDeXi yeah but still. Linus Media Group is his company and he is the face of it. He himself has a say on most of the videos that they do, I'm sure. After all its his reputation on the line so he must be controlling content and the actions of staff in episodes to some degree.

    • @ownedmaxer607
      @ownedmaxer607 3 года назад +2

      @@spawngaming3261 Yes, to some degree, so your right on a technicality by 15% and the joke is right on a technicality by 85%. the COO actually comes up with the rules and the CEO signs off on them. I guess always being right to some degree is the funniest joke of all time /SARCASM.

  • @RikkSpencer
    @RikkSpencer 3 года назад +87

    “I don’t make the rules around here Brandon”
    Yes, we all know Yvonne is Linus’s boss.

  • @RunEYolkonToast
    @RunEYolkonToast 2 года назад

    Thank you. I will be trying this at home.

  • @VallornDeathblade
    @VallornDeathblade 2 года назад +1

    Mom can we have water cooling?
    No, we have water cooling at home.
    Water cooling at home:

  • @poopsie117
    @poopsie117 3 года назад +50

    Jesus christ watching linus have that computer anywhere close to water made my adrenaline and stress response spike thru the whole video ...

    • @Meatsweats_o_O
      @Meatsweats_o_O 3 года назад +1

      yeah if alex was holding the card, np.
      linus holds the card....stress happens.
      what hasn't that boy dropped?

    • @Deses
      @Deses 3 года назад +1

      Relax! He's a professional!

    • @bluntobject2235
      @bluntobject2235 3 года назад +1

      @@Deses Electrician?