Water Cooling.... Using only eBay.com

Origin PC sent us a beautiful PC to use in a sponsored video.. sadly it arrived at the same time as the worst stuff we could find on eBay.

Here are the components in our Millennium PC:

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

FOLLOW US
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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 - Poor Origin...
0:54 - Unboxing vintage water cooling stuff
6:41 - This Origin PC is good
7:19 - Unboxing more garbage
8:45 - Removing stock water cooling components
10:10 - Loop Planning
12:50 - Assembling the loop
20:42 - Testing
26:29 - Outro

[LinusTechTips]

Thank you OriginPC for sponsoring this cool project!


Here are the components in our Millenium PC:

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

[jakehead]

"The scratches give you more surface area" is a great way to set the pace for this project. Alex really is just built for jankiness.

[Aesenti]

I think the "Alex cools a PC but very weirdly" series of videos has got to be one of my all time favorite series on youtube.

[michaelhanson]

Have a feeling those envelopes were intentionally labeled as fishing lures and hair clips to deal with import/export customs since some countries may have more strict limits on what kind of IT equipment can be imported/exported.

[wesselpoldervaart]

With Latvian mail you have to describe what the package contains on the label and it's usually easier to put some random stuff on there so they don't bother to check it.
Source: Lived in Latvia for multiple years

[henkvis]

Those EM-technik fittings are actually pretty expensive (if they are not knock-off of course), they are resistant to a lot of chemicals and used a lot in laboratory / pharmaceutical and foodprocessing applications. Used these things a lot at work.

[tyrannicpuppy]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Linus and Alex doing jank water cooling is ALWAYS a great video. And this one actually performed pretty ok for parts that are almost all terrible on their own and not meant to be used together in the slightest. Alex is a master of just making it work. And I always get a kick out of how disappointed Linus is that the grand idea ended up being nothing but duct tape and cable ties. Adding some Jake to the mix just made it even funnier how bad it all came out, while still kind of doing the job.

[arizona_anime_fan]

This was amazing. Back in the late 90's early 2000's we used to watercool like this. I helped a friend build a geothermic radiator, that ran a copper pipe 15' under his back lawn; 30' into his yard and back again to his house, through fitting in the side of his house (all copper piping mind you) back to the office, where he had quick connect fittings custom built to run copper piping up to his computer, which was on a rudimentary test bench, and to hand made copper sinks. This took me way back to those days. I'm surprised no one mentions the galvanic corrosion issues caused by an aluminum sink and copper blocks... still that was entertaining!

[BagOfHlding]

Since SLI is no longer a thing so we can't do "Trying to game in 40K!" projects, these insane watercooling vids are some of my favorites.

[TylanBun]

That side panel peel away effect at 6:43 caught me off guard, hats off to the editor, impressive stuff!

[Eragonnogare]

God, I absolutely love this "series". Anything where Alex and Linus have to deal with eachothers' respective buffoonery is glorious and pure comedy.

[chendallbrooks]

Every episode like this Alex becomes more and more janky, and I love it. The fan he chose at the end was perfect.

[ebsolas]

I love when Alex shows up on camera. It's always a sign that things are going to get hilariously janky. My sides hurt from laughing.

[Elkemper]

I freaking LOVE when Alex is given full on on the project! that is most hilarious episodes of mine!

[tannerbrown]

The "You can't expect me to read everything I approve" has to be the most realistic management quote I have ever heard.

[NebulaHatesWatchdog]

14:35 “Can you believe nobody wanted this?” I know a dankpods fan when I see them

[BS-ehzf]

I'm actually shocked that Linus does not recognize the passive radiators as Alphacool Cape Cora. They are legendary.

[danwhite]

I mean that solid aluminium reservoir is pretty badass looking.

[llynellyn]

For anyone wondering, the radiator used is a 6 column Alphacool Cape Cora from 2006, they were actually really good for the day but were designed for silently cooling a Core2 Duo era CPU (so up to 65w TDP). The team would have known from the beginning that it had zero chance of handling the heat load they were going to throw at it, made for a funny video though :)

[joncollier]

Can we please have more jank-genering with Alex. The overall glibness of these videos is superb, and the high end MacGyver solutions are highly relatable. Next up can Alex super-cool a gaming laptop so you can devistate at the cafe!