The Worst Product We’ve Tried in YEARS! - Bykski External Cooler

We wanted to test the Bykski External Cooler, but instead it tested our patience.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Build Redux
1:08 - Why do we want an external rad?
2:05 - Exterior Tour
4:00 - Interior Tour
5:53 - SFF PC with a 4090
8:38 - Filling the loop
11:23 - How you actually have to fill the loop
12:30 - Linus and Alex start to loose it
14:11 - Fixing the flow path
16:04 - Wow we actually filled it
19:01 - Outro

[pacman]

Thank God, I was worried I would need a full sized PC instead of a slightly smaller one, but now I can just use this PC-sized cooler to cool my small PC and save tons of space!

[dangitnicky]

The "fixing the product" portion of the video was magical. I would love to see more of that in the future!

[kooliodood]

That 10 day warranty makes me think of when I ordered a car part off a website and they had a 12 day warranty... from PURCHASE DATE... and it took 15 DAYS FOR THE PART TO BE DELIEVERED.

[Corylolable]

a suggestion from a mechanic... instead of just filling the rad when we work on cars, we use a fill cup or some call it burping the radiator. so you use a funnel that fits tightly in the fill spout and over fill the funnel, when air comes out its automatically replaced with more water and it wont make such a huge mess like that.

[HatchetHatter]

Honestly, I'd love to see them do a video where they do attempt make a better version of it in a day. I know they've done similar thing in the past, but it'd be fun to see what they can do.

[ERGOPROXY.]

Fixing the design was hilarious to watch. I would absolutely watch a series where you take expensive, poorly designed products and fix them so they work better.

[TFL]

I just love how Linus comes back from ''there is no such thing as a bad product'' while somebody is throwing tiny plastic baby's in the fan. The IQ level is superb

[Lakylog]

Linus says it's from Japan, but every piece of information I can find about the company, including their own website, suggests they're Chinese.

[vdevov]

These product reviews keep getting weirder and I’m here for it.

[vampyrecat]

you guys should attempt to make your own version in a day and see how much better it is than the "official" product

[yusinwu]

15:45 Tynan: I've seen worse. Although the babies are marginally concerning.
Yes.... I agree

[Survival-gyver]

What you do is add a neck to the fill port, with a funnel. The same way a radiator fill on a older vehicles work. As air escapes, the air bubbles out taking some water with it, but due to the shape of a funnel at the top, the water wouldn't splash out and be recovered as it drains back into the fill hole.

[sayantansaharoy]

Now we absolutely NEED a diy external cooler made by Linus and Alex.

[ChrisPengelly]

I'm now convinced that, with 100% reliability, Linus + Alex + Messing around with literally anything = Banger video

[lukeperryglover]

It's crazy how fast they fixed the products design flaw just on the fly. Hopefully the manufacturer just, you know, does that. lol

[wannabeitall]

Fill under vacuum, like automotive technicians with coolant in your vehicles, no bubbles no spillage. Please for the love of god try it. Negative pressure, sucks in the water. You won’t need to sip the water in on your poor pumps

[Riddler]

You guys should make this a thing. Fixing bad product designs and making them better/work 🎉😊

[hmst]

Adding a gigantic external cooler to an sff case is the greatestest idea

[creatureofrabbit]

Linus, if you decide to make one of these google "swirl pot". It's a dead simple air separating device. Also generally when bleeding a system you feed fluid in while allowing the fluid to flow out into a catch at the other end of the loop until it is free of bubbles.

[Hcwageek]

As a note - you're using too much pressure when you tested the external radiator setup on its own. 0.3 bar is the recommended maximum for a complete loop, or anything involving a distribution plate. There's a chance to damage it running pressure that high. EK notes this in the manual.