We Built a CPU Water Cooler!

When building a waterblock for the first time it is always a good idea to test it for any leaks by installing it on a motherboard...

Just 50K worth of camera sitting stacked in a plastic tub lol. Never change Linus.

Testing a self-made water block exclusively by using it as intended... What a literal mad lad

12:52 "Do you not trust Parker?" this line cracks me up every time

It stresses me out that the $40,000 camera is sitting in the same container i store my Christmas decorations in, and also looks like a pile of rubbage.

Those grooves are not to guide the fluid, they increase the surface area in order to aid heat transfer. There is a noticeable difference between a smooth block and a finned block as you increase the load and radiator size.

I love watching these; it reminds me of old Top Gear when they did their "ambitious but rubbish" challenges.

Lubrication whilst machining is a thing. Copper shouldn't be all that difficult honestly. Annealing copper might make it easier to cut with the CNC bits as well. But in general most metal workers will indeed put a drop every so often while drilling and machining.

So a few pointers for working in acrylic and making water blocks. 1. When you machine acrylic or poly, the surface will get "frosty" you can put the part through a process called "Flame polishing" that will give the part a mirror smooth finish. 2. When tapping with a bit like that, it's suggested that you try to get it as level as you can. To make it super easy you can take a drill press and insert the bit into the chuck and then spin the chuck by hand to tap the acrylic. 3. With an o ring like that you want about 1-2mm of the o-ring above the top of the c channel you cut. You may want to base this off your o-ring material though. Hope these help!

Red is going to put out an H2Oxygen camera that’s water cooled right before you guy finish.

Want to know a secret to glossy acrylic. Use heat/blowtorch to lightly melt it.

13:15 As an aircraft mechanic I can assure you that air transport is a hell of a lot safer than car transport. The level of planned maintenance on aircraft is probably only exceeded by rocket maintenance. In the aero transport business no-one is gonna ignore an check-engine-light for any amount of time, the groove depth of the tires are checked on a per flight basis. Same goes for oil level. On a side note, watching you guys using tools like thread-taps and such, gives me a nervous twitch. I just wanna slap those tools out your hands. For me watching these videos, is like others that like to watch horror movies, or go into haunted houses. Very uncomfortable, but afterwards I can just laugh at it. :)

I don't know how many times I've seen "Why would we drain the loop" immediately followed by a spill on LTT!

In industry we call more precise tolerances "high tolerance" which now that I think of it doesnt make total sense but yeah that's just how it is trust me I work on CAD every day. I think the reason it's like that is because the "high" in "high tolerance" is not referring to the amount of range that is accepted as a dimension, but is saying the tolerance has a high standard. Like it's an important tolerance.

O rings are sealed by heating both ends over a candle or torch. A joint made with an adhesive will not last.

Need to use silicon lubricant mate, patrolium eats o-rings over time. Red Dead Redemption alright Alex.

As a non-machinist, seeing all of these machinists trying to help Linus and his team to more properly utilize the tools they are using for their projects is great... But let's be honest, it wouldn't be as entertaining if they actually knew what they were doing.

Guys. Machining copper, aluminum, brass, etc is all Very easy. How fast are you running your spindle? O ring grooves need +/- several thou for a good seal. You're not sealing N2 or He2 at 2000 psi. They're not necessarily all that sensitive to tolerance. One could probably use an engraving bit for the small channels on over the CPU. Man Linus. That tap is way crooked. Probably use a larger bit and a slower speed.

Me: TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS! Linus: Ok, hold my beer...!

My favourite vids are definitely the ones where you build stuff. Especially that you keep it real with viewer accessible tools (unlike the hardware). Makes me want a workshop.