AliExpress Water Cooling Doesn’t Suck?!

[jakkuh_t]

We find out if AliExpress watercooling parts can keep up with an overclocked extreme edition CPU.

 

 

List of the parts we ordered: https://pastebin.com/upekjiRf

 

Buy AliExpress watercooling parts: http://geni.us/RUVw3l

 

Buy Barrow Watercooling Parts:
On Amazon: http://geni.us/vym8jyH

[flibberdipper]

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[SupaKomputa]

aliexpress is a hit or miss. but hey it has more wierd stuff not listed in ebay or amazon.

[johnnydoe9]

? Tech Review ?

[SupaKomputa]

Its a shopping review, techies must shop too you know...

[Daniel644]

Dammit Linus, this why we can't have nice things

[Daniel644]

3 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

i forgot to say inb4 price hike, LOL

I was referring to his attempt at juggling at the end

[Cookybiscuit]

About as dumb as trusting AliExpress condoms.

[Spuriae]

55 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

for some reason Barrow and Bykski sounds pretty legit o_o were there super old reviews of their stuff...?

I thought Bykski and Barrow were fairly mainstream. There are a couple of reviews of Bykski blocks on HardOCP and by VSG from Techpowerup/Thermalbench and they're fine, above average even. Barrow is the most popular fitting brand on r/watercooling since they're the same as Bitspower without the tacky logos (and far cheaper to boot).

 

 

[Egg-Roll]

7 hours ago, Daniel644 said:

Dammit Linus, this why we can't have nice things

A broken lens would have been nice  I wonder is it possible to fire the boss for breaking a $1500+ lens?

 

The ownage was brutal tho lol...

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Mark succ erberg

[AngryBeaver]

The winkool D5 like pump:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Barrow-water-cooling-system-water-pump-PUMP-PWM-speed-18W-SPG40A-pump/32719774185.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.15.2ed51e7cumQI3x&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10151_10065_10344_10130_10068_10324_10547_10342_10325_10546_10343_10340_10548_10341_315_10545_10696_10084_531_10083_10618_10307_10059_100031_10103_10624_10623_10622_10621_10620,searchweb201603_16,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=9bd4cb10-3a29-466a-a858-fd112f5f6bac-2&algo_pvid=9bd4cb10-3a29-466a-a858-fd112f5f6bac&priceBeautifyAB=0

And the barrow D5:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Barrow-Lowara-D5-pump-computer-water-cooling-pump-manual-speed-control-DRIVED5T-38/32773152345.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.2ed51e7cumQI3x&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10152_10151_10065_10344_10130_10068_10324_10547_10342_10325_10546_10343_10340_10548_10341_315_10545_10696_10084_531_10083_10618_10307_10059_100031_10103_10624_10623_10622_10621_10620,searchweb201603_16,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=9bd4cb10-3a29-466a-a858-fd112f5f6bac-0&algo_pvid=9bd4cb10-3a29-466a-a858-fd112f5f6bac&priceBeautifyAB=0

 

I have used in a build each to see just how they work. They are in use on 2 of my game server machines that are up 24/7 with near 100% usage. So far so good. The barrow is definately better than the winkool, but that aside they both have been rock steady and seen to be flowing about what they claim to flow. I also ordered a few cheap blocks off there for my 4th gen i7's, but I don't remember what they were off hand.

 

That being said I wouldn't go with them for my gaming rigs, but on the workstation machines I converted to game servers... I don't see much of a draw back. I will probably never even fully drain and clean those loops, just add water when needed lol.

[D.LT]

I actually bought barrow fittings before, they are without doubt the best company in china right now

 

Also, I found actually half decent blocks before with jet plates and a modern-ish design (think EKWB) for 20 bucks when i wanted to replace my XSPC Raystorm which I lost the backplate for AND the fact it keeps turning green on the bottom (the contact plate)

 

Also, the black reservoir was many many years back then I got a glass one that I never got around to using... with the ICECrown block because i decided to delid the 6700K instead which had completely dried TIM.

[applebook]

It's such a gamble that I'd rather just buy quality used parts. 

[Darin7854]

What about using mineral oil instead of water. hat way if it leaked it would not damage anything. I know the specific gravity of oil is much higher and the heat dissipation could suffer but I would like to see the bench mark results. You could try other liquids like 50/50 water alcohol or propylene glycol (NOT ethylene glycol). Although dangerous, pure alcohol would be amazing!

[Tigermanic]

On 8/15/2018 at 6:43 PM, applebook said:

It's such a gamble that I'd rather just buy quality used parts. 

You say you'd rather buy used parts, but I see almost nothing on eBay and Craigslist for used water cooling kits and parts. AIO's out the wazoo though...

[Domo]

Found a gold plated barrow waterblock

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Gold-Barrow-LTFHB-04N-V2-CPU-cooler-for-INTEL-Socket-LGA-115X-AMD-X99-X299-2/32901560432.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000023.3.71783cb65YQctd

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/White-Black-IceMan-Cooler-produced-double-Dual-D5-Water-Pump-Series-EVO-compatible-12CM-fan-hole/32860182565.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000014.3.22133523i6Nwnh&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.13338.108275.000000000000000&scm_id=1007.13338.108275.000000000000000&scm-url=1007.13338.108275.000000000000000&pvid=62c17bb8-3542-4564-a078-08afec3e6804

A dual D5 cube