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what's up guys Jays $0.02 here and a couple of things I need to apologize first and foremost one if I sound super nasally I am getting sick which couldn't be at a worse time because I'm also in the process of moving you notice the GPU shelf here is gone fact this monitor is not even hooked up to anything it's just completely like a dummy prop at the moment nothing sucked up to the test bench in fact this room it might even sound more echoey because it's nearly empty but I'm going to keep content coming while I'm sick while I'm moving because damn it sort men do with its specifically tuned copper base and maintenance free plug and play operation the EVGA 980ti hybrid offers ultra-fast gaming performance at the lowest temperatures possible click the link in the description for more details alright so I figured while I have this test loop still together I could talk about a few things that I get in my inbox all the time and rather than try and write out the same answer or copy and paste it 1500 times I'll make a video and hopefully that'll be a lot easier for people to get some of the basic answers thereafter when it comes to water cooling one of the reasons why this loop is still together was I was kind of curious since this was the Primo chill sickle which was their prototype sort of a translucent fluid very similar to like the Mayhem's or the dragon eyes so that was curious as if it was going to fall out because that's what was happening with the Mayhem's is over time it would start to fall down and then it would get really kind of opaque and sort of semi-transparent looking obviously this isn't doing that what I did notice though is that some of the dye will fall out of this fluid and start to collect in some of the lower portions of the bends and stuff here but anyway this is like I said a prototype it's not meant for general use yet and that's one of the reasons why it's not actually out on the market yet they're still refining this and this was a year old formula so I was just kind of curious what was going to happen but so far other than the fact that it it got up here in the threads and kind of acts like a glue and I can can't really get that open right now I might have to use a little bit of assistance on there like a strap wrench or something it's so far it seems to be doing pretty good it's not really changing any color it's not kind of turning gunky or anything when I guess time will tell but anyway with it still being together here I figured it was a perfect opportunity to talk about some you know some of the basic things when it comes to water cooling truly answer some questions here now first things first what is water cooling water cooling is just one of two methods that you use to dissipate and remove heat from an object now the simplest way to cool things obviously is by a heat sink which is such a chunk of metal that's touching the thing that's hot which has a lot of fins on it thin fins that make it a lot easier to one increase the surface area of the object that you're cooling and then to for air to move through it and then dissipate that heat out into the atmosphere so heat sinks have been around for a long long time they're very basic there's zero maintenance and you can just forget it but the problem is they're heavily affected by the ambient temperature and they have a very lower capacity of the amount of heat that they're able to capture and transfer away from the object you want to cool now water cooling on the other hand takes a water block which is touching the object you want to cool much like a heat sink but the heat is being captured by the fluid that is being moved by a pump through a heat exchanger or in this case a radiator that then has a fan moving through there very similar to that of a heat sink with tons of little fins on here which are creating a lot of surface area to cool and then moving that off into the atmosphere but what's neat about water cooling is you can remotely move that heat so instead of having to have the heat you know transferred right here in a heat sink on top of the CPU and all that heat moved into the atmosphere whatever case that this is currently in you can take these the radiator put it in an exhaust or a technically an intake or an exhaust on your case and then you move the heat more effectively out of your case without heating up the space that has the components into it so you take that heat literally to the edge of the case and then just send it off into the atmosphere now the benefits of water cooling is one liquid is a lot more efficient when it comes to the amount of heat that it can move the liquid can gather up more heat than just air can and then you can do things like better overclocking you can get lower temperatures much much lower temperatures a much quieter cooling benefit when it comes to cooling your system the downside is as you can see there's a lot of components involved this is a very basic loop we got a radiator two fans a reservoir and a pump combo to make it easier to get that set up properly and then we've got our CPU block and then our tubing and then as a benefit you know bonus on here we've also got my drain plug or set up that I've got another downside is this can be pretty expensive where you can get something like a cooler master hyper 212 Evo for about 30 bucks US dollars put that on and get very good cooling for stock or mild overclocks on your system this here is going to cost anywhere from 200 bucks and up all the way up to you know ridiculous amounts of money for super high-end custom loops at costs well in excess of a thousand dollars to get you know better cooling lower temperatures lower noise and a much more higher Headroom when it comes to overclocking another downside to water cooling though is that there is maintenance involved where the fluid has a lifespan the fluid does need to be changed every so often and that's going to depend on you know the amount of heat in your system how many components your cooling the types of metal in your system the you know metallurgy is a big deal when it comes to water cooling that's why we're constantly fighting things like fallout or corrosion changing of colors of fluids that's all metallurgy that's that these companies are constantly trying to evolve and make better the problem is all of these components here use different grades of metal you sure it's copper but there's a lot of different grades of copper there's lots of different you know there's there's there's contaminants and copper and all that sort of stuff you know whether it be also nickel plating it's all different types of nickel and and different you know qualities of the nickel plating all of that matters when it comes to the fluids most of the time you can just install it pour it in and you don't have to think about it but when you start dealing with translucent stuff like this like you guys know is dealing with the Mayhem's there's lots of factors involved in fact you could have the same radiator and then you know buy two of these do a metallurgy test on them and find two different qualities of copper in there it just depends on which copper supply was used at the time that radiator was actually made so that's why you see so much constant debate about fluids and what's better and what's not now basic components that you need in water cooling as I said is you're going to need a water block usually at the very least a CPU block you're going to need your reservoir and your pump reservoirs are technically optional you can just use a tee fitting and plug it and use a syringe to push all the fluid in Aaron get the air out reservoirs just make things so much easier and you can get them for is cheapest 30 bucks you know 25 bucks depending on the type of reservoir you go with but you also need your heat exchanger with your fans your tubing and your fitting so all of that together you know they do have complete kits that you could buy that have everything in there you takes all the guesswork out of it in fact it even comes with the fluid or the concentrate for you to put in there which is anti corrosive and it will keep the metals from you know turning all kinds of nasty corroded crud in your system it's happened in the past but fluids have gotten a lot better over the years where you don't have to worry note so much about corrosion anymore and then optionally on here like I said you have a drain loop drain system here to make getting the fluid out easy that's kind of one of the most overlooked things when people put together their loops is how are they going to get the fluid out and we'll do a video about that in the future about some of the easiest ways to get fluid in and out of your systems another common question I see all the time is am I going to ruin my system if I develop a leak and the simple answer to that is yes you could ruin your system if you develop a leak obviously depends on where that leak is awesomesauce Kyle he had a leak he was fortunate it wasn't anywhere near any of his components skunkworks has had one leak and unfortunately it was down in the bottom of the case away from the power supply and no other electronics down there so it didn't damage anything but if you got a leak let's say at your CPU block you know this leaks down into your socket or onto your graphics card sure it absolutely could cause a problem that could take out one or all of your components have you leaked into your power supply and it creates a short across let's say the five volt and the 12 volt you start sending 12 volt down to all your five volt circuitry yeah it's going to fry pretty much everything attached to it so the risks are there so but the one thing I want to address si I see folks say oh no I'm not gonna do a custom look that just sounds dangerous I'm going with an all-in-one coke cooler well guys all one coolers are prone to the exact same failures that could happen with a custom loop in an all one loop it depends on the quality of the fittings and the tubing and the blocks and the o-rings that they use when they put that together and keep in mind that a lot of these all-in-one cooling brands they want to do it for the cheapest amount possible simply because the portability of an all-in-one cooling loop is what really makes it the incentive for newcomers to want to get into water cooling so I just want to put that out there don't think that all the one water cooling loops are your answer to potential leaks now that kind of leads me into the next thing where folks will say oh I'm not too worried about it I'm just going to put it in non conductive fluid and if it leaks I'm just going to be like ha ha ha whatever now that's good in the beginning but the problem with those fluids is and I tested this actually I did this on a forum this was long before YouTube where I ran a fluid XP non conductive fluid for seven years in the same loop it never broke down but what happened was it definitely became conductive over time because remember as these coolants are flowing over all of these metals they're deionized the the fluid they're deionized as they're made and when they're concentrated and when they're have their anti corrosive and neo non conductive properties to them the problem is as they flow over these metals over and over and over and over and over these metals start to break down and the deionized fluids they want their ions back it's like it's like crack for them they have to have it so they start trying to absorb it as much as it can from the metals that it touches eventually over time it can't become conductive again but the level of conductivity that it's going to achieve again is going to depend on a lot of different factors so I can't say it would or wouldn't end up damaging your system but I want to put that out there too where anti or non conductive fluids are great in the beginning but it doesn't mean they're going to stay non conductive over time it depends on how long you're running in your system and they will always have a recommendation on how long you should run the system before you you flush it and replace it I usually do it about well in Skunk cores it feels like every two months but typically on systems like the test bench chair has been running for over a year over a year now no change in color no change in any sort of contaminants or floaties moving around the system so I've I've gotten pretty you know lucky on that but then I'm going to have one radiator in one block and that doesn't get very hot and it's not used very often so there's a lot of factors involved with that but ultimately the choice of getting into water cooling you really have to ask yourself do you need it the answer is very few people actually need it overclockers pretty much need it but day to day general use in gaming and things like that you've got to ask yourself if the no maintenance and potential headache is worth it to you and if it's not then you have your answer it's definitely not for you but if you're an enthusiast like I am and you're in and this just looks cool and you like looking at it and you just you're really willing to take that next step of added cost and aesthetic benefits to lower temperatures even if you're not overclocking then it could be worth it to you it's the same reason why people put fast parts in their cars or or people put decorative driveways in their homes stuff like that's not necessary but if you want it then it's definitely something to consider I've been water cooling now for well over a decade and I don't see myself ever changing that and I do take a lot of precautions to try and minimize the amount of risk that I take by doing quality components and not buying the cheapest that I can remember you get what you pay for in every market in the world you get what you pay for so you my advice to you quite honestly would be if you can't afford a better loop now but you can afford say you know like Chinese knockoff fittings and stuff like that don't don't don't scrimp on the fittings trust me the fittings are the place you want to definitely consider going top end because the fittings are where the leaks always had anyway guys under this video was kind of rambling all over the place but you guys like having these conversations and they're easy to make especially while I'm moving right now so although it feels like a little bit of a cop-out video you know in terms of effort I still hope the information helps you guys anyway let me know what kind of content matter you guys want if I'm going to continue the discussion about water cooling part of the problem here is an expert in the in the the subject is that I have a hard time figuring out where to start these conversations because I know all of this and a lot of it makes it's just so ingrained in my mind it makes it very difficult to determine where to start where you know what is the most beneficial to you as a newbie water cooler that's going to help you put your mind at ease and know where to begin so let me know on either Twitter or Facebook or the comments here all the informations right here in the end slate let me know what other topics you think are worth talking about because the last thing I want to do is put too much at you too quick and confuse you which is probably all I did with this video here anyway I'm also going to be doing a couple of moving blogs not a lot I don't want to just start vlogging and blowing up your inbox with a ton of like I'm moving these boxes into a new place here's might vlog I'll do a couple because you guys some of you guys are interested but not too many anyway guys thanks for watching sorry this video was not up to the standard I normally like to keep them but I hope this video has helped you nonetheless alright guys we'll see you in the next one thanks for watching