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I've said it before, I'll say it again: Linus and Alex doing jank water cooling is ALWAYS a great video. And this one actually performed pretty ok for parts that are almost all terrible on their own and not meant to be used together in the slightest. Alex is a master of just making it work. And I always get a kick out of how disappointed Linus is that the grand idea ended up being nothing but duct tape and cable ties. Adding some Jake to the mix just made it even funnier how bad it all came out, while still kind of doing the job.
Proof that Alex is a fantastic engineer. Taking random garbage from the mid-2000s and making a functional water-cooling system (mostly) capable of handling a 13900K and an RTX 4090 is actually pretty fricking incredible. 😂
@@Malicious2013 I would say it was capable. I don't recall it thermal throttling, which is insane. Sure, it wasn't as great as custom built gear, but the fact it did as well as it did is a testament to his skill. Same with the Engineers he consulted. How do we cool this mighty system? Zip ties. Classic engineers.
Poor Jake just wanted to drill a big hole 🤣 What a turnaround from that video where Linus bores a hole into the front of a PC case and Jake is attacked by said PC case/bore drill into slo-mo "how did my life decisions lead me here" face montage 😅🤣😭😅🫠
With Latvian mail you have to describe what the package contains on the label and it's usually easier to put some random stuff on there so they don't bother to check it. Source: Lived in Latvia for multiple years
Those EM-technik fittings are actually pretty expensive (if they are not knock-off of course), they are resistant to a lot of chemicals and used a lot in laboratory / pharmaceutical and foodprocessing applications. Used these things a lot at work.
Yep and the color is normal too. The new ones made out of PP have the same coloring. Just the press ring design changed a bit. But these fittings are actually pretty reliable.
Have a feeling those envelopes were intentionally labeled as fishing lures and hair clips to deal with import/export customs since some countries may have more strict limits on what kind of IT equipment can be imported/exported.
This was amazing. Back in the late 90's early 2000's we used to watercool like this. I helped a friend build a geothermic radiator, that ran a copper pipe 15' under his back lawn; 30' into his yard and back again to his house, through fitting in the side of his house (all copper piping mind you) back to the office, where he had quick connect fittings custom built to run copper piping up to his computer, which was on a rudimentary test bench, and to hand made copper sinks. This took me way back to those days. I'm surprised no one mentions the galvanic corrosion issues caused by an aluminum sink and copper blocks... still that was entertaining!
@@NeXtarProducts it still works. he has his modern gaming rig on it now. changed the fittings so normal water cooling piping can connect to the copper pipes. the water is like 40F year round, he has a pretty heavy duty pump in a separate room so the whole thing is pretty much dead silent; and he lives in an area the ground freezes. part of why we buried the pipes down to 15 feet was because the ground doesn't freeze that deeply, and the temps are maintained at a pretty regular 40F or so year round (we consulted a guy about this when we were planning it). I remember when we built it we were joking about how much overkill it was for a 45W cpu being overclocked, and that it might be able to cool a cpu running 200W through it. Didn't realize that he could easily run a 1000W system on it. still can't warm the water, and he's got a 3090 and threadripper on it.
I remember reading a post where a guy was burying pipes to cool his PC outside his window in 1999, back when over clocking required soldering wires to increase power to the chip, nothing was easy like today.
"16K Gaming" didn't use SLI, it used Nvidia Mosaic, a Quadro-exclusive feature that requires special hardware. Also, SLI isn't fully dead if you're willing to tweak compatibility bits in Nvidia Inspector.
@@Incommensurabilities I don't fully understand it myself, and it varies by graphics API, but generally SLI is implemented at the _engine_ level, and then optimized on a game-by-game basis, so the SLI profile/settings for one game will be [at least partially] compatible with other games that use the same engine.
Alphacool may have sold them as computer parts, but they are CLEARLY repurposed industrial cooling devices strapped together. They look like they're originally for condensing a gas into a liquid, like for an HVAC refrigerant condenser loop.
were made by AquaComputer in Germany and aret meant to be mounted in the top of the case, not on their side like that. mine has served me well for almost 2 decades now
For anyone wondering, the radiator used is a 6 column Alphacool Cape Cora from 2006, they were actually really good for the day but were designed for silently cooling a Core2 Duo era CPU (so up to 65w TDP). The team would have known from the beginning that it had zero chance of handling the heat load they were going to throw at it, made for a funny video though :)
Tbh, I'd love to get a dual pump setup and try to liquid cool a system using 12 columns of the cape coral system. Maybe more if needed. See what the minimum is for, say, a 5960X or whatever the more modern R7 chip is. Or hell, try cooling the most power hungry CPU available. Would be an interesting thought experiment. Trying mid 2000s water-cooling tech on modern hardware
The good part could be that we all watched that nice assembling so the one who did it now knows his work has been recognized, otherwise it would be just sitting there on Linus' labs.
I mean, it’s that person’s job, they probably don’t really care. They get paid anyway, they don’t have to fix it again and they probably do this every day.
And I don't. He got all the credit he deserved. IMO that controller fans cables could be plugged better. I prefer solid connection (NV 12 pin power :D ) over slightly better aesthetics :)
Can we please have more jank-genering with Alex. The overall glibness of these videos is superb, and the high end MacGyver solutions are highly relatable. Next up can Alex super-cool a gaming laptop so you can devistate at the cafe!
Those don't look like ancient fittings, it's just a standard color for PPh material. Commonly used when you are transferring various chemicals. Source: I use them in my line of work constantly (em-technik being high shelf for this type of connectors made of special plastics)
He got a good deal on the “fishing lures” as well, those are nickel plated or stainless steel push-to-connect tube fittings. “Real” ones are usually over $10 apiece.
@@solarcheese those 'fishing lures' fittings are used in industrial applications all the time and they work just fine. And usually they aren't even made of metal, but plastic. But the thing is: they're meant to be used with tubing with calibrated outer diameter.
It’s so funny seeing Linus as the boss saying “I shouldn’t be expected to read everything I approve!” It reminds me of my boss at work like yeah that’s the point of you approving it haha
The eBay pump works fine. It just needs 12 volts ac. It is actually a small induction motor with a magnetically coupled impeller. The magnet on the impeller shaft magnet works as a stator.
Where would you have 12AV around a normal computer though? Surely no one back then would've slapped a whole DC to AC converter in so the only option would be a step down transformer from 110/220V?
@Resneptacle Wall power bricks with 12VAC output were a thing. If you wanted to get fancy, you could've used a relay for turning the pump on with the computer. 220v pump were also not uncommon in watercooling.
The rando PCB they pull out at the end is the driver for it, it connects external or internal 12DC to 12 AC, and the pump connects to the green terminal blocks on the board.
TBH I loved the design on that front mounted reservoir, very industrial looking! The passive radiador isn't bad either, it looks like it can be expanded, adding 2-3 modules to that radiator should make it work a lot better!
Nah, way too many single use cable ties, look at the fan controller how many there are. Need to swap one fan? Welp, better snip all those ties out and redo the entire cable string there! Pretty but not practical or good for maintenance
Gotta get it and say i got the 70 $ full ghetto(less price conscious) experience with 2 fans radiator and 2 plates , all i had to get was the tubing . it still works , needs cleaning every 6 months. love seeing the old jank better in a way
I really _really_ want to see "sketchy CPU cooler part 3" - your workshop came a long way since the last "attempt" so did the craftsmanship of the team. Pleeeeease! The other two videos were so funny.
LTT shows time after time again on how to do a sponsored Video! This is soooo good! I love OriginPC for allowing this to happen. Jank Builds with Alex are my favourite LTT Videos
"Alex goes full on mad scientist and applies crude, intustrial solutions to PC building" has gotta be my favourite genre of LTT videos We may not get any more Sketchy Heatsinks, but this is even better
i actually really like the Front mounted reservoir ! it looks a bit oldschool... but pretty cool design. i can remember that in the beginning of watercooling things like those reservoirs or the t-virus styled ones for example were a cool thing ... today i think most res' look boring .
That radiator did rather better than I expected... now I want to see a whole case or least all the main panels made of them! With a bit more pump that might actually work really well, for a jank build anyway...
@@timhartherz5652 Indeed, but personal computer sized computers didn't used to be pushing to reach 1Kw consumed the way that system does. I wasn't expecting it to keep up at all with no forced airflow.
I love how everyone of Alex bad Watercooling Idea Videos is absolutely stunningly clever and painfully braincell melting at the same time. absolutely love it, it's such an emotional rollercoaster ever damn time, this is big big big entertainment and I just LOVE seeing garbage being fixed up to be okay, good for the enviroment!!
i think what happened with the packaging was you bought your parts from a seller called inta and they used their old boxes as packaging for your product
More like Inta lists a bunch of stuff on Ebay that they don't really have, when someone places an order Inta buys the stuff from China, and then when it arrives they just dumped the envelopes from China into the box for LTT without bothering to check what they actually got from China.
@@coreymorse1347 Exactly. He does drop shipping 100%, and the weird item names on the packaging are for avoiding customs fees - I may or may not do that sometimes, if you ask the seller to put a low price on the packaging or list a different item, the customs officers won't check what's in the box, because the price is too low, and you don't pay tax on your packege - here's an unethical life hack for you'll
It was sent to Latvia because that's where they consolidate packages. If you order like 5 things they would be sent to same address and they would package it into another box and ship that box to save shipping cost. It's normal.
Bro, they probably bought from privates.... What most likely happened is that the dude, Inda, is drop shipping. He ordered a bunch of crap from china, and then simply dropped all the packages in a bigger box without checking if he got what he ordered, and in some cases he clearly didn't xD
24:53 I know there wasn't really anything you could do about this, but I think that radiator would work a bit better if the heat exchangers were plumbed in series instead of parallel.
The hydrodynamic resistance would be horrible. But feeding the array from the top might help a bit. It works like that in ordinary home radiators at least.
Linus and Co. horribly brutalise a beautifully custom-built gaming PC with $500 worth of assorted Latvian garbage off Ebay and make Origin pay for the privilege. Amazing content.
I'm sure Inta just order cheap stuff from AliExpress and selling it a bit more expensive on ebay. Don't even bother re-pack it, just sends it in the AliExpress packaging with his details on it.
@@XzXmullvadXzX That wouldn't make sense, especially when you can't even find half the stuff on ali. Not to mention that the packaging mentions completely different items. And if you know Latvians, they rarely try to sell stuff online in such markets.
@@raremc1620 alot of stuff on Ali is blocked for different regions in the world. Searching on Ali with VPN in different countries will give you a lot of different stuff with the same search terms. And regarding the description on the packages, from the hundreds of packages I have been sent from Ali, none of them have been accurate. It can be marked as mountain bike accessories, RC toy repair parts, all kind of non describing words. At least for EU packages it might be like that.
Alex making Jake laugh over the "garbage fabrications" are the best thing ever. i would watch an entire video of Alex telling stand up with Jake as the audience laughing.
I love the new production quality. You should call these shows, “The Scrapyard” because I think this is the closest we are going to get to scrapyard wars
I feel sorry for the cable managing artist at Origin that had their work turn into this. Also as someone that could never have a computer this good it hurts to see that done to it.
If you think that’s the best cable management you’ve ever seen then you’ve never looked inside a Mac Pro Tower. Leaving aside issues of whether it’s as fast, or whether you like the OS, the cable management in a pro Mac tower is another level.
@4:58 holy moly I think I still have the exact same reservoir lying around in my basement. Back then I had it installed in the front of my Lian Li case to just..look cool I guess? I mean 20 years ago the world was different
Hey LTT I just wanna thank y’all’s for helping me with my pc journey at the start I didn’t know anything about pcs and computers and thanks to y’all’s now I do I hope you get to see this I just bought the parts to my first ever pc it’s not much but I’m gonna build it now that I’m more confident I can’t wait to build it thanks LTT
Blacklord 120 + Hydor 1200 + DTek Whitewater, tankless. I still have my old 2004 rig in a box. Old stuff are still good stuff. If it can freeze a P4D over 4ghz, it's still actually good. The good times when watercooling was fun and experimental.
Alex might be the luckiest guy on the planet. He gets paid to use his passions, pc building and engineering, and come up with the funniest work arounds he can come up with!
I like these low effort video once in a while they are chill laid back and always funny. I can for a fact say that Dan is the GOAT. Also is LTT 24/7 live stream coming back? i liked playing it in the background while studying
Thank you for this informational instruction video, on how to do water-cooling! I will get on with it, as soon as expert materials like yours arrive! 😆
Those fittings in the possible mis-directed package are for plastic semi-flexible hard line that is normally use in semi-trucks for there air lines. They are good connectors, but only for high pressure system due to press to fit. The pressure tries to push the line back out, creating a seal by the design that requires the line to by push into the connector and the plastic ring must be held into the connector at the same to remove the connector.
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"The scratches give you more surface area" is a great way to set the pace for this project. Alex really is just built for jankiness.
He should team up with the master of jankiness: Luke. That will be fun!
His intro on the radiator was hilarious. "It's hand made and passive!!"
built for cringe
Alex was born into jank.
First thing to come to my mind when Linus mentioned the scratches.
I think the "Alex cools a PC but very weirdly" series of videos has got to be one of my all time favorite series on youtube.
100% agree
he literally AIMS for the jank whenever he can
Janky Alex cooling needs its own theme song
The "Alex Does Amusing Jank" series needs its own catchy and jank title.
He should have a show called “How (Not) To” or something lol
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Linus and Alex doing jank water cooling is ALWAYS a great video. And this one actually performed pretty ok for parts that are almost all terrible on their own and not meant to be used together in the slightest. Alex is a master of just making it work. And I always get a kick out of how disappointed Linus is that the grand idea ended up being nothing but duct tape and cable ties. Adding some Jake to the mix just made it even funnier how bad it all came out, while still kind of doing the job.
Proof that Alex is a fantastic engineer. Taking random garbage from the mid-2000s and making a functional water-cooling system (mostly) capable of handling a 13900K and an RTX 4090 is actually pretty fricking incredible. 😂
@@Malicious2013 I would say it was capable. I don't recall it thermal throttling, which is insane.
Sure, it wasn't as great as custom built gear, but the fact it did as well as it did is a testament to his skill.
Same with the Engineers he consulted. How do we cool this mighty system? Zip ties. Classic engineers.
Poor Jake just wanted to drill a big hole 🤣 What a turnaround from that video where Linus bores a hole into the front of a PC case and Jake is attacked by said PC case/bore drill into slo-mo "how did my life decisions lead me here" face montage 😅🤣😭😅🫠
It takes talent to make something purposely jank.
same I really enjoy these vids
With Latvian mail you have to describe what the package contains on the label and it's usually easier to put some random stuff on there so they don't bother to check it.
Source: Lived in Latvia for multiple years
No way. I used to live in Latvia for 14 years (from birth) now living in uk
@@VideoUploader00 sveiki :D
@@wesselpoldervaart4658 čau :D
@@VideoUploader00 pats čau!
Yes! A lot of out of country shippers will do that to avoid expensive customs or stealing.
Those EM-technik fittings are actually pretty expensive (if they are not knock-off of course), they are resistant to a lot of chemicals and used a lot in laboratory / pharmaceutical and foodprocessing applications. Used these things a lot at work.
yup, they also can be used in gas installations
Yeah, what a hoser...
Yep and the color is normal too. The new ones made out of PP have the same coloring. Just the press ring design changed a bit. But these fittings are actually pretty reliable.
@@GamingJuli PP, haha.
@@GamingJuli that must suck for whoever needs to be sacrificed
Have a feeling those envelopes were intentionally labeled as fishing lures and hair clips to deal with import/export customs since some countries may have more strict limits on what kind of IT equipment can be imported/exported.
Or to avoid taxes on exports/imports
Yeah, they do. On things like drugs, alcohol, chemicals. Not old ass fittings.
Latvia shouldn't have strict restrictions for those things. After all it is in EU.
@@TheByQQ reading comprehension -40.
Don't even wanna get into whatever the fk "ass fittings" are supposed to be.
@@freedustin You read it as old ass-fittings, instead of old-ass fittings?
Kinda sus.
This was amazing. Back in the late 90's early 2000's we used to watercool like this. I helped a friend build a geothermic radiator, that ran a copper pipe 15' under his back lawn; 30' into his yard and back again to his house, through fitting in the side of his house (all copper piping mind you) back to the office, where he had quick connect fittings custom built to run copper piping up to his computer, which was on a rudimentary test bench, and to hand made copper sinks. This took me way back to those days. I'm surprised no one mentions the galvanic corrosion issues caused by an aluminum sink and copper blocks... still that was entertaining!
People don't realize we had to MAKE our own blocks.
Damn. LTT needs to take notes! Geothermal water cooled PC sounds amazing!
@@NeXtarProducts it still works. he has his modern gaming rig on it now. changed the fittings so normal water cooling piping can connect to the copper pipes. the water is like 40F year round, he has a pretty heavy duty pump in a separate room so the whole thing is pretty much dead silent; and he lives in an area the ground freezes. part of why we buried the pipes down to 15 feet was because the ground doesn't freeze that deeply, and the temps are maintained at a pretty regular 40F or so year round (we consulted a guy about this when we were planning it). I remember when we built it we were joking about how much overkill it was for a 45W cpu being overclocked, and that it might be able to cool a cpu running 200W through it. Didn't realize that he could easily run a 1000W system on it. still can't warm the water, and he's got a 3090 and threadripper on it.
@@arizona_anime_fan Awesome! It's a baby geothermal heat pump.
I remember reading a post where a guy was burying pipes to cool his PC outside his window in 1999, back when over clocking required soldering wires to increase power to the chip, nothing was easy like today.
Since SLI is no longer a thing so we can't do "Trying to game in 40K!" projects, these insane watercooling vids are some of my favorites.
Sli is technically only dead on consumer cards. If they have workstation cards or get sponsered by nvidia they probably still could do 40k with nvlink
"16K Gaming" didn't use SLI, it used Nvidia Mosaic, a Quadro-exclusive feature that requires special hardware.
Also, SLI isn't fully dead if you're willing to tweak compatibility bits in Nvidia Inspector.
@@ChristianStout Doesn't SLI rely on the software/games supporting it? Or does the tweak somehow get around that?
@@Incommensurabilities I don't fully understand it myself, and it varies by graphics API, but generally SLI is implemented at the _engine_ level, and then optimized on a game-by-game basis, so the SLI profile/settings for one game will be [at least partially] compatible with other games that use the same engine.
Pretty sure you can get SLI working through software, but it doesn't work well
The "You can't expect me to read everything I approve" has to be the most realistic management quote I have ever heard.
"I was elected to lead, not to read." -President Arnold Schwarzenagger, Simpsons Movie
That side panel peel away effect at 6:43 caught me off guard, hats off to the editor, impressive stuff!
Every episode like this Alex becomes more and more janky, and I love it. The fan he chose at the end was perfect.
feels like he should get fired for how much his builds cost (timewise) (as a cost per vid perspective
I legit thaught to myself: I need to see this with an insane fan to make that radiator work.
Just made me happy :D
That fan was the most above board part of the whole build...
I freaking LOVE when Alex is given full on on the project! that is most hilarious episodes of mine!
I'm actually shocked that Linus does not recognize the passive radiators as Alphacool Cape Cora. They are legendary.
Yep, even just a window open the basic airflow cooled
I remember wanting these for ages after seeing the Milliondollar PC MDPC-024 build but never having the money for watercooling.
Alphacool may have sold them as computer parts, but they are CLEARLY repurposed industrial cooling devices strapped together. They look like they're originally for condensing a gas into a liquid, like for an HVAC refrigerant condenser loop.
@@ChristopherHallett they look like trans oil coolers on cars.
@@arcanask Definitely auto transmission oil coolers which means you can get them for cheap at the demo yard.
14:35 “Can you believe nobody wanted this?” I know a dankpods fan when I see them
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God, I absolutely love this "series". Anything where Alex and Linus have to deal with eachothers' respective buffoonery is glorious and pure comedy.
Seriously! totally reminds me of the golden era of Top Gear! this makes me so happy
I mean that solid aluminium reservoir is pretty badass looking.
from the looks it should be a Aquacomputer Aquatube from back in the day
the Delrin version is still sold by aquacomputer
It's either an AquaComputer design, or a clone of one, I had a blue version back in the day.
Don't you mean Paper Clip? I mean it was shipped as a Paper Clip.
were made by AquaComputer in Germany and aret meant to be mounted in the top of the case, not on their side like that. mine has served me well for almost 2 decades now
@@phuzz00 This is definitely correct. Not meant for rackmount by any means, used to go in a 5 1/4 adapter plate. This was "The shit" back in the day.
I love when Alex shows up on camera. It's always a sign that things are going to get hilariously janky. My sides hurt from laughing.
We will all miss Brandon when the backlog is caught up
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I will 100% not care.
@@ConeJellos ok
@@Carl_Gunderson Damn... Been watching since before he was even hired it's kinda sad to know he's going but hey as long as he's successful and happy.
For anyone wondering, the radiator used is a 6 column Alphacool Cape Cora from 2006, they were actually really good for the day but were designed for silently cooling a Core2 Duo era CPU (so up to 65w TDP). The team would have known from the beginning that it had zero chance of handling the heat load they were going to throw at it, made for a funny video though :)
Liquid cooling a core2duo Sounds like an absolute meme for someone Born in 1996 lmao
Tbh, I'd love to get a dual pump setup and try to liquid cool a system using 12 columns of the cape coral system. Maybe more if needed. See what the minimum is for, say, a 5960X or whatever the more modern R7 chip is. Or hell, try cooling the most power hungry CPU available. Would be an interesting thought experiment. Trying mid 2000s water-cooling tech on modern hardware
26:38 - THAT joke didn't age well...
It aged better than a fiberglass hull 😅
seeing alex grow in confidence on camera has been incredible love watching his trials :D
Welcome to years ago...
I like building jank that works so Alex's parties sound great!
You people are so privileged....
@@Alcoholic_Nerd feeling ok?
I feel sad for the Origin person who so carefully assembled and tested this just for them to tear it all apart. :( but we definitely enjoyed the jank
The good part could be that we all watched that nice assembling so the one who did it now knows his work has been recognized, otherwise it would be just sitting there on Linus' labs.
I mean, it’s that person’s job, they probably don’t really care. They get paid anyway, they don’t have to fix it again and they probably do this every day.
And I don't. He got all the credit he deserved. IMO that controller fans cables could be plugged better. I prefer solid connection (NV 12 pin power :D ) over slightly better aesthetics :)
Can we please have more jank-genering with Alex. The overall glibness of these videos is superb, and the high end MacGyver solutions are highly relatable. Next up can Alex super-cool a gaming laptop so you can devistate at the cafe!
Jake groaning "Oh god" when Alex mentions what Linus wants to do represents what its like having to deal with him daily 17:08
Those don't look like ancient fittings, it's just a standard color for PPh material. Commonly used when you are transferring various chemicals. Source: I use them in my line of work constantly (em-technik being high shelf for this type of connectors made of special plastics)
He got a good deal on the “fishing lures” as well, those are nickel plated or stainless steel push-to-connect tube fittings. “Real” ones are usually over $10 apiece.
I use them too, those look really old though, as in, you can tell the plastic wasn't made a couple years ago
@@solarcheese those 'fishing lures' fittings are used in industrial applications all the time and they work just fine. And usually they aren't even made of metal, but plastic. But the thing is: they're meant to be used with tubing with calibrated outer diameter.
Love EVERY video that has the 2 of you watercooling anything, always a joy to watch
That's easily the best cable management I've ever seen from an S.I
Love seeing Alex and Jake together they're soo good at these projects and explain so much.
As someone from Latvia, the hairclip boxes addressed to Inta made me laugh my ass off
I know one Inta who does nails and is also somewhat a hairdresser. She lives in UK though.
Probably just dodging VID tarrifs
Or just too lazy to find the actual thing in EMDAS
Love these janky projects Alex works on, they are some of my favorite LMG videos. Can't wait to see what he comes up with next!
This just became my favorite LTT video. The blind enthusiasm and commitment to jank... so good.
Nice to hear Brandon still on these videos before he left.
Come again?
@xxdevmodexx Brandon left voluntarily and with only good things between him and the rest of lmg it seems. Wanted more of a challenge
I feel like this video's cinematography is just way better than the previous ones.
Great job
14:39 Alex with the DankPods reference.
Next thing you know Jake will be going, "OH MY PUCKSILLL!"
It’s so funny seeing Linus as the boss saying “I shouldn’t be expected to read everything I approve!” It reminds me of my boss at work like yeah that’s the point of you approving it haha
@gmu_alum08 I actually work as an auditor for my college funny enough lol
TO BE FAIR, he purposefully hires people he thinks he can trust to make good calls
I would like a boss like that.
"I was elected to lead, not to read"
The eBay pump works fine. It just needs 12 volts ac. It is actually a small induction motor with a magnetically coupled impeller. The magnet on the impeller shaft magnet works as a stator.
That bare cable probably went to a barrel jack in a slot plate that they didn't get
It would 120 or 230v ac it's an eheim pump they never made anything low voltage.
Where would you have 12AV around a normal computer though? Surely no one back then would've slapped a whole DC to AC converter in so the only option would be a step down transformer from 110/220V?
@Resneptacle Wall power bricks with 12VAC output were a thing. If you wanted to get fancy, you could've used a relay for turning the pump on with the computer. 220v pump were also not uncommon in watercooling.
The rando PCB they pull out at the end is the driver for it, it connects external or internal 12DC to 12 AC, and the pump connects to the green terminal blocks on the board.
This is the most jank, cursed, scuffed setup I've ever seen. I am morbidly fascinated and can't look away.
TBH I loved the design on that front mounted reservoir, very industrial looking!
The passive radiador isn't bad either, it looks like it can be expanded, adding 2-3 modules to that radiator should make it work a lot better!
I must say, these videos with Alex are my all time favorites next to the Intel Extreme Upgrade series.
Can't wait for the AMD series to start.
That one worker who did the cable management needs some praise 👏
For real, I was so bricked up when I saw that sexy cable management.
@@averagemike2171 the time it took for the dude to probs only get 20cvucks per unit
Nah, way too many single use cable ties, look at the fan controller how many there are. Need to swap one fan? Welp, better snip all those ties out and redo the entire cable string there!
Pretty but not practical or good for maintenance
@JoLuMinecraft true overlooked that if they replace them with velcro ones then that's just cherry ontop
Gotta get it and say i got the 70 $ full ghetto(less price conscious) experience with 2 fans radiator and 2 plates , all i had to get was the tubing . it still works , needs cleaning every 6 months. love seeing the old jank better in a way
The ghetto experience 🤣
I think the “Alex makes something Janky” is my favourite video format as of late
I love these types of videos! This has the same energy as the steamdeck cooling video.
I really _really_ want to see "sketchy CPU cooler part 3" - your workshop came a long way since the last "attempt" so did the craftsmanship of the team. Pleeeeease! The other two videos were so funny.
14:41 Hey a Dankpods reference!
Watching the excitement drain out of Linus's face in the first half was amazing
Every time I watch these garage build videos, just shows how cool of a boss Linus is with his team. Keep up the good work guys.
Watching it feels like watching some kind of tech sit com. Love the dynamics and puns
Every video where there's interaction between teammates is superior than just talking to camera. Keep 'em coming.
LTT shows time after time again on how to do a sponsored Video! This is soooo good! I love OriginPC for allowing this to happen.
Jank Builds with Alex are my favourite LTT Videos
"Alex goes full on mad scientist and applies crude, intustrial solutions to PC building" has gotta be my favourite genre of LTT videos
We may not get any more Sketchy Heatsinks, but this is even better
This needs to become a "We have water-cooling at home meme"
Linus and Alex doing some frankenstein thing is my favourite, 100% would watch.
Alex's excitement during these videos is great. Dude is just so happy for random engineering projects lol.
As a fellow engineer, if Alex invited me over for "fun," I would be thrilled if it was this level of janky shenanigans! XD
So.... report that fittings seller. They no longer deserve an account if that's what they pull.
That ending aged well 😂
11:38 That 4090 hanging off the end of the table and Linus swinging his elbow around millimetres away from it gives me the Jeebuzes.
It is weird how much hype I get when Linus mentions Latvia or Mikrotik (a Latvian company).
i actually really like the Front mounted reservoir ! it looks a bit oldschool... but pretty cool design. i can remember that in the beginning of watercooling things like those reservoirs or the t-virus styled ones for example were a cool thing ... today i think most res' look boring .
3:48 Linus, please do a follow-up video on how your inbox was flooded by people claiming a set of free EK fittings😄
" i cant be expected to read everything i approve"
Spoken like a trure CEO Linus!
I love Alex's "jank" projects since it's always interesting but something I would never attempt myself.
shoutout to "janky pc cooling solutions dreamed up by Alex" gotta be one of my favorite genders
I gotta say, "Alex's adventures in janky water cooling" are my favourite LTT videos! Please keep giving this madman more projects ❤
I love your content so much Linus
That radiator did rather better than I expected... now I want to see a whole case or least all the main panels made of them! With a bit more pump that might actually work really well, for a jank build anyway...
For a weaker system it should be more than enough to keep it cool and quiet.
There used to be commercial solutions like this.
@@timhartherz5652 Indeed, but personal computer sized computers didn't used to be pushing to reach 1Kw consumed the way that system does. I wasn't expecting it to keep up at all with no forced airflow.
I remember that round metal reservoir, It was THE reservoir to use back in ca. 2003. When this was how watercooling was done >
I love how everyone of Alex bad Watercooling Idea Videos is absolutely stunningly clever and painfully braincell melting at the same time. absolutely love it, it's such an emotional rollercoaster ever damn time, this is big big big entertainment and I just LOVE seeing garbage being fixed up to be okay, good for the enviroment!!
i think what happened with the packaging was you bought your parts from a seller called inta and they used their old boxes as packaging for your product
More like Inta lists a bunch of stuff on Ebay that they don't really have, when someone places an order Inta buys the stuff from China, and then when it arrives they just dumped the envelopes from China into the box for LTT without bothering to check what they actually got from China.
@@coreymorse1347 Exactly. He does drop shipping 100%, and the weird item names on the packaging are for avoiding customs fees - I may or may not do that sometimes, if you ask the seller to put a low price on the packaging or list a different item, the customs officers won't check what's in the box, because the price is too low, and you don't pay tax on your packege - here's an unethical life hack for you'll
@@ffoska except if they do a sample check on your package, you're screwed, and it can happen
14:30 is that a dankpods reference?
Who did it better? Origin PC or this segue to our sponsor?!?!
That black aquacomputer reservoir brings back memories, I used them back in 2006 and it worked great!
Linus and Jake are such a perfect match for one another. The couple that drops together stays together.
Now Linus has to taste test any upcoming tech and give feedback based on taste.
Channelfun idea. Blindfold Linus and make him guess what random tech he just licked.
Linus Taste Tips
It was sent to Latvia because that's where they consolidate packages. If you order like 5 things they would be sent to same address and they would package it into another box and ship that box to save shipping cost. It's normal.
Bro, they probably bought from privates....
What most likely happened is that the dude, Inda, is drop shipping.
He ordered a bunch of crap from china, and then simply dropped all the packages in a bigger box without checking if he got what he ordered, and in some cases he clearly didn't xD
Yup. And the weird package descriptions (Hairclip and so on) is very likely for customs purposes.
24:53 I know there wasn't really anything you could do about this, but I think that radiator would work a bit better if the heat exchangers were plumbed in series instead of parallel.
The hydrodynamic resistance would be horrible. But feeding the array from the top might help a bit. It works like that in ordinary home radiators at least.
Linus and Co. horribly brutalise a beautifully custom-built gaming PC with $500 worth of assorted Latvian garbage off Ebay and make Origin pay for the privilege. Amazing content.
This seems like an excellent Scrapyard Wars theme. Great video!
Me living in Latvia and someone mentioned my country 🤯
I'm pretty sure Inta wasn't looking for fittings :D
I think they were re-using some packaging or something from a shipment return.
I'm sure Inta just order cheap stuff from AliExpress and selling it a bit more expensive on ebay. Don't even bother re-pack it, just sends it in the AliExpress packaging with his details on it.
@@XzXmullvadXzX That wouldn't make sense, especially when you can't even find half the stuff on ali. Not to mention that the packaging mentions completely different items. And if you know Latvians, they rarely try to sell stuff online in such markets.
@@raremc1620 alot of stuff on Ali is blocked for different regions in the world. Searching on Ali with VPN in different countries will give you a lot of different stuff with the same search terms.
And regarding the description on the packages, from the hundreds of packages I have been sent from Ali, none of them have been accurate. It can be marked as mountain bike accessories, RC toy repair parts, all kind of non describing words. At least for EU packages it might be like that.
Never thought to hear Latvia in LTT video , maybe more people will know that our little country exists lol
Alex making Jake laugh over the "garbage fabrications" are the best thing ever. i would watch an entire video of Alex telling stand up with Jake as the audience laughing.
I love the new production quality. You should call these shows, “The Scrapyard” because I think this is the closest we are going to get to scrapyard wars
Holy shit this blowed
I feel sorry for the cable managing artist at Origin that had their work turn into this. Also as someone that could never have a computer this good it hurts to see that done to it.
well you could certainly manage your cables as good.
@@tarkitarker0815 That is an art form that takes time and practice to make that good, I'd never be able to do it.
If you think that’s the best cable management you’ve ever seen then you’ve never looked inside a Mac Pro Tower. Leaving aside issues of whether it’s as fast, or whether you like the OS, the cable management in a pro Mac tower is another level.
@4:58 holy moly I think I still have the exact same reservoir lying around in my basement. Back then I had it installed in the front of my Lian Li case to just..look cool I guess? I mean 20 years ago the world was different
"ITS HAND MADE AND PASSIVE!!" *wheeeeze*....... that sentence will live with me...........forever............thanku
Hey LTT I just wanna thank y’all’s for helping me with my pc journey at the start I didn’t know anything about pcs and computers and thanks to y’all’s now I do I hope you get to see this I just bought the parts to my first ever pc it’s not much but I’m gonna build it now that I’m more confident I can’t wait to build it thanks LTT
Blacklord 120 + Hydor 1200 + DTek Whitewater, tankless.
I still have my old 2004 rig in a box. Old stuff are still good stuff. If it can freeze a P4D over 4ghz, it's still actually good.
The good times when watercooling was fun and experimental.
17:08 Jake’s “Oh God” 😂 absolute terror
Just by Alex's face on the first frame I already know that's going to be EPIC.
Alex might be the luckiest guy on the planet. He gets paid to use his passions, pc building and engineering, and come up with the funniest work arounds he can come up with!
Alex jank videos are top tier. More please!
I like these low effort video once in a while they are chill laid back and always funny. I can for a fact say that Dan is the GOAT. Also is LTT 24/7 live stream coming back? i liked playing it in the background while studying
Thank you for this informational instruction video, on how to do water-cooling!
I will get on with it, as soon as expert materials like yours arrive!
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Those fittings in the possible mis-directed package are for plastic semi-flexible hard line that is normally use in semi-trucks for there air lines. They are good connectors, but only for high pressure system due to press to fit. The pressure tries to push the line back out, creating a seal by the design that requires the line to by push into the connector and the plastic ring must be held into the connector at the same to remove the connector.
I LOVE THIS, THANK YOU LINUS, ALEX, AND JAKE