**A DIY Water Cooling Adventure**

As I embarked on this DIY water cooling project, I must admit that I was in for a wild ride. The first step was to mount the pump on the bottom right corner of the case. I decided to keep it simple and not drill any more holes, as I didn't want to make things too complicated. However, this decision proved to be a bit of a challenge later on.

As I was setting up the pump, I realized that it didn't come with a PC-compatible connector, which meant I had to get creative. After some struggle, I managed to attach a Molex connector to the pump, and voilà! The pump was powered, and we were one step closer to creating our own water cooling system.

However, things took a turn for the worse when I discovered that the 3/8-inch tubing didn't quite fit the radiator. It seemed like a minor issue at first, but it ended up being a significant problem. Luckily, I had some spare norprene tubing from an old Swift Tech project, which saved the day.

The positioning of the tubing was crucial in this system. We wanted to position it so that water would flow straight down to the inlet of the pump and have air bubbles exit at the highest point in the loop. This required careful planning, as I didn't want any air pockets or blockages that could cause issues later on.

As I was working on the system, I realized that I needed a faster way to assemble it. So, I decided to take some shortcuts that might not be recommended by experts. One of these shortcuts involved putting a computer in the loop without a graphics card. This proved to be a good decision, as we were able to get away with it.

The system was loud and janky, but I was determined to see it through. And, to my surprise, it performed remarkably well. After an extended stress test on the Intel Ida 64, our DIY water cooling system outperformed a decent aftermarket cooler by a whopping 5°. It was a proud moment for me, and I couldn't wait to share the results with all of you.

**Black Friday Deals**

As Black Friday approaches, I want to remind you that iby power.com is offering some amazing deals on their gaming PCs and laptops. They include dozens of free upgrades and are proud partners of Esports athletes and teams like UCI Esports, CLG, and Cloud9. You can even finance your PC with month-to-month payments if that's what you're looking for.

**Conclusion**

And so, our DIY water cooling adventure comes to an end. It was a wild ride, full of ups and downs, but in the end, it was worth it. If you're considering taking on this project yourself, I hope my story has inspired you to give it a try. And if not, at least you now know that even a janky DIY system can outperform some aftermarket coolers.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ennow I know what you're thinking a custom liquid cooling Loop for less than an AO cooler clickbait clickbait not true but wait no it's true for $522 with prime shipping on amazon.com I obtained everything I will need to build a custom water cooling Loop for my CPU now what kind of Hardware did he find for that kind of a price that's a great question and I'm going to show you this is going to be a good one verar ergonomic s and plus lines of Gaming Chairs make for a great addition to any gaming setup check them out at the link in the video description okay let's run through what we got here now I'm going to tell you guys right off the Hop that shopping for these was not particularly easy the AGP Tech 12 pipe aluminum heat exchanger radiator for PC for example did not even include the specs of what size the barbs are and actually looking at the picture telling the difference between qu in and 38 inch barbs is not that easy but uh Hey for $16.99 I'm feeling pretty good about this purchase all right next up is the pump this is not what was in the picture so if this works then great it's rated at 240 lers per hour flow with three meters of Max Head theoretically plenty no connector or anything but we'll we'll solve that problem later and finally the centerpiece of my water cooling Loop this thing same thing man Amazon needs like a like a like a scale next to pictures on their site because look at this look at this product page looks pretty big right in person the length pure red copper water cooling block for CPU Graphics radiator heat sink 40x40 millimet which I guess should have tipped me off is this dinky little thing before we get started there are a few more things that we need so first of all I scrunched up some tubing a mixture of 1/4 in and 38 this can be obtained very cheaply so it doesn't affect the price of our setup much and a couple of 38 to4 in reducers as well as a 3/8 in Te because we don't want to waste money on a budget project like this on a dedicated Reservoir we'll show you how to use that later next up we'll need our soldering iron why is the sponge missing for this why why we will need our drill we'll need a sacrificial Molex connector a sacrificial case side panel and we'll need some screws along with anything else that I realize that I've forgotten along the way is there any PC that's not totally miss the wano PC I'll use my Franken cooling Solution on the wancho PC so in order to do that we will need a baseline reading for the temperatures with the noctua NH something D9 L that's in there right now NH D9 whatever the cooler that's in there right now to compare against our custom liquid cooler so check this out 61° on the CPU let's see if we can beat that shall we I'm back one step and a half more every time I'm outside your front door our $25 special does not come with any mounting hardware whatsoever we're going to need a hold down plate it's going to be the ghetto sort in case any of you were wondering we're going to Center this baby by eyeball we're going to find a bit let big enough for these babies to come through oh oh the eyeball in it system works again I mean it's like if uh it's like if art was more beautiful where my screws go 832 832 832 washers or or stick with me here a zillion washer one zillion washers now presumably you could find like some plastic junk or you could use a proper length screw and that would solve this problem for you but I am nothing if not willing to do things entirely the wrong way for the sake of finishing this video right now that was probably a lot of thermal compound oh yeah 20 washers right there 20 Ro washers is a magic number arguably this is a bit of a hack for me to say the cost is $52 and and whatever because I did not factor in the cost of a fan for the radiator but I also don't think it's an entirely unfair assumption that if you have a computer it probably has a 120 mm fan in it somewhere so we're going to repurpose the one that's in the case I don't even think the product page specified that this was a 120 mm radiator but it would appear as though the spacing is correct nice that looks legit right so when you're using a crappy pump it's more important to uh carefully plan out the position of everything within the loop so that you're able to bleed the air bubbles out because a super powerful pump will just blow them through um but a crappy one will not be able to do that now the reason I chose this pump had everything to do with placement and size nothing to do with cost which if you remember from the intro of this video is an outright lie let's keep it really simple not drill any more holes and let's mount it on the bottom right here so next order of business is we need some kind of PC compatible connector on our pump cuz it just straight up doesn't come with one because whatever right only all kinds of stripping were this easy I wouldn't have to make YouTube videos that's the key to good stripping use your teeth okay couple minutes later boom Molex connector there we go pump's powered the radiator is 3/8 in so that's where I need to use wait a minute oh well I was just saying we needed a snag it is not 38 in it's like a really ginormous quarter inch which is actually terrible because my 1/ quter inch tubing is super old and was not particularly pliable in the first place okay fortunately I have this norprene tubing that I ripped off of some Swift Tech thing a long time ago sh so positioning of the tline very important because when we fill it we want it to go straight down to the inlet of the pump and when there are air bubbles we want them to make their way out so it has to be at the highest point is in the loop actually up here might have been a little bit better but we're not going to stress about these minor Minor Details keep in mind that normally would put zip ties on these barbs but this is a very shortterm solution so I'm not going to bother I would also normally cut this tubing to a reasonable length but this is expensive tubing and so I'm going to save it so let's go ahead and uh let some of that water work its way into the system here so I think I'm about to have a bit of a bit of a witness me moment here um because this is quite possibly the jankiest thing I have ever done on lineus Tech tips what you guys are about to see I need a faster way to do this not a recommended way a faster way so we are going to put this computer on or do something like this and actually this was a mistake I me everything about this was a mistake but this in particular filling the glass that was a mistake oh that's why I wanted the glass full now I remember thinking thinking it doesn't look like I'm thinking but I assure you I am oh no no no no no no okay okay we're good theoretically it is now full it's loud as all hell but uh I realized why we probably have a post code there's no graphics card in there so like we could still get away with this we're going to have to give it some time but this is looking very promising it might be loud it might be janky and it might be ugly but damn it it outperforms a decent aftermarket cooler coming in a whopping 5° cooler after an extended stress FPU load in Ida 64 so thank you guys for coming along for the ride whether you believed in me from the start or whether you are a hater a member of the corrupt media and I bid you good night this Black Friday be sure to visit iby power.com and be on the lookout for their doorbuster Deals they begin on November 21st and you can shop from the comfort of your own home in your own underwear that's not to say that you would have to wear someone else's underwear if you went to a store but just to say that you wouldn't have to wear anything in addition to them so there's no need to wait in line in the deals include dozens of free upgrades for their gaming PCs and laptops this year you can even Finance your Black Friday PC with month-to-month payments if you're into that sort of thing they're one of the top choices for Esports athletes and proud partners of UCI Esports CLG and Cloud9 they also offer lifetime tech support with all of their products so check them out at the link in the video description this is the Revolt to by the way for those of you who don't remember the unbuild log we did a while back which maybe you can check out here so thanks for watching guys if you dislike this video go ahead and hit that dislike button but if you like this video hit that like button get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured today at Amazon in the video description although I wouldn't necessarily recommend buying any of this stuff it is definitely worth a look see also linked in the video description is our merch store where you can buy cool shirts like this one as well as our community Forum which you should totally join now that you're done doing all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so hey hey it's been a long time since we did this so maybe check out whole room water cooling if you haven't uh had enough of me jenly trying to water cool things for todaynow I know what you're thinking a custom liquid cooling Loop for less than an AO cooler clickbait clickbait not true but wait no it's true for $522 with prime shipping on amazon.com I obtained everything I will need to build a custom water cooling Loop for my CPU now what kind of Hardware did he find for that kind of a price that's a great question and I'm going to show you this is going to be a good one verar ergonomic s and plus lines of Gaming Chairs make for a great addition to any gaming setup check them out at the link in the video description okay let's run through what we got here now I'm going to tell you guys right off the Hop that shopping for these was not particularly easy the AGP Tech 12 pipe aluminum heat exchanger radiator for PC for example did not even include the specs of what size the barbs are and actually looking at the picture telling the difference between qu in and 38 inch barbs is not that easy but uh Hey for $16.99 I'm feeling pretty good about this purchase all right next up is the pump this is not what was in the picture so if this works then great it's rated at 240 lers per hour flow with three meters of Max Head theoretically plenty no connector or anything but we'll we'll solve that problem later and finally the centerpiece of my water cooling Loop this thing same thing man Amazon needs like a like a like a scale next to pictures on their site because look at this look at this product page looks pretty big right in person the length pure red copper water cooling block for CPU Graphics radiator heat sink 40x40 millimet which I guess should have tipped me off is this dinky little thing before we get started there are a few more things that we need so first of all I scrunched up some tubing a mixture of 1/4 in and 38 this can be obtained very cheaply so it doesn't affect the price of our setup much and a couple of 38 to4 in reducers as well as a 3/8 in Te because we don't want to waste money on a budget project like this on a dedicated Reservoir we'll show you how to use that later next up we'll need our soldering iron why is the sponge missing for this why why we will need our drill we'll need a sacrificial Molex connector a sacrificial case side panel and we'll need some screws along with anything else that I realize that I've forgotten along the way is there any PC that's not totally miss the wano PC I'll use my Franken cooling Solution on the wancho PC so in order to do that we will need a baseline reading for the temperatures with the noctua NH something D9 L that's in there right now NH D9 whatever the cooler that's in there right now to compare against our custom liquid cooler so check this out 61° on the CPU let's see if we can beat that shall we I'm back one step and a half more every time I'm outside your front door our $25 special does not come with any mounting hardware whatsoever we're going to need a hold down plate it's going to be the ghetto sort in case any of you were wondering we're going to Center this baby by eyeball we're going to find a bit let big enough for these babies to come through oh oh the eyeball in it system works again I mean it's like if uh it's like if art was more beautiful where my screws go 832 832 832 washers or or stick with me here a zillion washer one zillion washers now presumably you could find like some plastic junk or you could use a proper length screw and that would solve this problem for you but I am nothing if not willing to do things entirely the wrong way for the sake of finishing this video right now that was probably a lot of thermal compound oh yeah 20 washers right there 20 Ro washers is a magic number arguably this is a bit of a hack for me to say the cost is $52 and and whatever because I did not factor in the cost of a fan for the radiator but I also don't think it's an entirely unfair assumption that if you have a computer it probably has a 120 mm fan in it somewhere so we're going to repurpose the one that's in the case I don't even think the product page specified that this was a 120 mm radiator but it would appear as though the spacing is correct nice that looks legit right so when you're using a crappy pump it's more important to uh carefully plan out the position of everything within the loop so that you're able to bleed the air bubbles out because a super powerful pump will just blow them through um but a crappy one will not be able to do that now the reason I chose this pump had everything to do with placement and size nothing to do with cost which if you remember from the intro of this video is an outright lie let's keep it really simple not drill any more holes and let's mount it on the bottom right here so next order of business is we need some kind of PC compatible connector on our pump cuz it just straight up doesn't come with one because whatever right only all kinds of stripping were this easy I wouldn't have to make YouTube videos that's the key to good stripping use your teeth okay couple minutes later boom Molex connector there we go pump's powered the radiator is 3/8 in so that's where I need to use wait a minute oh well I was just saying we needed a snag it is not 38 in it's like a really ginormous quarter inch which is actually terrible because my 1/ quter inch tubing is super old and was not particularly pliable in the first place okay fortunately I have this norprene tubing that I ripped off of some Swift Tech thing a long time ago sh so positioning of the tline very important because when we fill it we want it to go straight down to the inlet of the pump and when there are air bubbles we want them to make their way out so it has to be at the highest point is in the loop actually up here might have been a little bit better but we're not going to stress about these minor Minor Details keep in mind that normally would put zip ties on these barbs but this is a very shortterm solution so I'm not going to bother I would also normally cut this tubing to a reasonable length but this is expensive tubing and so I'm going to save it so let's go ahead and uh let some of that water work its way into the system here so I think I'm about to have a bit of a bit of a witness me moment here um because this is quite possibly the jankiest thing I have ever done on lineus Tech tips what you guys are about to see I need a faster way to do this not a recommended way a faster way so we are going to put this computer on or do something like this and actually this was a mistake I me everything about this was a mistake but this in particular filling the glass that was a mistake oh that's why I wanted the glass full now I remember thinking thinking it doesn't look like I'm thinking but I assure you I am oh no no no no no no okay okay we're good theoretically it is now full it's loud as all hell but uh I realized why we probably have a post code there's no graphics card in there so like we could still get away with this we're going to have to give it some time but this is looking very promising it might be loud it might be janky and it might be ugly but damn it it outperforms a decent aftermarket cooler coming in a whopping 5° cooler after an extended stress FPU load in Ida 64 so thank you guys for coming along for the ride whether you believed in me from the start or whether you are a hater a member of the corrupt media and I bid you good night this Black Friday be sure to visit iby power.com and be on the lookout for their doorbuster Deals they begin on November 21st and you can shop from the comfort of your own home in your own underwear that's not to say that you would have to wear someone else's underwear if you went to a store but just to say that you wouldn't have to wear anything in addition to them so there's no need to wait in line in the deals include dozens of free upgrades for their gaming PCs and laptops this year you can even Finance your Black Friday PC with month-to-month payments if you're into that sort of thing they're one of the top choices for Esports athletes and proud partners of UCI Esports CLG and Cloud9 they also offer lifetime tech support with all of their products so check them out at the link in the video description this is the Revolt to by the way for those of you who don't remember the unbuild log we did a while back which maybe you can check out here so thanks for watching guys if you dislike this video go ahead and hit that dislike button but if you like this video hit that like button get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured today at Amazon in the video description although I wouldn't necessarily recommend buying any of this stuff it is definitely worth a look see also linked in the video description is our merch store where you can buy cool shirts like this one as well as our community Forum which you should totally join now that you're done doing all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so hey hey it's been a long time since we did this so maybe check out whole room water cooling if you haven't uh had enough of me jenly trying to water cool things for today\n"