Custom Water Cooled PC - SPEED BUILD

[CPotter]

 

[Shreyas1]

Just because it's a speed build doesn't mean you can post the video so fast that it's still restricted 

 

ok nvm it's not restricted anymore 

Edited October 27, 2019 by Shreyas1

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, CPotter said:

 

Yall gotta get some cheap RGB fans in for review from ebay/aliexpress

 

can get them for $5 or less there, since brand name fans are way too expensive IMO.

[Hunter259]

That kink eek

[maksakal]

C'mon guys, this port side up because it's easier for water to push the bubbles? C'mon guys, you know that's kinda not true. I thought I clicked on The Verge by accident, I was expecting better from you.

It depends on the layout of your rad, but most rads on the market use the layout of the rad you have. From the in-port half of the tubes go one way, there's another reservoir on the other side and then the other half of the tubes go back to the out-port. Because air is lighter then water it naturally wants to travel up, if the closed reservoir on the other end would be at the top an air bubble would get trapped there.

But there are other layouts which wouldn't have this problem and it wouldn't matter what way the rad is positioned. Usually the air will travel along with the water unless there's an area where the volume is much bigger then the volume of the gas. If you have a rad which uses a single tube which snakes around then the air would be pushed out no matter how it's positioned.

This is a tech channel so it wouldn't hurt if you guys put a little bit more thought in the wording so it's explained a bit better. The rule of thumb is okay and it is true in this case, but that doesn't say it's true in all cases. I think it would be better if you would explain it to your audience instead of making people dumb with a rule of thumb.

I would've said something along the lines of: "Now remember, there is small area on the closed side of this rad where an air bubble can get trapped. So it's better if you would put the port side up so the bubble can rise to the top naturally and get pushed out".

[Fnige]

Water cooled desktop 100% speedrun

[Luscious]

Using plain water... because you DIDN'T HAVE A BUCK to grab a gallon of proper distilled water???

 

Never EVER use tap water, even for flushing. It's fine to take a block apart and run it under the faucet to get the gunk out, but I run it through pure distilled at the end thoroughly to clean out the nastiness that tap water has in it.

 

Likewise when in use you want to add some kind of additive to the distilled water otherwise you will quickly have growth building up in a system. You might not see it but it starts to accumulate immediately, and after a few days can ruin your blocks.

 

This idea of building a custom loop fast is totally silly given the fact that you didn't even flush the blocks before installing them to clean out the residue left behind from the manufacturing process. The same with the radiators. You also didn't care to place paper towels around the fittings in case you did get a leak while filling your loop.

 

If you really don't have that much TIME to build then pony the cash to have somebody else to do it properly for you. What's the point of investing in all those parts only to then do a half-assed rush job?

 

Custom water cooling IS NOT about speed - it's about doing it carefully and doing it right the first time so that you don't have a mess on your hands or need to take it apart later to fix your snafu.

[bulletmagnet1234]

On 10/27/2019 at 4:42 PM, Luscious said:

Using plain water... because you DIDN'T HAVE A BUCK to grab a gallon of proper distilled water???

 

Never EVER use tap water, even for flushing. It's fine to take a block apart and run it under the faucet to get the gunk out, but I run it through pure distilled at the end thoroughly to clean out the nastiness that tap water has in it.

 

Likewise when in use you want to add some kind of additive to the distilled water otherwise you will quickly have growth building up in a system. You might not see it but it starts to accumulate immediately, and after a few days can ruin your blocks.

Why are you flaming? They put that disclaimer in the video...