I Bought This Horribly Sketchy Chiller on AliExpress
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We bought a sketchy chiller off of AliExpress and decided to limit test it. Will condensation be the end of this build though?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:23 The Idea
3:35 Missing Parts
4:45 It's Going to Work (Right?)
7:43 Mounting the Chiller
8:51 Getting Greasy
13:41 The Chungus and the Chiller
16:30 Condensation and Temps
18:50 Set it to "CPU BURN!"
20:40 Still Bottlenecking
22:24 Roundabout. Roundabout.
25:00 Final Results and Thoughts - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Ok
sure, after they fix the performance issues.
here for the ratio
After the game is actually finished.
sorry linus but the info on the how the coller works is wrong. what you call a sensig bulb is the filter that removes moisture from the refrigerent. and the cappeleri piping is the expansion valve that regulats the refrigerasjon. the reduksjon in the inner diameter is what creats a reduksjen in the boiling point. (sorry for bad english i am from norway)
Making something that runs cities skylines at a reasonable frame rate is an amazing challenge
ARK: Survival Ascended has entered the chat
@@hallamalach8186modded minecraft with shaders has entered the battle
Next Scrapyard Wars: Each team can spend up to $1000 and gets $10 back for each 1 fps they get in Cities skylines 2.
8 years ago maybe@@hallamalach8186
It's the new Crysis. Only Crysis was fun.
Sketchy Coolers will always be my favorite tradition.
Sketch hardware makes for some of the best LTT videos. It's either worse then anyone thought and makes for a hilarious video, or they run across a rare gem that's just cool to see.
at least this one was not quite as sketchy on assembly as usual
@@Staren01this one's definitely cool to see that's for sure
am i crazy or does this cooler actually seem to be not that janky? i mean if they just included the electrical panel that the boys needed to get, this just seems like a very functional solution.
mind you, that cooler is dumping heat in the room and obviously in a wide open area like their workshop it isn't noticeable, but it would be if you're in a smaller closed area.
Idk, something about Linus showcasing coolers just seems a little off these days. 🤔🤔
Ask Nerdforge to make a shell to cover the chiller in a style that matches the pc case and it will look fantastic, but that's if you plan on keeping that case equiped with it.
Alex's "I made these nice little L brackets here out of couple L brackets" made me think of Dave the Barbarian's "Dave constructs a homemade megaphone, using only some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone".
That's a blast from the past
The LTT intro! Missed it! If that jingle only gets used for “let’s do stupid cooling stuff in the shop with Linus and Alex” I’d be fine with it.
it's been a while since we last seen it
I believe it’s only sponsored videos
I really really miss it too
Love the intro!!
@@Jonathan-bi8hrisn’t every video sponsored?? Lol
I'm an HVAC Technician. Your explanation of the refrigeration cycle is explained better than all of my coworker's "customer-level explanation."
Also, that grease or whatever and foam to prevent condensation is genius. I always thought of converting a window AC unit into a CPU cooler, and my idea of preventing condensation was creating a perfectly air-sealed case, pulling it into a vacuum, and then filling it with dry nitrogen haha
To be fair, i'd love to see a video of that being attempted lol
what if you also cool the inside of the case to negative temp? then you wont have condensation around the cpu block
but only on the pc case walls and you can easily drain it
Great video idea
I've often thought about an AC cooling for my computer, too, but not to make it really cold, but to bring the heat outside my room, with the AC unit being outside my window. keep the temp of the liquid at about room temp to avoid sweating. Not sure how accurate it would be though.
That would be a fun project. I do wonder what sized cap tube one would use for that.
I do see possibly issues of short cycling the compressor depending on how you control the system. The system he is using is equivalent to about 1/5 ton (according to ye ol interwebs conversion) so even with a small wondow ac we are above that.
A larger reservoir would solve that by having a larger volume to cool so we could run fewer cycles but longer ones. With that we could make the unit work like a glycol chiller where the evaporator is placed inside the reservoir.
As for controlling the temp any off the shelf 120v digital temp controller for a reach in cooler would work.
What I dont know is pc water cooling so I dont know if we can put a glycol water mix in it. If we can we could cool that well below freezing
I love videos where linus and alex just hang out and do stuff like this. More content like this please!!
You could make a PWM fan control to chiller UART converter to automate the cooling control!
Super cool project!
That would be so cool! Using the connector already on the motherboard to internally probe temps. 🙌🙌
that actually sounds like a solid idea!
But with no documentation it will be a nightmare to figure out the right command needed to set the various commands
I'm gonna be honest, the zoomer retention is one hell of a distraction 🤣
wym?
i agree , i hate this
It sucks, i actually had to resize my window to stay focused on the explanation
Very true
It really is, and that's coming from a zoomer
Am I crazy or is this the first time in a long time we get an actual animated LTT intro
It’s been awhile.
Yes, the last one was a long time ago, but if the animated intro plays, depression rates drop to zero :D
Yeah it's been a whole 3 days since we've had an animated intro!
(Adam's AMD Ultimate Tech Upgrade)
@@JealY666 no I mean like the old school ltt intro
nothing about the intro has changed. it's been the same
"Those skyscrapers you added killed traffic" Linus is as qualified as a normal city planner then.
There needs to be a part 2 of this video with constant temperature feedback controller installed, problems fixed permanently (sound proofing?) and turned into an actual primary use computer its too good to be an experiment
They already have a controller installed. It uses pressure to regulate temperature and I would argue that they do not need any more equipment to set that chiller to a specific temperature range using cut out pressure(the COP they were talking about) and the CIP(cut in pressure) that they never discovered on this unit.
paradox interactive can’t afford another video 😭
their fans hate them (unjustly imo)
After watching Technology Connections explaining how a heat pump works for what feels like 30 times, now I get to see LTT explaining it! Great job explaining it in a few minutes!
This actually caused a bit of a dilemma for me. I already knew about heat pumps thanks to Alec, so I wanted to watch the gameplay, but the "zoomer retention" made me feel guilty.
And here I was hoping they'd either get him to do it or Linus would dress up in a brown suit to explain it.
HEATPUMPS!!!
Every 15 days i go back snd watch him ramble about heat pumps , iys fun
And yet I still love technology connections for the different style/humor, and the much more in depth explanations along with the presentation.
The Alex cooling videos get more and more anxiety inducing. It’s like, instead of Fast and Furious, he’s Lanky and Janky
😂😂😂😂
Thank you, thank you very much, thank you. 15 years ago, I modeled a project in drawing about this type of cooling, and I always looked for someone who could motivate me and I never found anything similar to my ideas.
However, today, you fulfilled a childhood dream of mine. Eternally grateful for building my dream and showing that it works, one day I will be able to build one. Thank you very much .
A simple Brazilian, but forever satisfied, Thank you.
Refrigeration guy here.
Impressed with the explanation of refrig cycle, FYI. Theres no sense bulb, or expansion valve in this system.
This is "fixed orrifice" and that cap tube is the "metering device" the flow rate is fixed, vs a thermal exansion valve with a sensing bulb, is self adjusting and varries the refrig flow for efficiency.
The bulb here is a filter drier to remove moisture, otherwise said moisture freezes in the cap tube, plugging it up.
Im so surprised, this build is actually decent. Somewhere in the beginning it looked like they were going full jank like usually. But this actually turned out as something you could sort of actually use
@@gags730i wasn't talking about the cooler itself being janky. I was talking about the entire build in general. Usually the concept is, alex "prepared" some cooling project, then alex and linus build and a dozen of things go wrong, which they then fix with duct tape and ty-wrap kinda solutions that sort of work. And the final thing is just a heap of garbage that needs lots of adjustments and like doesn't really reliably run at all, but only works because like 3 skilled technicians are paying constant attention to things. This project looked like it headed that way, but they actually managed to create a decent thing
The downfall of this channel is a sight to see 😂
@@hotwings9382downfall? Idk where you are looking, but I'm not seeing downfall anywhere. They are still making fun tech content, still getting over a million views on every video, still have sponsors on every video. All i see is a very healthy channel
@@MATT.04 to me that's the fun of these videos though. Part "here's why no one bothered making a commercial version of this" and part "how far can we push this ridiculous idea"
@@gags730 i think the reason for this jank has mostly to do with time. They take a certain amount of time to shoot the project. And then, when faced with problems, they decide to go for the quick and simple solution, rather than a proper one. Which makes sense as they tend to take the whole thing apart as soon as the video is done anyway.
The goal is to showcase concepts and crazy theoretical ideas, and how they could be made practical, and how they would perform. Their goal is not to build a reliable system that's properly built. They are doing an experiment, not building professional grade infrastructure
This is hilarious after the disastrous launch of the game due to performance issues, amazing.
Even the menu can benchmark a CPU 😂
For real, it even feels like the thrust of this video is that cities skyline is insanely hard on your machine which is... An interesting marketing strategy
That's what happens when people keep pre-ordering
Ya I'm disappointed that they took Paradox as a sponsor at this time.
they fixed the performance with todays patch
Would love to see part 2 where you actually daily drives this but with better configurations!
The sarcasm in these videos with Alex and Linus makes this the best tech videos out there. Damn i love you guys 😂😂😂
As a certified refrigeration technician. The "capillary coil" is actually called a capillary tube and that is acting as the metering device to feed refrigerant at a constant rate. The refrigerant is still in a liquid phase after the capillary tube and it becomes vapor when heat is absorbed from the water. If no heat is absorbed you will have liquid feedback to the compressor which will kill a compressor. Loved the video, just figured I'd chime in
I love how in these build videos alex 70% of the time defaults to "we'll just use zip ties"
"Why can't our camera have those ?"
"Alright aewoe awoe geow comn geaow awy"
Stingy as hell, as any man should be. Got me rolling on the floor.
At 22:49
It's been a long time since I seen this kind of video from LTT. Liked the format before. Love it now! Much more... Human, far less corporate / money oriented. Nice turn back in time to your early days.
This was actually one of the best videos ive seen in a long time. Cant even tell you why, was just really good. The PC was the right amount of janky - functional and successful without being over the top, or the polar opposite of being a total jank-fest.
Same dude. Can't explain it.
Unexpectedly unexplainable
Found the zoomers.
1. Alex
2. Aliexpress
3. Chiller
Its because of the gameplay on the right
Chem Eng student here, COP is coefficient of performance; it’s basically just a ratio between useful heating to work. Also, thought Linus’s description of the refrigeration cycle was really good! Wish my lecturers explained it to me like that the first time I was learning about the carnot cycle.
I doubt that what manufacturer meant, ever seen real life chiller with cop of 650? ; )
They most likely meant cooling power since its supposed to be able to take 600w load, just AliExpress things ^_^
In this case it its probably something like COoling Power, COmPressor speed because that seems to be what is being adjusted by that setting
Yeah but that's sketchy, 650 COP is technology from maybe the year 3023, even 6.5 is a lot for such small compressor, and I never heard of changing the COP to change the output power , I think its just controlling the cooling power as 650W sounds close to the 600W advertised, and COP will stay more or less the same, maybe less efficient toward the higher power values.
@@sznikers it does, however, make it doubling confusing in a refrigeration context haha. It was my first thought too until the casual 650 lmao. Just AliExpress things indeed.
@@Aybex97 I assumed 6.5 personally, happy to be told I’m wrong. However adjusting the power effecting COP isn’t unheard of on small compressors. 6.5 is pretty high for something this size, but then again in my work, and studies I deal with compressors at an industrial scale
It is a much better idea to just use regular car antifreeze for these situations. The coolant can drop to -40°C and it will still be fine.
Just have to make sure it won't corrode any of the components. That's the reason there are so many different types of antifreeze - they're based on the material makeup of the components in the vehicle they are to be used in.
i just wanna make my 5950X crap to staph random reboots, so no need for deep freezing
I'm adding a wood stove literally next to my server room, so I need to drywall/insulate it and start thinking about hvac now. This would actually be pretty cool to basically cool the whole room. Have two, and have them both run if one can't keep up.
FYI that "sensing bulb" is called a filter drier. it's purpose is to remove contaminants and moisture before feeding through the capillary tube
yeah the capillary tube is the metering device there is no thermal expansion value in that system
Ha ha yeah I cringed just a bit with his refrigeration explanation but I gotta give him props for trying!
@@HVACRVIDEOS You must have an alarm for someone explaining hvac badly 😂
@@HVACRVIDEOSI went to the comments to shout out your channel. And there you are already 😂 Have a good day sir!
Linus has bestowed upon us the gift of 2 Ltt videos in one day! What a time to be alive!
Pew Pew pew
Well i think the another one was edited very much
Yeah wasn't that the problem...
@@TypausZuendorf Nope actually
Everybody hold onto your papers?
As a Gen-Xer I laughed so hard at the "Gameplay for Zoomer Retention" during Linus' explanation of how a refrigeration unit worked.
I stopped watching, I couldn't stand the pointless distraction for little babies with no attention span.
@@danskrivseth2831same, I was seeing in my phone and had to blocked it with my hand to understand the explanation
@@danskrivseth2831not a fan of it either
The "just jank it" theme has been common in these videos, but this time you should have tried to use those connectors on the controller, so it could self regulate the temperatures. That would have been much more interesting than manual control, and could probably avoid the condensation problem all together.
22:36 _"That's a valid city building strategy"_
It's the one used in France. Roundabouts everywhere.
Sketchy cooling with Alex is one of the last reminders of good ol' days
Alex in the good ol' days? That just makes me feel old😢
We're in the good ol' days now. Enjoy it! Things are only going to get better. :)
Linus, you did that CPU insulation amazingly, very quick and proffessional looking 👍
Not his first rodeo😂
hi guys i work with chillers and had a wow idee if you can get a air tight case and pump dry nitrogen in that will solve all your condensation probs and if you use glycol not water you can go to sub 0 we have systems in South Africa running at -30 C° and will not ice up when you use glycol and not water. Dry nitrogen will displace all the moisture in the case so no condensation can form. love your content.
I loved the refrigeration loop explained. It was the closest to correct I've seen in a video like this. The sensing bulb he called out is actually a liquid line filter/dryer, but that's the only thing i saw described incorrectly.
There was a few other inaccuracies but I give him massive credit for his effort!
No expansion valve on a capillary system, pressure drop occurs in the cap tube, skips over the fact that the evaporating liquid refrigerant is what absorbs the heat and skips straight to saying the vapour becomes superheated, etc. He did pretty poorly on this tbh.
@@nathanwildman6404the video is right for the majority of viewers. Getting to technical for the majority will mean less continued watch time for them. They have to balance it, they could explain the whole thing in detail but that's going to bore the vast mass of LTT but other channels that are for in depth analysis building would. Surprised they didnt pop up a diagram for for 5 seconds which showed how it worked but for LTT this is just right
@@nathanwildman6404 I'm just glad they tried. Could've skipped it all together and said let's see if this stuff can make it run cooler. And yeah, if they want too in depth it would just bore people, like the guy below said.
@@HVACRVIDEOS woah its chris!
i love that this is one of the least sketchy chillers in the channel so far
also Andy's reaction to the in-game camera is a pretty strong selling point
▫️This was excellent - riveting, interesting and greatly informative. I’m a Cities: Skylines and SimCity (yup, I still enjoy it) genre fan (no pun intended), too. This post genuinely put into perspective how complicated and intricate computer cooling dynamics work at any size. I had a great “How It’s Made” moment. You guys are awesome, delightfully entertaining, and so “cool” in what you do. Thank!
Alex smiling is everything 😩 He’s such a heartthrob ❤
The terms COP (coefficient of performance) and EER (energy efficiency ratio) describe the heating and cooling efficiency of air conditioners 😊
I feel like Alex should know this, given he is a mechanical engineer. Active cooling is a part of the thermodynamics module taught to mech engineers at my uni at any rate
And that COP in de vid will have been 6,5 as 650 would be physics breaking high lol
The way he explained it was just a basic controller. You can't control COP by "up/down" control. I think Alex knows what COP is but in this application it's not the coefficient of performance as you can't just increase that at the press of a button.
@@nickcramp630 I didn't pay attention that closely. Yea that doesn't make any sense. CoP is generally a function of temperature difference and load
I don't think coefficient of performance is logical in this case though. It could be something like cooler/cooling output power in watts.
I love these ~30 min videos. I love seeing all the little struggles and wins along the way and also just the guys talking about all the things they had to learn to do to get the project to work. It feels like all your best videos from the past and I hope these vibes stay with this channel! Thanks!!
Yeah I've honestly noticed much way more entertaining videos since Linus stepped down to focus on purely content
100%
Im laughing so hard right now, i was watching the video and until the halfway point of "the idea" I didn't realize there was gameplay, then i read the caption LMFAO.
Linus and Alex always make for a fun video.
Would be fun to see that chiller in a loop cooling both cpu and gpu! :D
I agree with you
Came here to say the Samething
and a biggg reservoir to keep a gallon of water at freezing to combat heat soak in long power draw situations.
* apparently will help keeping the AC from cycling as much once they get a temperature probe to cycle the compressor.
@@Surms41with a suitable controller you can programme the amount of compressor starts, start and off delay.
@@chappy2121 I assumed so if they didn't go the jank route. I wonder how long they're gonna run that system before adding safety.
3:00 I had to close the right side with my hand to actually listen to linus. Please don't do this in any video ever again
Nice explaining im a service technician in the netherlands and work for carrier Refrigeration benelux and you did a great job explaining how a cooling system works!
Lol I loved the zoomer retention gameplay, but mostly bc I already know how heat pumps work in great detail. So it was a welcome meme and actually useful. I say use it more.
So this is what i need to stop my 4090 boiling me alive when playing Cities Skylines 2!! Alex, hook me up 😅
Edit: looks like you need someone to fix your traffic for you too. Just give me a call 😊👍
Hey biffa :)
You should be sweet going into the winter months, think about us poor Australian’s going into Summer!
The map was from Colossal Order, they used it for performance testing and I want none of the blame for the problems in it haha -AC
you will boil even more with this if you dont put it outside your home. The chiller uses power itself, and the laws of thermodynamic say that the amount of heat in your room will increase by how much your computer + the chiller dump into it. The best way to not boil is to not use high TDP components, or have good airconditioning, or both.
2:21 HOW DARE YOU! But also, thanks, I was zoning out
I work in HVAC and made one of these for my personal rig out of a dehumidifier. Chills both my CPU and GPU very well, running a 12700 and 3080. Made a controller from an arduino that reads in and out temps to know when to come on. It also has an additional room temperature sensor and humidity sensor to calculate dew point. This insures none of the components or tubes start condensing. Don't use any radiators and even on heavy gaming on max graphics I hardly see it go over 40 Celsius. The thing is awesome. Even made a display to show readings of the unit on my desk. Was more of a project I did for fun combining everything I enjoy doing and is now a part of my setup.
Fixed orifice metering devices like capillary tubes don’t use a sensing bulb to adjust refrigerant flow. That is not a sensing bulb, it is most likely a filter drier seeing as it’s on the refrigerant liquid line. There is multiple ways we could improve upon this design, one would be an inverter style compressor and ECM style condenser fan that ramp up and down depending on demand
As a licensed hvac technician this it true that is a filter dryer
A phase change chiller that works?! nice! Great video everyone!
PS: Noticed Alex's Edison hat! Those boys doing some sweet stuff on them hybrid semis.
City Skylines 2 is insane the detail is awesome. Gone is the cartoonish look now it looks real. Problem is now everyone’s PCs are going to catch on fire lol.
CitySkylines 2, low fps ,because they made, that part of main CPU calculations does GPU now and there is no way to change it in game. Better they should leave CPU tasks for CPU, especcially with nowdays multicore CPUs, and GPU for graphics. Kind of big performance design fail for this game if not the biggest when you get 20fps @ 4K with 4090.
I don't care how good it looks if I can't play it without gettiung a headache
@@nem3thI agree.
Except for the outdated ones. They seem to be able to run the game without a problem.
@@nem3thThat is just not true, idk where you did you hear that. GPU is not doing any simulation calculations, that would be ridiculously tricky to sync up with the CPU. The reason its getting 4090 to its knees is because a lot of the rendering is not optimised properly yet. There are ridiculous sampling rates on some of their effects like Depth of field that eats 40% of the framerate because it samples the whole screen every frame and applies the blur, while way less is actually needed for the same effect. This is why people cannot run this properly on 4K.
10:42 Do you have the plans or files for those sweet L-brackets around, Alex? I just love how you put two and two together.
Hahahaha thanks for tha laugh 😄
Linus: I felt you should use o phase change chiller(s) like this for your home pool water cooling system. Just find a unit with water on both the hot and cold side. Chilled water for your PCs, with hot water for your pool.
Would love to see you guys run some of these chillers at just above the dew point. It would be interesting to see you guys set up a system that automatically sets that.
me to, they look a realy cool add on , if could a little smaller, and a lot more finished, or at least list part needed to finish it to working cooling system, but they did send out extrea parts needed to get it going? 66%, ould looked into why 66%,
Errors in video: 1) That is a capillary chiller. There is no sensing bulb or expansion valve. That would be for a TXV which is not a part of this chiller. 2) The "power" of the compressor controller is the frequency in Hz. It's a mini 3 phase compressor.
Linus: We are GPU bound
Also Linus: Playing a game on high details in 4k instead of reducing it to 720p for the test.
I spit out my drink when the "gameplay for zoomer attention" appeared. That was too good
right? it works tho
I hated that part, it actually me that part unwatchable for me and I had to skip. :| Some random flashing shit on the side of my eye really triggered my eyes/brain in a bad/uncomfortable way.
i have actual adhd and ironically for me it made the whole part of the video literally unwatchable, i didnt understand a single word of what he explained
the UART input is kinda cool.
you can make a serial port control that (many boards still have a serial header, at least all my b550s still do)
that means you could in theory hook this into something like AI suite or a similar software assuming you can make a translation layer and said software has an api available
Or use any cheap FTDI if no serial headers are available
It wouldn't use a bare serial header though, since those use RS-232 voltage levels and UART connections usually run at 3.3 or 5V.
I'm pretty sure those Intel Cryo Coolers used UART with usb to serial. Wonder if you could steal the control board out of one of those (though the software might need some tweaking to a accept phase change cooler instead of a TEC)
Edit: yup, it's a Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART interface in the cryo coolers
You could just program an Arduino or Rpi Pico to listen to a fan PWM header on the motherboard and control the cooler accordingly. That way it works in any OS but you can also tune the cooling curve in software.
I would love to add a chiller to my loop that would keep my loop a few degrees below ambient, then you wouldn't have any risk of condensation and the PC would stay nice and cool. Or to step it up you could blow chilled through the case via a fan/radiator in the chiller loop to make the ambient temp within the case lower than outside the case.
Excellent short and concise (and correct, no less) description of the A/C cycle.
And funny "zoomer attention tool" on screen. :)
gameplay for zoomer retention is the funniest but most accurate thing i have seen in an LTT video hahahaha
Spent a solid 5 minutes struggling to breathe after seeing that part hahah
It drove me nuts. Do they get to a point where it's a joke? I was 3 minutes in when I paused it to scroll down to see if anyone else was complaining. they're not. I win the oldest man award today. I might only be 35 years old physically but I'm at least twice that on the inside.
@Gibby4560 Same, I'm 10 seconds into the zoomer retention part and it's driving me crazy.
I am 17 and its driving me nuts
I absolutely hated it, while I understand doing it as a bit, it shouldn't be for the whole minute. It was so annoying seeing movement in my peripheral vision.
man I love an Alex/Linus video. No matter how much preparation and care they take its always so chaotic and janky. So fun to watch.
That PSU tilt is genius and such a "why didnt i think of that" moment lol
Return of the LTT intro! Y'all should keep it around - it's a free burst of endorphins and feeling at home for long-time viewers.
1:15 the og intro is back LET'S GOO
The camera features is actually incredible! The things one could do using it :o
Compared to Cities Skylines 1 where all camera tools are just mods. The content we can make in CS2 is going to be unprecedented.
@@gilbertplays cs2.... unfortunate name
Have you considered putting the motherboard in a vacuumed box to reduce condensation?
Can't, even if you also water cooled the GPU other components still generate heat and rely on air cooling. The RAM, SSDs, and chipset would all be overheating in a vacuum after a bit of run time.
I love this channel been watching since day 1, I think this is my longest watched channel and this is the most extreme Canadian accent yet when they started going OhYeah! it was great like when you hear a hillbilly dragging their "R"s out in every word even the ones without R's.
Mechanical Engineering student here... CoP is "coefficient of performance". It is a value that represents the efficiency of a heat pump/AC system. It's calculated by the heat output from the condenser (typically Q) compared to the power supplied to the compressor (W). Basically tells you how well of a job cooling per input power it is doing.
COP should never be as high as 650 though. I've never seen anything higher than like 8. It's typically not a variable that can be so finely tuned on the fly so it doesn't make sense to just "set" the COP to some value.
If I had to guess, that figure would more likely mean the cooling capacity measured in Watts, considering the heat pump is advertised als having a cooling capacity of 200-600 Watts. It could also be interpreted as a COP of 6.5 if the compressor draws ~100 Watts, but that wouldn't make sense as you said as COP isn't a variable to be set.
2:53 it's so fucking distracting
Linus you need a Hvac guy if you keep doing these cooling projects 😂 y’all make my day when I see you guys making some of these ideas work Linus you’re research on vapor compression is not bad keep looking into it if you’re wanting to improve you’re home system
We need a build video. There's a podcast called "well there's your problem" that talks about janky storage solutions and also city skylines (with mods). And occasionally engineering disasters (with slides).
They talk sh!t about you nearly as often as they do My Favorite Murder (2/3 are philly based) and I think that it would be an awesome surprise build.
You may even be good as a guest, you could talk about the Vancouver real estate market or home automation.
haha that was so funny seeing andy go geek over all the camera settings in the game. "why cant our camera do that?!"
game looks really epic, and that chiller seems to really do what they claim it's gonna do! badass
I thought it was part where he puts his hands in the air as he walks off was particularly funny 😄
I have been thinking, how would such a chiller work on a pc. And it works. And i guess with automatic sensors you can program it to stay above the condesation point. Would be ideal for in the summer.
"Would be ideal for in the summer" yes, unless you live in the same house where this computer+chiller is, that's going to be a hot boi in summer. 🤣
@@PascalBrax One of the reasons I don't game during summer.
@@PascalBrax split AC
@@PascalBrax "just" have long enough pipes
the chiller is outside the case already anyway
@@PascalBrax Use one of those exhaust mounts you have on regular portable AC-units. A chunky hose from the exhaust on the chiller to a mount on your window that also seals all the air gaps. I have a Electrolux portable AC and it have on of those accessories. That way all the cool air stays inside and the warm air goes outside.
If you then also cool the GPU and therefore cool the ambient temperature inside the case (if everything in there is at around 10 degrees celsius), and have some exhaust fans on the case your computer could potentially double work as an AC in the summer haha
2:31
me:
trying to learn how the cooler works
Adhd brain:
OoooOoo gameplay!
Words cannot describe the jolt of happiness I felt when Supernova came on. Chills, literal chills
I wonder if Andy saw the graphics options for tilt shift adjustments in addition to all the other crazy camera options.
Lol, I love Kyle's expression when he gets absolutely horrified at something Linus is doing or about to do. It is TH-cam gold :)
This "Bulb" is the filter/dryer and the capillartube is the expansion "valve". And if you run a plate heatexchanger wis simple water and let the evaporation temperature drop below 0°C, there is a serious chance to cause fatal damage to it.
And btw, capillary systems work best right before you reach the setpoint. Its okay for refrigerators. But for this setup i would use a electronic valve to get the best out of you evaporator without wasting to much surface for superheating.
Sweet board from ASRock, my kind of thing. SuperLube w/ Syncolon is safe on skin, and even safe for food handling equipment, perfectly fine to handle it with bare hands even if you're about to dig for gold.
Beamng is also very good for CPU benchmarks, it's very "core count intensive"...
agreed, i have a 13900h and spawning more than 15 ai cars brings my laptop to skin vaporizing temps
Yeah, I was thinking about making an LTT forum post about that. Beam's super easy to setup as a CPU stressor: Each vehicle uses 1 thread. If you want more load per thread, use bigger vehicles.
Or you could also just run the built-in benchmark and see what score you get.
Distant Worlds 2 is the best I've seen yet. if they get a good late game save and disable the CPU usage limiter, it will pull 100% cpu usage no problem
@@joshjlmgproductions3313 are you sure it's not 2 threads per car? My 4690S ican't do more than 4 cars...
@@pigeondriver8992 I have a 3950X and have seen how the game utilizes each thread. Both my previous i7-7700 and my friend's 4790K would run 5 - 7 cars before being extremely slow. Windows itself will use 1 or 2 threads, and DX11 also runs on its own thread (which often ends up being the bottleneck).
This chiller video is very cool, I like the chill vibes when you two are working together. Unintentional puns aside, this really was very good to see how it all works, and it never once ran into any issues, granted that this was early access so the data could change in the future. I really like the way this game looks, it reminds of SimCity, but more advanced. Thanks for making this video, I'll make sure to take a look when it becomes available.
it's why i turn the heat on when i wake up from a cold night to get rid on the condensation from the windows. blowing a fan at the window helps too
Should definitely add the GPU to the loop and maybe a normal radiator before the chiller to help dump some of the heat.
The zoomer retention bit was quite funny but wow is it distracting, pure suffering getting through it while trying to listen to Linus
6:17 his intrusive thoughts won 💀
I love how you spent all that time explaining the device in the beginning, when you could have just said that it is essentially just a mini A/C unit.
I never get tired of seeing these Linus and Alex janky cooling projects.
I just have to say this has to be one of my favourite LTT videos of all time. Just insanely fun to watch and the Alex-Linus-synergy just never fails to amaze lol
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I always wanted to try to build a hermetically sealed case with pass thru for liquid cooling and fill the case with nitrogen and silica packets to avoid condensation for a 24/7 sub ambient build. Maybe use something fun like vodka for the loop so you can go below freezing. (Pure ethanol freezes at -114C (-173F) but carries less thermal energy so vodka is good mix)
I'm sure there's a reason why no one has done the dry atmosphere yet, but I really do want to see someone try
@@onebacon_ Exactly
You can always break down your refridgerator or freezer to make a cooler with it's cooling system ;)
And yes moving water does not freeze that easily.
Refrigerators are incredibly weak, while you likely wont damage it Changes are it wont do much.
You could run the coolant through a regular radiator first to get rid of some above ambient heat. Then through the cooling unit.
This type of video is the reason I fell in love with this channel many years ago. Keep up the shenanigans! Peace and Love
You mean Linus jumping on an internet controversy to push views?
CS2 runs like ass, it *still* runs like ass on the janky rig with top of the line components
FINNALY. You guys teased a video on consumer refrigeration cycle cooling years ago and I've been waiting so long.
Thank you , very intersting video, i will glad to work on this kind of projects, hello from france.
8 years in the US Army and 24 years in manufacturing: The smile and "this is going to be fun" at 3:27 is the most scary - and relatable - thing in this video for me.