@@J0stik Also "Barrow" is really good manufacturer of watercooling parts. Running Barrow CPU block, pump, res and fittings for a year now with no problems. Half the price of "brand" parts.
@@CoreyPL BUT IT IS A CHINESE KNOCK OFF!!111!1! IT WILL LEAK AND KILL YOUR SYSTEM!!!11! YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE NAME BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY NOT MADE IN THE SAME FACTORY!!11!!!!1
@@simasimson5798 Knockoffs off of what? They do not try to imitate anything, they are just a Chinese manufacturers making their own products, selling under their own brand. They do not stamp a logo of another company on their products (that's what a knock off is btw). My PC is running at least 8-10h a day for the last year and everything is good, while you are just repeating marketing rant. Furthermore I've never claimed that Barrow parts are made in the same factory as the brand name parts. Do some research (just like I did before buying Barrow parts) and you will see that many people are happily using those it-will-kill-your-system parts without any reports of system killing abilities while not killing their wallets. If you have the money to spend on premium brands then go ahead, nobody is stopping you and you will probably have a worry-free experience. If you are feeling more adventurous you can try the cheaper-but-not-necessarily-worse alternative while saving some money. I've risked it and I'm happy with the result.
Phil, you do a damn good job at capturing the essence of this channel with the clips and frames you decide to include in the video. The comedic air is always there, and it makes for a great viewing experience. Both of you keep up the great work!
I love the Corsair ad. Starts off sounding like an impression of the voiceover guy and ends sounding like an impression of a caveman. It's freaking hilarious.
I know it wasn't an ad (and I've seen you use it before) BUT when you cleaned up that tube cut with that Primochill finishing bit I just had to order one straight away.
How Jayz plans his water-cooled builds; Step 1: Pump and reservoir first Step 2: Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet How we plan our build; Step 1: Checks how much money is needed. Step 2 : Gives Up.
I personally don't dislike any of the montages but the interactions within the videos is what keeps me entertained and the montage stuff takes away from that.
So for the past couple months I've been ordering parts to build my first custom loop (rigid tube, at that). I've been going through your past videos as much to learn as to just enjoy the content. The last part is due to be delivered in a couple days. I've been watching your channel for a couple years now and have been wanting to make my own custom loop since day one. Thank you for the inspiration!
Love the blue hue of that build. I think I’d use the top vent option they give as a starter template , design and 3D print a custom riser top with a vent that exhausts to the rear A custom bezel to allow the glass panel to be fitted above the rad setup and exhaust to the sides and rear is an even simpler print job IMO. What say you?🤔🤓
I just wanted to point out Jay does something amazing in this video that we don't see people do with companies that sponsor videos. Jay offered constructive criticism of their product, many wouldn't do this so thumbs up from me for being completely honest about a product. It's nice to know we have someone working with us. Cheers guys.
I think the most important part in loop planning happens before ordering as most people don't have any or atleast all the required parts at hand. This is especially true for fittings. For example, I'm planning on switching to the O11 Dynamic. So instead of just ripping my loop out of my current case and ordering missing fittings, I modelled the case in CAD based on the official CAD model and thought about where to put all the rads and the reservoir. Once I was done with that I began looking at fittings and optimal tubing runs. After several versions and modeling the tubing I had a clear overview of how the loop with look inside the case. It also gives me a good reference about the costs. While the actual loop might not work out as the loop planned in CAD, the room for error is minimal. It will also reduce the total downtime as most of the planning is already done before disassembling the old loop.
Jay, just started following your channel. Built a few computers in the past. Shotgun building....the parts looked good and i bought it and put it together. Never been SUPER into parts until i built the PC i am using now, It's 4 years old. I didnt know until a few weeks AFTER i built it, i paid way to much for parts that werent really that good. With the same money, could have made a way better build. This time around, i am doing the correct research. But, this will be my first liquid cooled pc built. Pretty much what u built in this video is the way i want mine to end up. Thanks for this video, going to keep looking at how its done.
20+ years of PC building, I still refuse to custom-loop BUT I do love these videos and love the art-form and dig the whole scene vicariously through your videos.
I think doing talking use through the build, then doing filling montage gives us the best of both worlds. It was also good to get to hear about and see both the good and bad points about the case, as it makes it easier to work out if the case is a good fix for the type of build we are planning. For me the only thing missing is that it would have been nice to also see the finished build with the glass sides on, as well as with them off. Anyway as always keep up the good work.
I like the old montages (sorry Phil, yours are good though). 5 minutes of building and 5 minutes of loop setup and filling done to chillout music. Serene. I seriously want to make a channel with nothing but that.
If you wanna bend thin wall tubing try doing what instrument makers do, soap. Fill the tube with soap, cap it off and then heat the tube to bend it. The soap won’t allow the tube to compress and kink. Hopefully it helps, I enjoy watching all of your videos please keep up the amazing work 😁
I am so happy that you were getting frustrated within the first thirty seconds. Makes me feel better that is isn’t just me who goes to like something up and just think FML! and have to move it all about
just wanna give you props for knowing what you're talking about, you've taught me quite a bit. But more importantly thank you for being a normal person and putting in terms in which a normal person can understand.... some channels i have to mute due to obnoxious outbursts, and certain a terrible high pitch voice *cough* Linus Tech *cough* Keep up the good work bro. Thank you
Positive pressure ftw! I personally have the dark base pro 900 rev 1 and I've got a top mounted 240mm rad with the rear fan blowing into the case. I'm swapping the top rad for a triple 140mm rad when I upgrade later this year though.
I personally love the look of the top filter on Fractal Design's cases. probably didn't need to throw in the top TG panel but at least they include the mesh top with the purchase. Beautiful build as usual Jay!
I have a collection of Computer cases lots of NZXT and Corsair mainly but through out the last 10 years instead of Gigantic high towers there has been more technical development in smaller sized mid-towers i'm very impressed by this Fractal design case its simple yet very elegant i hope it comes in white i might get this one for my i9-9900k
Great video! I don't think I'll ever be brave enough to try watercooling on my own but your videos get the closest to convincing me to try. You got crazy talent with watercooling, for sure!
Nice little build Jay! If I were to change anything it would be the routing of the water pipe to the gpu. I have mine all routed in the dead space between the board and gpu.
"What's your opinion ...." Don't care about the case, but I DO have good, strong opinions of you doing walk-thru builds like this! Listening to your reasoning and problem solving while building is one of the reasons I subbed in the first place. Please, keep it up!
The reason people like to see this kind of thing, is because they can reproduce it. Your experience helps everyone, and you are awesome because of sharing it. Thank you.
Nice job Jay! I love the talk about the choices you made a lot more then just the montage! Can you do a series about RGB? How to hook it up, the different eco systems, etc?
Probably been mention before but here goes, can use 2 x 45 rotary fittings on the outer ports of the XSPC Photon res pump combo. This will give you all 3 coming of straight. Nice looking build.
This case looks sooo nice. The fans are actually quite bright I looked at Bitwits video of this and they didn't seem quite as bright as in this one. My only gripe would be the top panel as you said. if you did mount your GPU normally you could have the rad at the bottom instead of the top and then you could pu the glass in I suppose. I just wish Fractal had made it so that top panel had air flow.
Don't know exactly what it was, but this was easily my favourite video from you guys in a while. Loved the nice text pop-ups when you were identifying parts, loved the in-depth explanations, loved the length of the montage (and obviously Phil's beautiful as always B roll.) Everything just seemed to flow together really nicely. Hope this doesn't come across as that RU-vid expert comment guy but more as just a fan appreciating the little things :) Love you guys keep up the great work.
I have the same case and I'm planning my full custom loop. Looking to put a 360mm radiator on top and a 280mm in the front. I didn't want to remove the small panel inside the case that resides at the bottom. We'll see how things go once I mount all my components in place.
Actually Jay you ask a very interesting question there about the fan airflow and people's opinion. I run quite balanced slightly positive pressure but i've been thinking about it lately and what I would like to see tested is a build with all the airflow being intakes, on radiators. Just leave the exhaust locations empty. Maybe you've got a case somewhere that can take a rad in the bottom as well as the front?
I would follow the rule of common sense. For the Airflow: Sence Heat likes to rise. I would have the front and bottom fans intake air with and have the radiator and fans mounted on the top to blow hot air out. I would also put mesh filters on the bottom and side fans to keep the internals free from dust for as long as possible. If there's a back fan. I would set up as an AUX fan just in case the pump fails or the other fans die out for whatever reason.
I have a loop in the Define S case. I have my drain port slightly lower than the drain port here, but I don't have a fill port above the top rad. Draining it SUUUUUCKS!!! When I redo the loop I want to add a higher fill port to the case.
Could you move the top rad to the front, and then move the reservoir in it's place (kinda along the same direction of the rad)? The idea is then you could add a thicker rad (or have room for a longer graphics card if needed), and keep the glass top. I'm not sure if there's performance drops for having a reservoir/pump horizontal and/or a rad vertical.
Lot happier than I should be seeing Jay finally build with *not-Asus* (read; msi) components. It seems like EVERY tech-tuber instantly goes asus mobo and never looks at anything else.. Except for maybe the odd evga mobo.
"What would you change?" No SSD, I would try a newer M.2 drive. Maybe a 3200 frequency RAM instead. Other than that, I would gladly trade my current build i9, 2080ti ftw, for what you have.
@@Xotwod69 Disagree. I tend to get one frequency higher or so than what I usually want. That way as the ram gets older, it doesn't flatten out as fast. It's a personal rule thing. So if I'm fine with 3000, getting a slightly higher frequency even if it isn't used just makes me feel comfortable. Kinda like getting a PSU that is 50 higher than what you need. It's there if you need it.
damn, Phil went hard on that montage! i like how this build is clean yet aggressive at the same time, its beautiful...makes me want to attempt hardline tubing (my last try was a costly disaster)
If you like your fittings to come off the res straight on like the EK tubes you have in Skunkworks, I am really surprised yuou haven't taken the leap and gone with the Heatkiller reservoirs. They are way better than what EK makes, and can integrate a D5/DDC pump in them.
Has one of the most expensive hardline tubing kits around, uses a handsaw to cut the tube instead of a selection of cutting tools readily available to him... Go Jay!
I'd like to see a multi day live stream of you building a hard line water cooled system so we can see your technique. For sure my next build will be something hard lined. AIO's are nice and quick, but I want to make something flashy.
oe that de burring fitting seems quite convenient :O i've had tubes be 1-2mm to big and either sand it off or take a saw and carefully take 1-2mm off before re-sanding/deburring again so gone see if i can track that thing down.
