PC Build in a Fridge - Does it Work?? 

Simple. Overclock the fridge.

Build a PC in a 350 degree oven next.

Almost 5 years later this video pops up in my feed. lol. still a "cool" Idea. lol

5 years later this video helped me explain the concept to a friend.

When his mini fridge is bigger than my normal fridge

RGB fridge reduces temps by 20C. It is known.

put the mini fridge inside a bigger fridge to cool your fridge that cools the ambient temp of the computer. Please like so linus sees this, I need to know the optimal fridge-ception number!

I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE THE DAY THE SPONSOR IS MY KEYBOARD 🥺🥺 it’s been discontinued for years and it’s been amazing for me all this time

Wow Linus goes outside? In the sun? Nature?

this may not LOOK. like a computer case to you. nor does it LOOK. like a computer case to me. because its *not* a computer case.

Time to build a computer inside a deep freeze.

3:00 That's a very effective low battery alert.

But you can store snacks in there too

He's a really good presenter.

For those of you who didn't want to watch the whole thing: The mini fridge doesn't work, and _can't_ work, because it's effectively an insulated box with no airflow. The fridge has to run continuously just to pump out the heat that would dissipate naturally if the computer were exposed to ambient air instead. The only reason fridges work to keep food cold is because food isn't generating its own heat; once the fridge has cooled off your food, your food _stays_ cold, and the fridge only has to run for a few minutes every hour to pump out the little bit of heat that leaked in through the insulation.

2019 still surprises me with these golden classics.... thought about something? hes done it. years ago......

the next scrapyard wars should involve building a rig in something other than a computer case. Like a fridge or milk-crate.

To everyone! Watch this video in 0.5 speed to see Linus being drunk!

How about extending water cooling loop with copper pipes and making the pipes run through a mini freezer?

This was the first linus tech tips video i ever found. It launched me into building my own computer. I then was able to help my friends build their own computers and through that, make new friends and keep in contact with old ones. Thank u linus and everyone at LMG love u guys

Build a computer in space!

what if you used a swimming pool as a water cooling reservoir with no radiator. Cools your computer and slightly heats your swimming pool win win

The exact moment you picked up the freeze in the beginning of the video I was expecting hearing a cracking sound and then immediately having someone else (pref. many elses) picking up the freeze and putting it on the desk. ProTip: take care of your waist - it only glues *everything* together. -sincerely, someone who picked up one time too many a computer case (not a minifreeze) from the floor until he had to spend 2 weeks trying to relearn how to wear his socks and shoes, begging all the gods above and below not to have to sneeze.

"any moisture with powered on electronics is a terrible idea" - 6:30 Also : Puts a Titan X in the fridge

The refrigerator doesn't work because it removes heat very inefficiently. Refrigerators were designed to cool down items that don't produce and maintain a unending source of heat.

is Linus a dwarf or is that house built for giants?

I feel like this is a bad idea without adequate shielding for the moisture. Edit after watching: Ok, now I'd like to see a test built into an industrial air conditioner. I mean, build the computer into the unit itself.

This reminds me of the time I found some of my Dad’s aircraft tape, “relocated” the dryer’s exhaust tube to my A/C to funnel cold air into my pc. I swear it worked...

9:24 I'm just gonna go ahead and put "Jiggle the probe" on the list of phrases I should never say, ever.

Now lets throw it into a -10 degrese freezer.

Connect the cooling coils from the fridge to a water cooling system :)

Know what, fridges are a pretty good case after all, especially the ones with glass windows

How do Russians lag if it's so cold there ?

As an engineering student, I approve the solution at 6:50

i can now store my beer and pc in the same place. im ready for a zombie apocalypse

It's crazy to see how much the entire video production quality has been upgraded over the years. Yes, the Quad-SLI video brought me here!

But can it run Crysis?

I'm pretty sure that the frigde can run cs:go, still without PC inside.

when the test bench is better than your actual computer

"Is my backpack here?" (Loud beeping) " what's going on?"

flush the computer down the toilet all the cold water flow will keep it nice and cool. trust me it works kids.

that was a pretty cool experiment

ductape, engineers' best friend

I was sorta hoping he'd open the fridge and be like woah that's a blast of heat

What about putting the air flow of an air conditioner THROUGH a PC case?

You don't need a refrigerator! You guys live in Canada!

It looks like it'd be nice to "chill" out with this build.

It' 2020. In the middle of covid19. RU-vid recommended this old linus video

Moisture damage?

It would work better if they put the cold side radiator of the fridge over the air inlets of the case, and put the compressor in the out airflow to allow continuous use.

That rig looks like mine! No case , Open air!!! and then Rats came along after I went for a weeks worth of Vacation.

Because we all have titan x graphics cards in our test benches.

5:46 "This copy of Windows is not genuine" LINUS YOU REBEL!

the real question is: why "fridge" has the [D] between the 'i' and the 'g' but "refrigerator" doesn't ? (sorry for my bad english)

It's so nice to see how much this channel has grown

the fuck am I watching.

You know what would be cool? Bulding a little soft-drink fridge in the computer using the case-fans :D

Mom:"son what are you doing?" Me:"shutup i need the fridge" XD

To solve the no air flow problem, you use a small air conditioner instead of an refrigerator, rigged with the air flow going across the motherboard and the better the enclosure is to confine the air flow to across the motherboard only the better. I've actually tested this somewhat by putting my test bench next to an air conditioner floor vent and using cardboard walls to reflect the air across the motherboard. It looked kinda like a small garage with doors open both ends, with the vent on one side and the air flowing out the other. The computer ran unbelievably cool with the CPU below 90 degrees Fahrenheit under load. I wonder if you would need a CPU cooler under this setup.

Mine is high tech pc that has no case and its just laying in the ground everywhere with lots of dust and some rich rat shiting on it best pc

Okay, Linus, you can build a computer cooled by water, mineral oil, and even a frickin' mini fridge. That's cool. But what I wanna know is if you can cool a computer with Liquid Nitrogen. "Heat throttling?" NAH, SON, THIS BABY NEVER DROPS BELOW 260 CELSIUS

try "PC Build in a Freezer" instead of a normal Fridge

This was the first linus tech tips video i ever saw feels good coming back here and remembering everything

i tried a pc in a fridge inside a freezer in an elevator and it works.

now try a freezer

That's a full sized fridge where I live. We don't use these giant fridges like the ones you guys in the US got. With a mini fridge I think of one that you can put beneath your sofa or something just to store your drinks in.

That dom sound affect has made me respect u 100x more

Tears of joy when he used celcius instead of fahrenheit

The issue with refrigerators is the fact that there is a lot of moisture in there

5:40 You nasty pirates LOL

I love how Linus 5 years ago and Linus now are the same. Like look at any other person on RU-vid and it’ll look like a whole different person.

I find it hilarious that he calls it a "mini" fridge. In Denmark where I'm from, it quite a normal size.

I did this before and it turned the fridge into an oven. SO INSTEAD. i ran coils of copper from the freezer corner to the inside of the case i had, and that worked MUCH better.

Just take it to Finland. It will fucking freeze here.

Luckily he didn’t drop the fridge

bigger fridge

1:02 WHAT R THOSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I have a better idea, how about using a portable room AC (upright unit) in something like a small closet.

Without watching the video, I instantly see the problem with this approach if it's going where I think it is. There's much better ways to benefit from the heat exchanger because a fridge is insulated meaning sure it cools stuff down, by pulling the heat out, but it also traps heat in, and a PC is pumping out heat faster than a normal fridge could cool it down so you'd at very least need to have the door open to let the majority of the heat escape, at least then the heat exchanger at the back has some benefit of exposing some part of the system to a cooling effect, but really what you'd want to do to benefit from a fridge like heat exchange system is to gut the fridge and only use the heat exchanger with the heat absorber inside your case and the heat expeller end outside of the case, the problem I'd want to address in this case is to negate any chance of condensation that might get introduced by the extremely cool bars, which might be mitigated with some kind of plastic covering, or find some way just to introduce the cooled air from the heat exchange into the system, essentially think of it more like an air conditioner than a fridge

microwave next?

You do not put the computer inside the fridge. Instead you put 1/2" copper tubes inside the fridge in a giant spiral and then blow air through the tubes with one tube leaving the fridge aimed like a nozzle directly on to the CPU lid. That way you can still store your beer in the fridge.

i'd worry about moisture issues, pack the space with the "dont not eat" things

watching this in 2021 and seeing how much they have progressed makes me happy :')

That's a MINI fridge? Damn Americans...

"I'm now going to take Luke's TEST bench" *takes computer 3x better than mine*

It seems like another bonus point to this might be less dust? I have to clean my computer constantly but it seems like as long as I never opened the fridge it would be way cleaner

this was the first linus tech tips video i ever watched from a year ago.... time flies when your watching youtube.

In my experience, a mini-fridge can barely keep itself below room temperature. It would be interesting to see this tried with a real fridge.

1:32 "Do you even lift bro?" *Drops fridge from waist height and breaks it...

BUILD A COMPUTER IN A AIR CONDISHER!!

I know this channel for a little while and I don't even know if this video is one of the first ones, but I liked the video, we are in 2021 and the old videos of this channel are very good

poor liquid nitrogen on it lol

next time, the freezer

Holy shit. I knew Linus was short. But he's like four feet tall!

I have actually been wondering this for a long time

Ok now do a middle of the winter outdoors overclock.

cmon Linus u have to put it in a freezer m8

very intuitive... how about a bigger fridge?

Watching in 2019 videos and this video from 4 years ago Linus 100% same Linuss always

Okay so...when are you going to try a PC in a walk in refrigerator?