How to Watercool your CPU and GPU for under $250

Watercooling is typically a very expensive hobby... but how well does a complete kit including GPU block and a backplate for $239 work?

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How to Watercool your CPU and GPU for under $250 | JayzTwoCents

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[ottersdangerden]

I stayed till the end and was not disappointed.

[ancogaming]

Been running this loop for about two years now. Not a single issue so far, works fine and looks great.

[MattsPaddock]

That GPU block looks really cool, simple, minimalistic, yet effective!

[hermansauer]

Hi Jay, seeing that you are no chemist and I am a chemical engineer, I can tell you a little bit about Galvanic corrosion. What it basically comes down to is a little known concept we are all familiar with from high school chemistry called "galvanic cells". The difference in standard cell potential between two metals needs to be minimized in order to minimize galvanic corrosion. If you use two metals with a massive difference in standard cell potential, for instance zinc and copper, you end up building a "battery" capable of producing 1.1 Volts of electricity, which is not good for the more negative metal, as that metal will lose electrons (Hence it will oxidize), and thereby reduce to form more of the other metal. This will leave you with less of the one metal, an increase in dissolved metals in solution, and an increase in the other metal. Ways to combat this is to use a sacrificial anode or sacrificial cathode (galvanizing is a good example or you may supply a current to the more negative metal), you may coat the material, you may separate the metals using an inert material, add corrosion inhibitors or, the best possible way to combat galvanic corrosion, use the same friggin metal where ever you can and should the need arise to use a different metal, you should choose a metal with a very similar standard reduction potential. Also, when it comes to this concept, it is always best to have the parts with the greatest contact area to be the anode. if you make smaller parts anodic, they will corrode a lot faster and become useless. Thanks for everything Jay, love your work! Best Regards Herman

[Blondid]

7:02 jay the type of man to screw tight his gpu with 2cents

[ethanyamar]

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[Simlife]

JayzTwoCents
Just wanted to drop a thank you in the comments. You have helped me and many others over the years and your honesty and how you cover everything someone on a budget needs to know. So Jay keep up the good no great work and all the best for the future and look forward to what you have install for us for 2020

[Princess_kitty]

jayz: you gotta hold this radiator

Nick: dude...

jayz; dude, hold this GPU block

Nick: dude...

a men of few words i see...

[PaoloTrianni]

It feels like metal, but weighs like plastic. What wizard shit is this!

[MrSchrodingersCat]

Case compatibility is the reason EK went with a 240mm rad instead of a 360mm rad.

[chrisd]

Step 1: purchase a garden hose.
Step 2: hose down your rig.
Step 3: air dry.
Step 4: profit.

[colinpenney]

Finally something from Jay that isn't a $5000+ build or a $1000+ component.

[sdfsdf]

Well because I'm a hardware cooling nerd, I made a whole water cooling system by hand for 1 of my old laptops: I used copper piping, pipe bender, thermal epoxy, tubing, old food container saver for the reservoir, a fish pond pump for the water pump. For the radiator, and took copper piping, and coiled it and put a fan at the end. Although it took awhile, everything actually worked out and I got a lot lower temps. Not to mention I learned a lot about cooling by doing this little project. Jay make 1 for a video, would be fun to watch.

[disaar]

JayZ we need a 2019 version for RTX cards! Thank you in advance!

[dank_the_gecko]

Love this kit

my founders 1080 ti sounded like a jet engine and temps went as high as 84 degrees when playing Rise of the Tomb Raider at 1440p full settings With the stock cooler. But with the A240G my pc is quiet and has temps at 55 degrees.

[jordanostler]

Why does it sound like a ready mix cake pack
"Diy water cooling kit, just add distilled water"

[Suspiciousne]

The cheapest I've found this for in Canada was $600 CAD
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[MajorBreakfast]

You should add the product name to the title or description! Just sayin :) (So that YouTube search will bring it up when searched for)

[KazYual]

Jay, thank you for introducing me to this. I got the Vega version and now my PC doesn't sound like a jet engine. My first custom loop and I couldn't be happier!

[barney]

Jay you should do more aluminium based water cooling, as it really begs the question, are copper loops worth it, not just in $$$ but as a consumption of resources, there are plenty of uses for copper that cannot be subsidised for aluminium like power cables for example, so is copper water cooling even relevant? would it be possible to use plastic quick release fittings to further reduce the amount of metal? Could a couple of car radiators be used to coo entire racks of equipment rather than a loop per device?