IDK why people are hating… But thanks Jay for the updated video. I just bought a handful of Hydro X and EK parts. About to make my own loop. It’s nice to always have a fresh guide.
@@CopyNinjaDave Yooo Congrats! And yes I do. The tubes cool off very quickly, so keep that in mind. I recommend bending them by hand without using the bending tool. Jay was definitely right on that one. It cools way to quickly, you have to be fast. Buy a good amount of extra tubing. And for your first loop with hard tubes, stick to a single bend and spend extra on some fittings. Most of the difficulties were with just the bends with the tubes. Flush them well as too!!! (I got some bits of plastic in my loop due to not flushing enough after cutting and prepping the tubes, was a pain to clean out) His guide video is spot on. But don’t expect it to be that easy, he is a pro after all. Be prepared to make some mistakes and for your rig to be down for a few days. Take your time! Just realized I spelled and worded things terribly, must've been half asleep when typing this....
This is a very well done video. As always, Jay is informative and concise with his guide. Corsair providing an all in one kit makes this a LOT less painful than it could be. I just built my Corsair themed system and have been contemplating Watercooling. EK, although lavish, doesn't hold your hand like Corsair. That makes it far more daunting for a new builder. My R9 5900x and 3080 Ti FE pump out an immense amount of heat, so water seems to be on the horizon. Corsair, for obvious reasons, will be the kit that I choose once comfortable with the financial aspect of this. Make no mistake, this is likely more expensive than many of your system components. Make sure that it's what you want, how you want and with the parts you want before buying things. This has the potential to nickel and dime you into the poor house. Corsair's Configurator is a godsend.
Well jay, I've watched plenty of your water cooling videos. I didn't realize how much help you have been until now. I have mostly hydro x parts in my rigs. I owe you a big thank you for providing good information and inspiration for cool builds.
I just built my first water cooled system with hard lines. Thank you J this video help me so much I watched it like 10 times before I started. I wish I could download a video and show you of my build.
Best way to go. Especially if you just going for performance. No need to waste time bending. Plus you can fit in odd places. I could not do hard on my 2 420Rads.
Another great vid man! About to dive into my first custom water cooling build. I love how often you talk about not getting in a hurry w/ this project. Can't wait to get started!
Just to confirm what you said about the temperature difference from the GPU to the CPU. Done here more than once, with 3 radiators systems, and calibrated temperature sensors at every inlet and outlet from CPU, GPU and radiators. Maximum I had, with a 3090 at full load, was 2C higher at the output than at the input. I usually do GPU to top radiator as exhaust, then CPU because more often than not, makes easier to link to the next radiator, also my use the CPU barely breaks a sweat.
Does Anyone know what adapter it is between the Y-Splitter and the 90° Adapter? Is it the Compression for Softtubing, which he mentioned in the beginning? The Adapter I mean is min 18:10
I'd like to see the tubes themselves being put in place. Nobody ever shows that part. They bend the tube and then cut to it being installed. That leaves me with questions like: "Do I flex the parts to get a super tight fit?" and "Are small gaps at the fitting connection point ok/expected?"
I guess that part is very time consuming and not so fun to watch. As Jay said, just go slow and don't cut it too much, it's better to cut it a little bit longer than you think and if you're doing it for the first time I would actually buy more hardline tubing than I need if I make a mistake and cut some tubes too short.
They never show the parts everyone needs help with HAHA. And there’s no parts list in the bio for all the fittings he used for the quick drain. I’m setting up my pump as we speak and I’d like to know what exact fittings those are
good video! i was also thinking about doing a custom water cooled rig when i ran into the corsair MP700 SSD. if i read the tin correctly that read/write speed is just insane! i think it's special enough to dedicate the entire rig around the watercooling system it's built to receive.
I'm planning to watercool for the first time in an Obsidian 1000D and I appreciate the guidance you gave here. Definitely will help in selecting the products I use and the tube routing.
Jay thanx for always being informative. I'm about to do my first loop build and i'm terrified i'm gonna screw up but your videos set my mind at ease. Thanx man, you guys do a great job.
Great Vid jay! I got into custom liquid cooling watching your vids. I love spending hundreds of dollars on fittings, rads and more stuff...LOL My final loop...EK P480mm rad, Alphacool Core 1 and the EK Quantum Red Devil 7900 xtx gpu block. The block more than does the job, it literally cut my temps more than I expected. 7900 xtx air cooled, temps were 44-45c. With the EK block...temps 22c, 1 or 2c in either way. I have to admit, I went from the Corsair XD5 pump to the GPU to the CPU then goes to the EK P480 rad and as you like to say, "loop order does not matter." You are correct sir!!! I thought I might have to get another rad in the loop, come to find out, it is not needed.
The most important thing you have to have, is patience, patience and PATIENCE. Free up a lot of time and don't let anything distract you, because a mistake can easily be made quickly. I experienced it the hard way. And an expensive one when I built my first custom loop. Darn, they cut out the part when he burned his finger 😆🤣
What are those parts you used between your splitter and the drain plug? I ordered the drain and a y splitter but they can't connect and now i'm searching for the part inbetween them
Yo Jay, it was thanks to you I started doing water, than done a felxi system, and a rigid system later🤛 now I'm looking to upgrade platform and stuff, you're back to help again!
I’ve been deathly terrified of doing a custom loop but I’m unwilling to pay someone else to do it for me. I have a 3090Ti and really want the loop to get better temps (90C peak with current case and AIO for CPU). I’m getting a new case with better flow and was considering just a newer AIO but after watching your videos, I think I’m finally ready to give it a shot. Thanks for being so informative but more importantly for emphasizing the patience and care you have to take to do this thing right!
Nice man, me too, really keen to water cool for my next PC in a couple years or so (waiting for 50 series from Nvidia) In the meantime you could easily shave off at least 10 degrees by undervolting your GPU, I'm assuming you have not tried that yet if you are getting to 90 degrees, 30 series has massive headroom for undervolting.
Thanks, Jay. I will follow this video the next time I build a PC, just built a pc with a closed loop cooler! No lie, though I kind of want to convert my close loop cooling in to a custom loop Design!!
for his outlet design, does anyone know the exact part numbers he used? When I look up the 14mm hardline fittings on the corsair website. All I see is the normal fittings and the 90 degree fittings. I think he said a y splitter to the ball stop and then a extension off the other side to a swivel 90?
I'm not trying to look smarty but why you put radiator on the exhaust? I'm new at pc building. Just thinking about my first pc build, never done it before. But i'm working as a mechanical maintenance engineer at powerplants and was an aircraft technician for 10 years. So i'm familiar with cooling theory. Blocks absorb heat, liquid transfer heat to radiator, cold air pass through radiator to cool the liquid. By putting raditor on exhaust, you force hot air through radiator. If you have a reason for this, i want to know. I want to learn as much as i can before buying parts.
i get a piece of paper and draw out the loop and measure with a measuring tape the tubing adding 20 mm on the ends as you can decrease but not increase and do 1 bend at a time and check alignment also use your finger to measure location and allow 5-10 mm shorter when bending as bend adds 5-10 mm most important tip if bend needs to be fixed hang hard tubing between 2 fingers and thumb turning slow let the hard tubing straighten itself when its straight from both sides put heat gun down let it cool down just blowing on it if the tube isnt hot enough itll ripple on the inside of bend hold it up slowly heat the tube up and let it straight itself to remove ripple
I got my super 1000D case, my i9 fire ball cpu, my ROG thor 2 1200 watt psu and my ROG dark hero MOBO. We still need to purchase a lot more case fans, radiators, ram, storage, tubing, and pumps. I have one question? Will i need to do push pull fans? Do i really need to spend the extra cash on a water cooled GPU? This will compliment my samsung ark2. My PC i built in in 2016 is barely holding together.
First of Iam new to custom water cooling ,I got lost on how many radiators you put in ,Why is there 3 radiators in this build I thought 2 was enough one for the gpu and one for the cpu?
This is an amazing tutorial and i am about to try to build my first loop. I was looking at your configuration at the drainage valve. what fitting do you have between the y splitter and the 90 degree fitting? is that some kind of spacer?
Gone are the days of using a paper clip on the black and green wires so you can fill your external res with UV dyed (and CCFL) lights with uv anti kink coil tubing On my i7 920, oh how times have changed
Jay - I am getting condensation on the top of my reservoir. Per corsair manual, I left some space at the top of the reservoir when I was adding fluid. Any suggestions?
brother id like to say this is so well done, it made me feel I was back in college learning from my professor. I do mind asking how often do you have to maintenance the water cooling or is their little to no maintenance at all to it once its up and running? An once you drain the water cooling do you have to always wait the few hours again like to first installment or no? Also thank you for all the videos you've made with the whole staff. You guys have mentored me for years on everything about pc building an now I feel more then confident to build my own pc and to include water cooling into my install.
Why does nobody ever talk about cooling the system using the water temp instead of component temp? I mean, Jay briefly talks about the temp sensor here, but them completes the build and there's no mention of it afterwards. The Corsair Hydro stuff has become really popular recently, but still everybody seems to ignore the temp sensor in the XD5. Does everybody just install their XD5 and just go back to the old way of setting fan curves based on CPU and GPU temps? Or is it just the popular RU-vidrs who ignore liquid temp sensors?
This is the most underrated comment. I just built a Hydro X build and nowhere on you tube that I’ve seen does anyone go into coolant temp and how best to control it. This is important because the maximum coolant temp on this D5 pump is 60C and nobody mentions it.
@@andydbedford Yea, the only person I've seen talking about a temp sensor is Optimum Tech. I ended up getting into temp sensors around the time I wrote the comment above, because I was asking on Reddit how people deal with their fans ramping up every time the CPU spikes up to 60-70°C for a few seconds. It was the first time I'd heard about temp sensors for a loop and it instantly made perfect sense. I've got one of these pumps now (and also a second temp sensor in my radiator using a commander Pro). I used iCUE for a week or so, but then I moved to Argus Monitor instead, because iCUE wasn't great for min/max water temps, and it didn't show my other mobo fans. My water temps generally range from about 23-40°C, and I think of 40°C as the maximum, but I suppose it depends on your ambient temp, and where you live, and your setup, etc.. It makes a lot more sense using the water temp once you get it all set up.
@@JoeBob79569 Mate your an absolute legend, this is specifically what I needed to know I am using the commander pro, as im using all Corsair SP120 rgb fans on a 360 rad and 240 rad, and I am going by coolant temp when considering pump and fan speed. The gpu and cpu temps im not worried about as my new loop has literally halved my gpu temps on air from idle at 50c to 25c +/- 1-2C and my cpu dropped about 10C going form a 360 AIO, under load the cpu gets 65c and gpu around 47c What freaked me out is the water temperature hit 40c in a 20 c room, but i did not realise see my fans where at 800rpm and my pump was on 50% about 2000 rpm, when in reality the fans needed to be on at least 1000R RPM and the pump at 60% around the 2800 mark to keep the water temp around 37c. Thank you so much for your reply, this is my first ever custom loop and what you said makes 100% sense.
@@andydbedford Yea, it does take a while to wrap your head around some of the concepts, especially that the water temp generally doesn't change a lot compared to the temperature of your CPU/GPU. When I started watercooling a few years ago I never really thought about it, but somewhere in the back of my mind I assumed that the water temps would be the same as the components, which of course isn't the case. The way I think about it nowadays is that the water moves so fast in a loop that that it takes a "little bit" of the CPU/GPU temp with it as it flies through the blocks; so in one second you might have 10 "chunks" of water taking 2°C each with them, which would add up to 20°C. Another interesting concept is the pump speed. If it's too slow then your components obviously won't get cooled enough, but if it's too fast then the water doesn't have enough time in the radiators to cool down. Of course this depends on how many radiators you have, and how many components you are cooling, but generally you need to find the sweet spot for your system, between noise and pump speed, fan speed, and component temps. There's quite a few variables there! Probably the best way to do it is to run a benchmark and leave it running with the fans close to max speed, and the pump at maybe 80% and then see what your temps are like when everything equalises. And then vary your pump and fan speeds, and try to get it as quiet as possible at an acceptable temperature. But the important thing when doing this is to give the water temperature a chance to equalise again after making a change to the pump speed. Like, if you change the speed you will probably see an immediate change in the water temp, but it will likely drift up or down again after a few minutes.
@@JoeBob79569 Thank you so much for your help, this info is really going to help going forward into my open loop adventure. I feel I am just scratching the surface, and I have a lot more testing to do. It took me four days to build the loop and I literally finished it two days ago 🙂
A good follow up video would be to show the wiring of the pump, block and fans to the hubs. Very few show the actual wiring process. Just finished the leak testing on my first custom loop and now, OMG that's a lot of wires to deal with.
once the new generation of gpu's (amd 7000's series or RTX 4000's) i will most likely do a custom loop. i dont want to do a sick loop like this and have mid grade parts. a 5950x will be more than enough CPU wise. but its the gpu. great great build and loop. cannot wait to do my own
You refer to an "extension" to the swivel 90 at 19:10. But I don't see anything on Corsair's web site for an "extension" kind of fitting. What is that?
Because they don’t sell them! This was a real pain in the arse for me too. I just fijj my owned my first custom loop three days ago, and needed an extender, a single piece which needs a male to make fitting to attach it too at each end to attach it to, so Corsair doesn’t sell those either! I had to get those from a different company which was Barrow, Botspower who is the OEM for Corsair also makes them but I couldn’t get them in the UK, so had to go with Barrow instead.
I wasn't able to find the "Y Valve" used in this build. Is it a Corsair product? On the Corsair site I found the classic valve, but not this "Y valve"; same story on Amazon. Someone can help me? Thank you in advance!
I remember installing liquid cooling was a very difficult process. But this video is showing all the process for beginners from start to end, including tips & tricks. Basically in 30 minutes i learned everything I needed to know, very well done! These are the parts and some indicative prices that i currently found (October 2023). As you can see it is a pretty expensive setup, but the effort that you put, the appearance and the superior functionality might be worthy it for those who are willing to spare. ----------------------------------------------------- | Part | Model | Price (€) | ----------------------------------------------------- | CPU Block | XC7 | € 95.00 | | GPU Block | XG7 | € 280.00 | | Pump | XD5 | € 160.00 | | Radiator | XR5 360 | € 80.00 | | Radiator | XR5 360 | € 80.00 | | Fans (x3) | QL120 | € 100.00 | | Fans (x3) | QL120 | € 100.00 | | Tube | XT Hardline | € 26.00 | | Coolant Liquid | XL5 | € 17.00 | | Clamps (x4) | XF Hardline | € 32.00 | | Clamps (x4) | XF Hardline | € 32.00 | | Adapters (x2) | XF Adapter | € 30.00 | | Adapters (x2) | XF Adapter | € 30.00 | | Bending Kit | XT Hardline | € 50.00 | | Heatgun | | € 50.00 | | TOTAL | | € 1,162.00 | -----------------------------------------------------
now I just need this whole radiator and pump setup to stay OUTSIDE of my desktop/HTMPC SilverStone chasis... and btw. I'm planing to use the Aorus 4080 Waterforce (without the radiator) with it, to save the mod of my graphic card... I'm just wondering, how long the distance can be between the pump/radiator and CPU block...
Wow, first time this has been explained so well. How did you get you hands into the case to tighten the bottom 2 fittings on the radiator on the back of the case? Looks like a nightmare!
im gonne build the same loop for my first watercooled pc but wanne make it whit chrome fittings . if been looking the y splitter i only find in messing but thats ok but how dit you build the part whit the valve i see a y spliter the valve a close screw and a 90 degree angle but whats between the angle and the y splitter ? seem not to find that part. can you maybe tell me whitch fitting parts you all used and how many so i can order it all in chrome and have the right amount of eatch fitting .
Great vid. I watched like 50 vids on watercooling. I have not find one vid that test rads between components (gpu-rad-cpu-rad). I don't think it would make a big difference, but would be nice to find out..
Please somebody help me with the two pin molex connected to the pump, I can not for the life of me find a "molex" that will connect to it, I can find 3 pins and 4 pins but this is a two pin molex, which corsair states need to plug into the psu. So I need a cord that goes from psu to this weird molex connector.
love your cooling videos not only for the learning experience but also because of the quality of them. have two questions tho. how good are the ql fans you using as static presure fans? and would glycol be better as an anti corrosive in a loquid cooling system?
Can you do a video about the best placement for the drain? For my next build, I'm thinking about mounting the reservoir higher than the ports on the radiator like in your build here but draining the loop from the bottom of the vertical radiator from a port on the back, so it will drain the radiator as well. I don't think draining from the reservoir when it's higher than the ports on the rad will empty the rad. Right now, I use the 011 Air and have to turn the case upside down to get all the water out because things are crammed in there a little tight and wasn't able to get a drain port in this configuration.
I think ,if i was doing that,,i will place the side radiator to the front and fans blowing air out ,so both radiator blowing air out and side fans blowing in
What do you do with the odd 3 pin male connector that’s attached to the top of the XD5? Nothing to plug into it and I feel that’s why my RGB on the reservoir isn’t working…
I'm looking into attempting this next year. Do you guys recommend using the pre-applied thermal paste or applying my own? Planning on cooling both GPU and CPU
This is pretty cool, although I would have preferred the coolant used in this tutorial to be Corsair's own XL8 blue version instead of that custom mix. Isn't it already kinda clear? Hmm maybe it was too dark? I just purchased all their stuff for the custom loop but I'm skipping the hard tubing and going with soft tubing instead lol Does anyone know if different tubing has different temp retention or it doesn't matter what you use?
Short answer is: no, it doesn't matter. Longer answer: invest in good fans, good radiators, good thermal paste, a good case model, good waterblocks and finally a good pump. Hard tubes are mostly for aesthetic and it would be hard to prove otherwise even with brass tubes since the results would not be consistent for custom builds in general. And even if somene made the effort of doing benchmarks by just swapping the tubes, the chances that it would matter in terms of thermal performances would probably be non-existent.
I see the motherboard says it needs a Dedicated LGA1700 mounting bracket.... Im using a Hydro X Series XD5 RGB Pump/Reservoir Combo what would work with this. Please get back to me. MPG Z690 CARBON EK X, rtx3080 ti, i7-12700k.
I have a question. Does it matter if you swap the CPU block in and out? I have the Thermaltake pacific mx2, or does the pump have to work too hard? or does it cool worse?
what extension u use at the y splitter ? cant find the part anywhere at a shop or at corsair website . the part between the y splitter and the 90 degree angle .
Jay, How Tf did you do a push setup on the radiator on the top? I had to fight with my dual EPS cables since it hits the fan edge. I eventually gave up and did a pull exhaust setup on the top. We got the same case that you demonstrated.
I’m new to pc building and want to add a Corsair water cooler. My GPU (MSI Radeon 6750XT Mech) doesn’t support water cooling from what I read. Is it okay to keep it as it is with the fans and just add water cooling to my CPU?
Can anyone clarify the pieces needed to replicate the connection at the top of the reservoir. Since this is a Corsair sponsored build, I believe it's 2 - 90 rotary adaptors, but it's not very clear how those 2 elbows are joined to create that tetris Z shape. Are 2 straight fittings (and an extremely short tube) needed or is there a specific (non Corsair) coupler? (Visual ref @ 34:00)
Nevermind - I see it. It's a 90 rotary adaptor - male into the reservoir - then another 90 rotary adaptor male into female of the first 90 than a straight connector for the tube (Visual ref @ 35:18)
As Der Bauer says all the time...never use liquid metal on the heatsinks. Liquid metal is not for external, it's for internal as in when you de-lid a cpu.
Hey Jay is there clear water reservoir's that cover the front and back of a RTX 3090FE GPU, if so can You please give me there name and numbers, thank you very much. Dave
