Felix rebuilds his living room gaming PC 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - What's the Plan? 04:25 - Mounting the Parts 06:55 - Adding the Cooling 10:35 - Plumbing 22:13 - Final Assembly 26:05 - Leak Testing 27:34 - Filling the Loop 31:11 - Power Button 33:10 - Does it Work? 34:15 - Thermal Testing 41:57 - Conclusions
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Radiators are about adjusting to ambient air temp; if the hottest is on the bottom, the next one up won't cool any further below what the bottom one sets the air temp at. Instead, feed the hot water to the top radiator and work your way down. Also, maybe construct a chimney for increased air flow (if air is coming in the sides, its not funneling through at an increased rate from the bottom).
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The small radiators are mostly blocking airflow rather than contributing to any extend to the cooling in the current configuration. For them to be useful, you need to change the water flow direction. Right now, the air from below (hot air, cooler water) is hitting the air cooled by the cooler water coming from the previous radiator, so mostly not circulating any air through them. By changing it, you allow for heat to effectively pump air out the top, pulling it from the bottom. Seeing how it's built, you can probably detatch the pump from the base, and turn it upside down to see if it really improves the cooling before you change anything else. Then the water patch wouldnt be optimal, but seeing the cpu is always hotter than the gpu in all tests, it will probably do no harm and will contribute to greater heat output instead.
When u drilled the mounting frame "in beat " i was all in
If you put a fine stainless steel mesh in the water reservoir, it will stop any tiny air bubbles recirculating around the system, that could be whats affecting your pump
Oh, I absolutely need that telescoping circle template...
If noctua's passive air cooler is anything to go by (and I believe they know their stuff), you need way bigger spacing between the radiator's fins for ambient air to flow freely. Surface drag dominates with denser fins.
1, look up phosphating steel and cast iron. Then double check if galvanic corrosion contributed to your issue (less likely tbh, given the surface area of the radiator). Finally, run an automotive antifreeze designed for cast iron blocks (most of them, but that's worth checking), add an antimicrobial agent, and then give the radiator another shot. 2, like everyone else, chimney, chimney, chimney. Run the duct behind the tv. Stacking radiators won't help. Once you have a chimney, you'll have airflow.
Looking at the comments to see everyone else had the same idea about which radiator should be pumped through first.
I think the water flow is the wrong direction. You flow from CPU to "bottom" rad to middle to top. This means that any heat released from the bottom rad raises up and goes into the middle and top rads. Instead you should have the water go to the "top" rad 'first', and then go down. This would 2 things. Because the hottest air is at the top, it'll create a convection zone pulling air up. And secondly you'd be progressively cooling the water as it goes down to the bottom rad. I wouldn't change orientation of the rads, just the order of flow going from bottom->top->res to top->bottom->res
34:08 You are right, but the only way to get game Devs to make games available for Linux is to make the move to Linux. It's a catch 22.
Im so obsessed with how you make your pcs looks like they came straight out of the steampunk era also i saw peggle and instantly subbed
man, your customized custom pc's are always fantastic
Pro tip for the soldering, bend the solder over the diameter of your pipe to know exactly how much you'd need and once you reach the bend then you can stop applying solder to the area. Also first heat the bottom side of the pipe so that when you apply solder it wont just drip down onto the table but it will help with capillary action
Easier to just run pipes and a rad outside the house with the pump, just add quick connects into the wall to hook the loop up :P
Poor Raddy, I do wish that he could of worked, it was such a cool concept, just sucks that the rust keeps causing issues
It doesn't surprise me that it doesn't work properly. But it does surprise me that it works as well as it does. Visually, it's another absolute eye-catcher. Absolutely fantastic work! I'm looking forward to the sequel. You are so crazy 🤣👌
Add a very slim fans under the big radiator to keep the fanless look its amazing
It's a shame that the previous build didn't work out, but this one should be much nicer for home use.