I used the fittings on the stainless lines cause the old school lines where the red and blue, keeping it in the era of the GT40 was the decision to use them and overflow tanks can be clear so they can quick check fluids on pit stops or they would have a small tube on the side that was clear to see the level. Thank you for reviewing my case and giving me your insight.
I love the look of the fittings. Complete props for using red/blue -AN like that looked back then. It carries the theme of such an iconic racecar perfectly. I really don't get why Jay didn't get that.
I know the person who did it, he lives here in Greece and he's quite famous among some facebook groups for building outstanding custom builds like this, he's a really talented and nice guy.
I genuinely appreciate the time, money, and effort that went into copper guy's triple 120mm setup. That was absolutely unnecessary but hot damn does it look nice.
The red/blue AN fittings maybe doesn't match the build color, agreed. But the red/blue AN fittings match the era, the Gulf Ford GT40 used red/blue AN fittings and stainless hose.
@@kaldo_kaldo Gulf was just an oil company that sponsored racing teams. The company still... "exists", but it's owned by another company, and I don't think it exists as a brand anymore.
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As mentioned by someone below the tube and bracket I used is to prevent the CPU tubes from sagging, as they stick out quite far and the only thing holding them in is a squished O-ring. The picture does not quite catch it but there is a plastic clamps on the tubes with another piece of tube coming out horizontally from the bracket holding them up.
The rads and the connections from rad to rad on the ''copper tubbing build'' at 3:50 is insane. The way the water transfers from radiator to radiator it esthetically epic. Good job!
That was a GT40, the 40 is because it is 40 inches tall. And I have to disagree on the fittings, they are clearly not meant to match the blue and orange of the car but what most people would expect under the hood with braided hose fittings. Blue and red anodized fittings are the most commonly used and what most would expect, braided hoses and the expected fittings fits. The coolant looking like antifreeze also fits just fine, it's coolant in a car theme so antifreeze green fits. The frame and motherboard tray represent the cars body and paint job, the internals represent the engine compartment not the body so ofcourse doesn't match the paint job.
The only thing I would have done different is maybe have a painted side panel so it looks finished and sleek when closed then “open the hood” and see the more industrial looking “engine compartment”
@@Njazmo He knew exactly what all of it was, just thought it clashed. What part of that makes you think the guy with a second channel about cars doesn’t know anything about cars?
The random stainless steel tube that seems to be doing nothing is a support for the tubes just behind it. I think that's a plate that can slide up and down on that tube and he can tighten it at a certain height. Maybe those runs from the distro plate to the CPU block were sagging due to being heavy and/or due to the tubes creating a bending moment due to being so "far" away from the CPU in the z-axis (toward the viewer). Either way I think it adds character.
He could have used cap screws on the clamp tho, hex bolts look very agricultural on a setup like that. Still, massive props on using stainless hard-line. Out of all the custom bend builds, that one would have been the hardest to work with.
This is probably true but also, all his lines were horizontal and it breaks away that monotony and is a vertical pipe for appearance only. Without it, I feel it would look empty. It's surprising how a small/thin object with a completely different direction can actually fill up a lot of space visually.
The amount of extra cost thrown into all these builds gets my respect alone especially when you think about how much time was spent painting, cable managing, routing tubes, bending tubes, taking apart graphics cards to include the water cooling, and that doesn't even include the amount of time that went into bleeding the system. Truly insane how much effort people put into their builds but a great way to express yourself and make something unique.
Thanks for the kind words Jay! This build was really a passion project for me. I got my start in water-cooling watching your videos! Keep doing what you're doing! And good feedback on ways to improve my build.
6:02 I actually like the splash of outside colors the outer parts of the deskpad provide. The monochromatic and duotone setups look nice initially, but I often find myself getting a little bored of them after any extended period of time. So I actually really like that he splashed a bit of outside colors in with his deskpad, while still tying into the rest of the build with the center portion of the matte.
Haha, like everything else (past builds, description links) it's a pipe dream. Don't hold your breath, he's got way too many subscriber builds to nit pic.
I actually really like the coolant style at 12:48. Maybe doesn't match the exterior of the car but looks sick especially when you think of the inside of the case as the inside of the car
With the automotive case, the proper color fittings were used. Those are how the fittings were done on the older GT40's, at least from any pictures or museum grade models I've seen.
the reason that halloweenend probably has that tubing in the center of his build is because that front distro plate on the o11 throws everything off, and with that big radiator on top, the mounting holes probably don’t line up correctly, i know the bottom radiator won’t line up at all. just my guess.
You're definitely right, I have 3 360mm's in both an O11 and an O11 DXL, it's a tubing nightmare from the front distro plates, the output holes are in a rough spot
I don't know about any of that because I cdon't have an 011, but if you look at the "strut" between the radiators, there is a clamp. That Clamp is used normally used as an attachment point. My guess would be its being used to support the tubes coming off the cpu block. Maybe he was having issues with proper cpu contact due to weight, getting things aligned perfectly, etc and this solved it.
@@overdrivesgarage7030 I work with halloweenend, and yes this is why the bracket was there. The tube was too heavy for the fittings. Holding it up with that bracket solved it
I actually just did an upgrade of a 10 year old system, I didn't do anything exciting, but it was interesting to see how things have change (and not changed). I would like to see this too.
@@bigpapichristo I've built computers before Jay was born, how does that qualify an individual? Doing something for a long time does not equate doing something correctly. You can screw up for a long time.
That last build, while lacking those couple bits to 100% clean it up, is one of the coolest pc desk builds I've seen. Love the choice to have the whole top glass and fill the space, as opposed to only having part of the top as see through to hide most of the cables and long tube runs.
This video has reaffirmed my love for my Noctua air cooler. These custom loops are gorgeous, but imagine getting it all plugged in and powered up, finding that it posts and is stable so you close it up. You OC and set your fan curves to get maximum performance and lowest noise. Then you run your first game only to hear a rattle somewhere in your build.
That custom open frame build on the wood is beautiful, but you guys nailed it with the looking like an old tube style piece of stereo equipment so the old incandescent tone of lighting would 100% tie the whole build together.
Been building computers for 25 years... was pretty much a wreck about every build until I worked at a small-time nonprofit computer refurbisher. There comes a point where you know the hardware has been treated absolutely horribly, and it still somehow runs... nothing I am going to do could possibly break it if it isn't broken already lol But after that experience yeah, I get a little nervous if I am messing with something irreplaceable like some crazy custom import part (or modern gup lol)... but if it is 'just a CPU' then nah, it is going to be fine.
I see coolant in my car at 12:00. Every car has an over flow reservoir. Not all all clear but do exist. The red and blue fittings are a shout out to racing coolant fittings. I really like that build. Love your videos Jay!! You’ve taught an old man something that I never thought I could understand. Now I am excited to try out my first build.
KUDOS to all these builders. My only water cooled build was a 6850K with a pair of 980Ti graphics cards with mostly EK parts in a Corsair Air 540. I used clear, soft tubing for two reasons: I like the organic look, and I didn't want to mess with bending hard tubing. It looked good, it ran cool and quiet, and it didn't leak, but I'll never do custom water cooling again. Life is too short.
@@danielredziniak2996 water cooling was never worth it when you account for money and time but if u have money and is passionate about it then go for it
@@danielredziniak2996 I droped 1200 when doing mine but that was also new case 13 argb fans paint&primer. Had to use montanablack becuase there the only company that make a really nice purple( and yes i was that picky on my purple also the purple I used was called wizard). I dont check twitter enough to make it in these. Case corsair 5000D airflow ( fully painted purple with green accents and a biohazard logo. But im running 3700x ( well be a 5800x when i get the money to pick one up) vector frosted water block Cpu 3700x vector frosted WB Gpu 3070FE vector WB 32gb( 4x8gb) gskill royal 3600mhz cl16-16-16-36 Asus hero VII (none wifi) Asus Psu 750w gold ( was gona be a seasonic plat but amazon lost it) Cable mode black and green pro set. 500gb bot nvme samsung 1tb main game drive nvme saberment 1tb sata ssd samsung No room to fit a hard drive 13 cooler master MF120 ( 6 on the rad push pull and 7 in the rest the case slots ) Soft tubing ( cant been hard tubes for the life of me ) 6 deep cool fittings 2 corsair( same issue with psu amazon ) Ek vector D5 pump and res combo
22:20 In a filled system, the waterhights are nearly irrelavent, you can even push water outta your basement up to the top floor of your house even with a weaker pump, important is that the system is already filled with water.
Sooo, my ideal simple water cooled setup was 360mm AIO for CPU, 140mm AIO for GPU. Done. I bought an O11 Dynamic Mini Snow White because of your videos. I love it so much!!! There's a good reason it's popular. I will say it's only popular with computer geeks. ** No one "normal" that has seen mine had ever seen one before! I think that's important to remember. R7 2700x 360mm AIO, 32GB Samsung B.Die DDR4, x570 MSI mobo, Gigabyte 3090, Corsair SFX750watt.
That's nice of you to omit that case, considering you used to really push the Lian Li 011 Dynamic on this channel. One of the reasons I went with the LianLi O11 Dynamic XL is because it fit my needs/wants and as you say is a great case. At least I know now to never send you any pictures of my build with EK Distroplate, custom card mount, cables, fans, hard line tubing, Trident Z light bars on ram and all the other work I put into it because you got bored with something you used to hock big time...
Sorry guys but I must have missed something the title says watercooling expert reacts I watched the whole video and it was just jay judging some setups xD :P
22:29 By far the sickest setup I've seen... The time and effort put into it is absolutely amazing and the level of creativity, I think, is through the roof. Not to mention being able to sit at that desk and get to look at something like this every time... Quite a piece of art if you ask me. I agree though- having put all the effort into the build like that, it could've definitely benefitted from some extra cable management.
I have a love/hate relationship with these videos. I love seeing these builds, but hate the fact I'm never going allocate the funds to do my own anytime soon.
Yo same, but ultimately 99% of the performance can be achieved on air so who cares if it looks really pretty. Personally I would never go quite this far - all the monitors, RGB and tacky shit is such a distracting eyesore it would probably just piss me off and I'd throw a T-shirt over it xD
@dalain1979's machine is undoubtedly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. A colour theme that is consistent, very fitting for the space and the copper pipes that continue the theme for the structure. Just wowZAH !
jsunn_1's build looks really fucking cool. Probably my favorite of the lot. Agree that it looks bad somehow with the purple neon rgb. The daylight pics look sooooo nice
I recently went up to 32gb dont really notice a difference.. I just game mostly but at idle for some reason my system would use like 30% memory so I thought why not.. But indeed 16gb is still plenty for most use cases imo. I did read though you dont go up to 32gb for faster speeds, you do it to avoid dips in performance.. idk something like that
lol on the out from my GPU alone I used a 90° fitting into 2 double swivel 90°s into a 45°, then into a straight up into top radiator .....I seriously think I spent more on fittings at this point than on my GPU's waterblock/backplate 😂😂
I think the idea of the GT40 build is the fittings and coolant are INSIDE the computer so they reflect under the hood and the exterior reflects the body and livery. And the fitting colours are reflective of what was used on 60's race cars.
That copper frame build looks so sick, but it totally reminds me of something you'd see in Tiny Tina's wonderlands. And much props to the tiny little dual radiator/fan N1... I think that's what you said, anyway, that thing is awesome!
Coming from VW radiators, Tupperware bowls filled with water, dremeling side panel and duct taping plexiglass. Seeing where it's come to now is frigging amazing
@@pipsqueakking7263 you don’t know me and my black-and-white life. This post *wasn’t* brought to you by Technicolor, to put the color back in your life.
I would just like to say a few things. First, thank you for all that you guys do. I've always wanted a PC, or to build one and you guys certainly are my go to for all pc knowledge, not just water-cooling. Secondly, I absolutely love the fact you have some meaty street tires stacked next to PC's. My two favorite things are PC's and Cars and you just tick that box for me.
Theory here, ran out of tubing or ran out of patience, or both. Or perspective happens, magnifying that which only might be small or no angle at all.. AND.... style is subjective, I didn't agree with anything Jay had to say here, except the sleeved wiring.
As to some commenters' claims as to water cooling being necessary, I have been using a gelid GPU cooler with Noctua 1700 rpm fans pointed at my AMD 6600XT and two, front Noctua 140 fans with similar RPMs, with my builds. I just use cheap Gammax 400 v2 or Cooler master coolers. However, my CPUs, including the 11600k and 10700k, in my MSI boards not only never throttle but maintain maximum temperatures in the 50s or 60s during tests. Water cooling is not necessary, and just putting more fans avoids water leaks.
Jaaaaaaaaaaaaay, I'm gonna water cool my rig soon. I need to see you working on one to help boost my confidence. Are you gonna build another water-cooled rig soon?
@@brianlespoir6287 lekker bakkie pan en je reservoir ermee voldouwen. Genoeg jus toevoegen om de pomp niet droog te laten lopen. Spekjes erbij zodat je de stamppot flow goed kan zien.
Water cooling is not dead it’s just not necessary for fast pcs. It now lives in the niche and super premium classes and that’s fine. If your on a budget and want speed water cooling should not even be a consideration. Leave the water cooling for that Xmas bonus…
TBH the car themed one was absolutely spot on. Maybe not from a professional pc builder stand point, but take a step back and look at it. If a mechanic or car enthusiast who knows nothing about PCs were to see that build they would instantly recognize it as being automotive themed especially with the green antifreeze colored coolant and the traditional red/blue AN fittings. Changing those two things would really take away from it being a recognizable automotive theme and clearly he was not trying to "just make everything match". And yes you can see the coolant in your car, it's called the coolant reservoir, most are fairly transparent. I think you were pretty hard on his build. That was by far my favorite one
I specifically remember an ltt episode where the watercooling experts said stacking radiators doesn't work but it does? A 4 core radiator like what is used in some performance cars is basically 4 radiators stacked together to make one 4 core radiator the same would apply to radiator cooling anything.
I remember that episode too. As the annoyingly repeated answer goes, it does and it doesn't. It just depends. Under THEIR testing parameters, two radiators actually hurt cooling performance. But with the multitude of possible parts combinations alone, not factoring in case types and all that, it's all up to the individual set up if more radiator = more cooling.
11:02 Get those fittings orange, find a way to attach the Gulf car inside the case so it's a more obvious theme, and change the coolant to orange/blue.
I think the copper computer was built by a plumber or pipefitter. Those look to be pro-press fittings on the frame. The gun and jaws are 1800 for the tool.
The copper one is not painted. A nice job soldering. Wiped with an acidic solution while hot to brighten the copper and then likely clear coated. Very very cool.
I think the car theme one makes sense, if you have the hood open to see the guts like a windowed PC you would see an lines and the coolant reservoir. Theme works.
Stainless and copper play together just fine. We mix these on our process cooling loops at work all the time. Aluminum and iron are the materials that cause problems.
22:24 the second d5 isn't for the height I think. Because it's a closed loop, the force of the water having to climb up is cancelled by the force of the water going back down.
the color of that race car rig, was the fittings for NOS. blue and red are the colors of the nos fittings. he may have directly used nos fittings for those. (red = Fuel, Blue = NOS)
Jay isn't the thought so cool that your content (as well as other tech-channels) help inspire all these amazing builds? :) Man I'm jealous of these PCs haha
I used the fittings on the stainless lines cause the old school lines where the red and blue, keeping it in the era of the GT40 was the decision to use them and overflow tanks can be clear so they can quick check fluids on pit stops or they would have a small tube on the side that was clear to see the level. Thank you for reviewing my case and giving me your insight.
I thought the traditional red/blue AN fittings matched very well to the time frame.
I liked your choice of fittings because those lines are under the hood items, much like they are the proverbial hood of your system.
I assumed that was why you used the classic AN fittings. I'm not sure why Jay missed that.
Very nice build brother
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I love the look of the fittings. Complete props for using red/blue -AN like that looked back then. It carries the theme of such an iconic racecar perfectly. I really don't get why Jay didn't get that.
The copper theme was absolutely beautiful. And the 3 120 rads with the copper tubes linking each one looked so good
I know the person who did it, he lives here in Greece and he's quite famous among some facebook groups for building outstanding custom builds like this, he's a really talented and nice guy.
@@yiannis777-l9c TH-cam channel?
i don't think its real, photos looks like Ai generated photos
it is real, i've seen it in video call with the person who made it@@Hisham_HMA
I genuinely appreciate the time, money, and effort that went into copper guy's triple 120mm setup. That was absolutely unnecessary but hot damn does it look nice.
If I have the money I'll add tube clocks with the copper tube build just to add steampunk vibe
one of the most aesthetically pleasing setups i have seen that was fully original.
"2080Ti for now"
Yeah I only have a Porsche 911 Turbo S, but don't worry, it's just for now. Once the Bugatti comes in I'll toss that POS.
Gotta love the fake humblebrags of the watercooling community:P
Oh that old thing?
@@magnanimus9692 its just for the look bro
TBF, I am running a 2080ti, but will be upgrading to a newer gen next summer along with the 3900x to a 5900x. So, 2080ti for now...
@@TheEricGroulx If you're not upgrading until next year anyway, why not wait a little longer for Zen 4? 3900x to 5900x isn't that big of an upgrade.
The red/blue AN fittings maybe doesn't match the build color, agreed. But the red/blue AN fittings match the era, the Gulf Ford GT40 used red/blue AN fittings and stainless hose.
I'm familiar with the GT40 but not the Gulf thing. Is it a different version of the GT40?
@@kaldo_kaldo it's the GT40 that won the La Man's in the late 60's. I believe it was Gulf Oil for the colors on the car. Fairly iconic color scheme.
@@kaldo_kaldo Gulf was just an oil company that sponsored racing teams. The company still... "exists", but it's owned by another company, and I don't think it exists as a brand anymore.
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the red and blue reminds me of older nasa/saturn v stuff, would be a great theme for a build, surely that's been done.
As mentioned by someone below the tube and bracket I used is to prevent the CPU tubes from sagging, as they stick out quite far and the only thing holding them in is a squished O-ring. The picture does not quite catch it but there is a plastic clamps on the tubes with another piece of tube coming out horizontally from the bracket holding them up.
The rads and the connections from rad to rad on the ''copper tubbing build'' at 3:50 is insane. The way the water transfers from radiator to radiator it esthetically epic. Good job!
To me it looks like a 3D render more than an actual build.
That was a GT40, the 40 is because it is 40 inches tall. And I have to disagree on the fittings, they are clearly not meant to match the blue and orange of the car but what most people would expect under the hood with braided hose fittings. Blue and red anodized fittings are the most commonly used and what most would expect, braided hoses and the expected fittings fits. The coolant looking like antifreeze also fits just fine, it's coolant in a car theme so antifreeze green fits. The frame and motherboard tray represent the cars body and paint job, the internals represent the engine compartment not the body so ofcourse doesn't match the paint job.
Totally agreed. Jay doesn't know shit about cars. Period.
GT40 guy posted, you nailed it.
The only thing I would have done different is maybe have a painted side panel so it looks finished and sleek when closed then “open the hood” and see the more industrial looking “engine compartment”
@@Njazmo He knew exactly what all of it was, just thought it clashed. What part of that makes you think the guy with a second channel about cars doesn’t know anything about cars?
@@averyw.3939 plenty of people have channels about cars and know nothing about cars.
Have you watched supercar blond?
The random stainless steel tube that seems to be doing nothing is a support for the tubes just behind it. I think that's a plate that can slide up and down on that tube and he can tighten it at a certain height. Maybe those runs from the distro plate to the CPU block were sagging due to being heavy and/or due to the tubes creating a bending moment due to being so "far" away from the CPU in the z-axis (toward the viewer). Either way I think it adds character.
Short Answer: It's a sag bracket for the stainless runs.
He could have used cap screws on the clamp tho, hex bolts look very agricultural on a setup like that. Still, massive props on using stainless hard-line. Out of all the custom bend builds, that one would have been the hardest to work with.
Yes, that is why I did it. The picture just does not catch it that well.
@@HalloweenEnd It looked awesome overall.
This is probably true but also, all his lines were horizontal and it breaks away that monotony and is a vertical pipe for appearance only. Without it, I feel it would look empty. It's surprising how a small/thin object with a completely different direction can actually fill up a lot of space visually.
5:15 - That is pretty damn cool! Kudos to the owner!!!! I LOVE THE LOOK!!!
a lot of resistance having 3 seperate 120s but the pc will retain its price with copper oging up lol
The amount of extra cost thrown into all these builds gets my respect alone especially when you think about how much time was spent painting, cable managing, routing tubes, bending tubes, taking apart graphics cards to include the water cooling, and that doesn't even include the amount of time that went into bleeding the system. Truly insane how much effort people put into their builds but a great way to express yourself and make something unique.
Thanks for the kind words Jay! This build was really a passion project for me. I got my start in water-cooling watching your videos! Keep doing what you're doing! And good feedback on ways to improve my build.
6:02 I actually like the splash of outside colors the outer parts of the deskpad provide. The monochromatic and duotone setups look nice initially, but I often find myself getting a little bored of them after any extended period of time. So I actually really like that he splashed a bit of outside colors in with his deskpad, while still tying into the rest of the build with the center portion of the matte.
When i saw the Gulf themed PC made me thought about your V8 engine block build. How is that going?
I was thinking the same thing onky one video on this
Haha, like everything else (past builds, description links) it's a pipe dream. Don't hold your breath, he's got way too many subscriber builds to nit pic.
@@easley421 We are talking about a V8 engine block build, that JTC started a while back, but so far only one video of.
Also asked him over twitter.. never answered ^^
Hope that one gets picked up again. Jay does abandon projects.
The copper PC looks absolutely stunning. One of, maybe even THE best looking full custom builds I've ever seen
"I've been wanting to do a automotive theme"
Soooooo...... Where's that engine block build you started? (Giving you a hard time}
Same place those links he's always promising are in the description😂
@@easley421 that polystyrene thing is damn right awful
I actually really like the coolant style at 12:48. Maybe doesn't match the exterior of the car but looks sick especially when you think of the inside of the case as the inside of the car
With the automotive case, the proper color fittings were used. Those are how the fittings were done on the older GT40's, at least from any pictures or museum grade models I've seen.
the reason that halloweenend probably has that tubing in the center of his build is because that front distro plate on the o11 throws everything off, and with that big radiator on top, the mounting holes probably don’t line up correctly, i know the bottom radiator won’t line up at all. just my guess.
You're definitely right, I have 3 360mm's in both an O11 and an O11 DXL, it's a tubing nightmare from the front distro plates, the output holes are in a rough spot
I don't know about any of that because I cdon't have an 011, but if you look at the "strut" between the radiators, there is a clamp. That Clamp is used normally used as an attachment point. My guess would be its being used to support the tubes coming off the cpu block. Maybe he was having issues with proper cpu contact due to weight, getting things aligned perfectly, etc and this solved it.
@@overdrivesgarage7030 I work with halloweenend, and yes this is why the bracket was there. The tube was too heavy for the fittings. Holding it up with that bracket solved it
Some of these builds are just amazing. Seriously. Love seeing all the different designs and styles.
That last one is so cool. Now that I've seen a few, as someone new to the PC world, I really like those PC- in- desk setups a lot
May I humbly suggest you should do a reaction to people’s upgrade of their 10 year old systems?
That's along
I actually just did an upgrade of a 10 year old system, I didn't do anything exciting, but it was interesting to see how things have change (and not changed). I would like to see this too.
yawn.
@@chemicalhap Let's see you try.
@@ChristopherHailey same, I went from FX to Ryzen. Massive improvements.
I missed the part where Jay brought in the watercooling expert.. :P
1. Are you a water cooling expert?
2. Have you built computers for as long as jay?
3. Have you ever built a watercooled rig?
@@bigpapichristo have u realized that he was being sarcastic hence the :P
@@fionnbennett2093 No, ehh
@@bigpapichristo I've built computers before Jay was born, how does that qualify an individual? Doing something for a long time does not equate doing something correctly. You can screw up for a long time.
@@bigpapichristo woosh
That last build, while lacking those couple bits to 100% clean it up, is one of the coolest pc desk builds I've seen. Love the choice to have the whole top glass and fill the space, as opposed to only having part of the top as see through to hide most of the cables and long tube runs.
I think you're overthinking the Gulf D-frame build - imagine it more like looking in the engine bay of a race car rather than just the exterior livery
This video has reaffirmed my love for my Noctua air cooler. These custom loops are gorgeous, but imagine getting it all plugged in and powered up, finding that it posts and is stable so you close it up. You OC and set your fan curves to get maximum performance and lowest noise. Then you run your first game only to hear a rattle somewhere in your build.
That custom open frame build on the wood is beautiful, but you guys nailed it with the looking like an old tube style piece of stereo equipment so the old incandescent tone of lighting would 100% tie the whole build together.
Thanks!
1:33 I had 120mm push-pull aio in siilverstone sg13, because i hate myself. Now i'm rocking pure base 500 and considering full custom loop
A long time ago, some politician said that the internet was just a “series of tubes”….By that logic, Jay just invented the internet.
Function > Form. Tis a way of life. But Form is always there and sometimes slips into the equation. ;)
I have been building pcs for around 5 years, yet my hands still tremble when I'm doing something as simple as putting a CPU in.
Took apart my gpu last weekend to strap a jank g12 bracket and an AIO on it. I was sweating bullets the entire time lol
Been building computers for 25 years... was pretty much a wreck about every build until I worked at a small-time nonprofit computer refurbisher. There comes a point where you know the hardware has been treated absolutely horribly, and it still somehow runs... nothing I am going to do could possibly break it if it isn't broken already lol
But after that experience yeah, I get a little nervous if I am messing with something irreplaceable like some crazy custom import part (or modern gup lol)... but if it is 'just a CPU' then nah, it is going to be fine.
@@CaedenV oof
If people let the CPU slip they are in a world of pain so I understand that putting a CPU in makes people nervous.
I see coolant in my car at 12:00. Every car has an over flow reservoir. Not all all clear but do exist. The red and blue fittings are a shout out to racing coolant fittings. I really like that build. Love your videos Jay!! You’ve taught an old man something that I never thought I could understand. Now I am excited to try out my first build.
...engine coolant can be redish orange-ish also. Which is what I believe to be the recommended coolant for the Ford GT as well 😎
KUDOS to all these builders. My only water cooled build was a 6850K with a pair of 980Ti graphics cards with mostly EK parts in a Corsair Air 540. I used clear, soft tubing for two reasons: I like the organic look, and I didn't want to mess with bending hard tubing. It looked good, it ran cool and quiet, and it didn't leak, but I'll never do custom water cooling again. Life is too short.
when I water cool my PC by the end of the year, given I'll be able to put my hands on a proper GPU, maybe there will be another one of this videos.
Nah not worth it anymore. Spent 950 in total
@@danielredziniak2996 and?
@@danielredziniak2996 water cooling was never worth it when you account for money and time but if u have money and is passionate about it then go for it
@@danielredziniak2996 I droped 1200 when doing mine but that was also new case 13 argb fans paint&primer. Had to use montanablack becuase there the only company that make a really nice purple( and yes i was that picky on my purple also the purple I used was called wizard). I dont check twitter enough to make it in these.
Case corsair 5000D airflow ( fully painted purple with green accents and a biohazard logo.
But im running 3700x ( well be a 5800x when i get the money to pick one up) vector frosted water block
Cpu 3700x vector frosted WB
Gpu 3070FE vector WB
32gb( 4x8gb) gskill royal 3600mhz cl16-16-16-36
Asus hero VII (none wifi)
Asus Psu 750w gold ( was gona be a seasonic plat but amazon lost it)
Cable mode black and green pro set.
500gb bot nvme samsung
1tb main game drive nvme saberment
1tb sata ssd samsung
No room to fit a hard drive
13 cooler master MF120 ( 6 on the rad push pull and 7 in the rest the case slots )
Soft tubing ( cant been hard tubes for the life of me )
6 deep cool fittings 2 corsair( same issue with psu amazon )
Ek vector D5 pump and res combo
@@93836 yea if you wanna pay msrp x 2
3:42 that looks amazing. I need a steampunk/industrial looking custom loop like this
22:20 In a filled system, the waterhights are nearly irrelavent, you can even push water outta your basement up to the top floor of your house even with a weaker pump, important is that the system is already filled with water.
Sooo, my ideal simple water cooled setup was 360mm AIO for CPU, 140mm AIO for GPU. Done.
I bought an O11 Dynamic Mini Snow White because of your videos. I love it so much!!! There's a good reason it's popular.
I will say it's only popular with computer geeks.
** No one "normal" that has seen mine had ever seen one before! I think that's important to remember.
R7 2700x 360mm AIO, 32GB Samsung B.Die DDR4, x570 MSI mobo, Gigabyte 3090, Corsair SFX750watt.
Jay: I'm gonna skip O11 dynamic build in this vid
Also Jay: Features multiple O11's
Classic Jay
11:50
I really like that he made the coolant the color of antifreeze.
I think there had to be at least one absolute troll that submitted an air-cooled setup...
not even a troll, people just don't read.
That's nice of you to omit that case, considering you used to really push the Lian Li 011 Dynamic on this channel.
One of the reasons I went with the LianLi O11 Dynamic XL is because it fit my needs/wants and as you say is a great case.
At least I know now to never send you any pictures of my build with EK Distroplate, custom card mount, cables, fans, hard line tubing, Trident Z light bars on ram and all the other work I put into it because you got bored with something you used to hock big time...
The stainless steel build reminds me of a star trek ship being built.
I really appreciate watching Jay when there are computer/car crossover topics. Not a lot of folks out there that have both down.
Sorry guys but I must have missed something
the title says watercooling expert reacts
I watched the whole video and it was just jay judging some setups xD :P
i think the car themes one at 13:00 was spot on. those red/blue stainless lines match what 95% of hotrods use to this day.
7:15 , the thermaltake P1 has a slightly tinted tempered glass (Probably one of the thickest on the market too) not plexi like you described 😐
22:29 By far the sickest setup I've seen... The time and effort put into it is absolutely amazing and the level of creativity, I think, is through the roof. Not to mention being able to sit at that desk and get to look at something like this every time... Quite a piece of art if you ask me. I agree though- having put all the effort into the build like that, it could've definitely benefitted from some extra cable management.
Great jeoeorrb. Coach Z. Been a long time since I’ve heard anyone make that reference and I love it.
Jasons build is what Im working towards... stuff like that. Super-custom. That was a sick build!!!
Thanks!
I have a love/hate relationship with these videos. I love seeing these builds, but hate the fact I'm never going allocate the funds to do my own anytime soon.
Yo same, but ultimately 99% of the performance can be achieved on air so who cares if it looks really pretty. Personally I would never go quite this far - all the monitors, RGB and tacky shit is such a distracting eyesore it would probably just piss me off and I'd throw a T-shirt over it xD
@dalain1979's machine is undoubtedly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. A colour theme that is consistent, very fitting for the space and the copper pipes that continue the theme for the structure. Just wowZAH !
jsunn_1's build looks really fucking cool. Probably my favorite of the lot.
Agree that it looks bad somehow with the purple neon rgb. The daylight pics look sooooo nice
Thanks! Glad you liked the build! I changed the RGB daily, but I can understand the need for a different color.
That final build is beautiful!
"if you don't have 32 gbs you don't have a pc"
Guess I don't have a pc
I halve half a PC apparently.
@@patrickshelley09 16 is perfectly fine.
Everyone knows you need 69 Gb of ram at 4200 MHz to call yourself a pc Gamer
I recently went up to 32gb dont really notice a difference.. I just game mostly but at idle for some reason my system would use like 30% memory so I thought why not..
But indeed 16gb is still plenty for most use cases imo. I did read though you dont go up to 32gb for faster speeds, you do it to avoid dips in performance.. idk something like that
@@nickgarcia1292 look at the bright side you can open like 3 more chrome tabs
Jay going over your builds and speaking on what you were obviously going through in trying to put it together must be pretty dope for you guys!
"I applaud you for trying to do do something different at least"
ouch.. :o
Yeah man, a lot of these build are amazing, dude feels the need to roast them anyways.
Prepare to be nitpicked or roasted when sending your rig pics to Jay to get em rated. ☺️
fok!
Coming from Fluid/Thermal dynamics of applied science, I would be very carful with the use of the word "Expert"
Sti holding out for a 3080 but once I find one, I'll be submitting to the next one!
All these selfmade builds are all pieces of art.
Unbelievable this time love and money that has been spend in these projects.
FANTASTIC!!! 👍🏻🏆👍🏻
lol on the out from my GPU alone I used a 90° fitting into 2 double swivel 90°s into a 45°, then into a straight up into top radiator .....I seriously think I spent more on fittings at this point than on my GPU's waterblock/backplate 😂😂
I think the idea of the GT40 build is the fittings and coolant are INSIDE the computer so they reflect under the hood and the exterior reflects the body and livery. And the fitting colours are reflective of what was used on 60's race cars.
Is the engine pc on ice? Am really excited to see how it comes out!!
That copper frame build looks so sick, but it totally reminds me of something you'd see in Tiny Tina's wonderlands. And much props to the tiny little dual radiator/fan N1... I think that's what you said, anyway, that thing is awesome!
All this video did was made me feel poor
Same here
Coming from VW radiators, Tupperware bowls filled with water, dremeling side panel and duct taping plexiglass. Seeing where it's come to now is frigging amazing
Jay the red and blue fittings mimmic the racing fittings for oil lines an coolant lines.
Nitrous.. the red a blue fittings were originally for nitrous systems red is fuel blue is NO2
He knows that but they do not match the theme. They overpower the custom painting he did to match the model car.
Marios Dalainos build looks absolutely fabulous... in fact his whole setup !!! 4:39
Sometimes I think that Jay just doesn’t like colour 😂
I wonder if his partial color blindness has anything to do with that 🤔
@@sturdybutter every color blindness is partial.
@@pipsqueakking7263 you don’t know me and my black-and-white life.
This post *wasn’t* brought to you by Technicolor, to put the color back in your life.
I would just like to say a few things.
First, thank you for all that you guys do. I've always wanted a PC, or to build one and you guys certainly are my go to for all pc knowledge, not just water-cooling.
Secondly, I absolutely love the fact you have some meaty street tires stacked next to PC's. My two favorite things are PC's and Cars and you just tick that box for me.
Theory here, ran out of tubing or ran out of patience, or both.
Or perspective happens, magnifying that which only might be small or no angle at all..
AND.... style is subjective, I didn't agree with anything Jay had to say here, except the sleeved wiring.
As to some commenters' claims as to water cooling being necessary, I have been using a gelid GPU cooler with Noctua 1700 rpm fans pointed at my AMD 6600XT and two, front Noctua 140 fans with similar RPMs, with my builds. I just use cheap Gammax 400 v2 or Cooler master coolers. However, my CPUs, including the 11600k and 10700k, in my MSI boards not only never throttle but maintain maximum temperatures in the 50s or 60s during tests. Water cooling is not necessary, and just putting more fans avoids water leaks.
Anyone else feel like jay is being super critical of these builds? I think they’re all great.
To the guy with the GT40 build, it's badass dude. Bravo
I vote for old Thomas Edison..Old west build🏆 Unique. Ingenious.👍 They are all great... Difficult to choose 👍
I would love to see the most beautiful budget builds. Nice to see creativity pop up in sub-800 to 900 USD rigs
I would like to see this too. I cant imagine building a whole pce for what one part usually costs.
Jaaaaaaaaaaaaay, I'm gonna water cool my rig soon. I need to see you working on one to help boost my confidence. Are you gonna build another water-cooled rig soon?
Een goede tip, HEMA rookworst gebruiken ;)
@@brianlespoir6287 lekker bakkie pan en je reservoir ermee voldouwen. Genoeg jus toevoegen om de pomp niet droog te laten lopen. Spekjes erbij zodat je de stamppot flow goed kan zien.
Dont know if it helps bit I did my first ever water cooled rig earlyer this year. and no problem s everthing went smooth ly.
@@TheGroundedCoffee LOL
Succes met je build
Water cooling is not dead it’s just not necessary for fast pcs. It now lives in the niche and super premium classes and that’s fine. If your on a budget and want speed water cooling should not even be a consideration. Leave the water cooling for that Xmas bonus…
So you skip O11D builds and then start with literally the equivalent in ITX form lmao
And still threw an O11 in anyway, lol
TBH the car themed one was absolutely spot on. Maybe not from a professional pc builder stand point, but take a step back and look at it. If a mechanic or car enthusiast who knows nothing about PCs were to see that build they would instantly recognize it as being automotive themed especially with the green antifreeze colored coolant and the traditional red/blue AN fittings. Changing those two things would really take away from it being a recognizable automotive theme and clearly he was not trying to "just make everything match". And yes you can see the coolant in your car, it's called the coolant reservoir, most are fairly transparent. I think you were pretty hard on his build. That was by far my favorite one
What is a "Watercooling Expert" ? Is that a real thing?
Just something for the "clickbait reaction"-type title
I specifically remember an ltt episode where the watercooling experts said stacking radiators doesn't work but it does? A 4 core radiator like what is used in some performance cars is basically 4 radiators stacked together to make one 4 core radiator the same would apply to radiator cooling anything.
I remember that episode too. As the annoyingly repeated answer goes, it does and it doesn't. It just depends. Under THEIR testing parameters, two radiators actually hurt cooling performance. But with the multitude of possible parts combinations alone, not factoring in case types and all that, it's all up to the individual set up if more radiator = more cooling.
did you really just call yourself a "watercooling expert"?
11:02 Get those fittings orange, find a way to attach the Gulf car inside the case so it's a more obvious theme, and change the coolant to orange/blue.
I think the copper computer was built by a plumber or pipefitter. Those look to be pro-press fittings on the frame. The gun and jaws are 1800 for the tool.
The copper one is not painted. A nice job soldering. Wiped with an acidic solution while hot to brighten the copper and then likely clear coated. Very very cool.
I think the car theme one makes sense, if you have the hood open to see the guts like a windowed PC you would see an lines and the coolant reservoir. Theme works.
I'm really surprised he didn't add up the red/blue fittings and SS hose and come up with "Oh, the interior is the engine bay"
@4:15 I like how that custom GPU shroud block has the wavy dent that the reference RX 5700 XT is known for
For me, I guess I have more the engineering mentality when it comes to cable management: "Good enough is perfect."
Stainless and copper play together just fine. We mix these on our process cooling loops at work all the time. Aluminum and iron are the materials that cause problems.
WOW I really dig Dave's race themed build, coolant in the reservoir, accurate tubing, and what looks to be a big ecu unit.
That second one is a masterpiece, he could sell it as a collector's item.
That wood one and copper one are max lvl skill builders. Bravo, good chaps bravo 👏.
22:24 the second d5 isn't for the height I think. Because it's a closed loop, the force of the water having to climb up is cancelled by the force of the water going back down.
the color of that race car rig, was the fittings for NOS. blue and red are the colors of the nos fittings. he may have directly used nos fittings for those. (red = Fuel, Blue = NOS)
Jay isn't the thought so cool that your content (as well as other tech-channels) help inspire all these amazing builds? :)
Man I'm jealous of these PCs haha
Copper one is hands down my favourite pc i have ever seen.
Jay:"if you see the coolant in your car there is a problem"
the coolant overflow/expansion tank in your car: "DO I MEAN NOTHING TO YOU!?"
When you've got those nice PCs in the back and then notice the stack of PSC2s sat next to them. Epic lad 👌
4:40 this pc build got famous pretty quickly with pc modders community