Kinda fun coming back to a 9 year old video all because I've finally decided to try water-cooling. If Jay, Phil, or Nick see this... You guys rock and thanks for the repository of info!
Same here bro. I'm learning all about the parts and compatibility and best for the price. Slowly buying parts as I'm learning. Almost done, just need tubes, fittings and fans. I want this to be near perfect
I used to work on and install resturaunt fire suppression systems, which are very similar to this. A lot of the things I've learned do apply to PCs. It's funny how you learn the basics of one thing and find out how connected it is to a bunch of other things.
I know this is an old video, but that is no joke on the "order extra statement," shipping for most watching this is not an issue; but living in Alaska, if you forget or "cut it close and come up short" the additional shipping cost would have paid for 4-5 fittings or a couple sticks of hard tubing. I spent hours looking at the case and laying it out and now that everything has arrived it is time to begin. Thanks Jay...I've spent 3 weeks watching your videos and although I have built air-cooled up until this point, it's time for my hand at liquid.
Do you think you could do one on pumps? Maybe one that explains the different pump specs and how much pump the average user really needs? I'm having trouble finding a good guide.
Man, you have come through almost every step of the way with every question I've had thus so far with building my first (modern/water cooled) PC! I kinda got the gist that the two main were the barbed and the compression, and that the compression was better designed to be used on its own, but had no clue what the hell the rest of the shapes and other random pieces were for until this video. THANK YOU!
Hard tubing PC fittings have certainly expanded quickly in the past year. Still using push lock fittings on my copper tubing from several years back. Glad to see more options out there.
Thanks for the info. Started my first DIY water cooled GPU/CPU system and its been feeling pretty overwhelming until i started watching your vids. Thanks!!!
Thank you so much for going over all of this. I'm taking notes and building a log of all the things needed for my build. Please, could you go over the procedure and tools needed to do the bends for the rigid tubing?
jay your the best. always so helpful. Total noob to computer builts. going big soon and you are instrumental to getting it right in least amount of errors.
This really helped my understanding in how fittings are used. Im kind of new to watercooling and this series are really easy and helpful. Thanks for your upload! Next i would like to see different ways to CPU cooling since you already covered the GPU part. What to think about when choosing coolingblocks and what to pick, copperplate or other? Go through what you think is important when liquidcooling your CPU. What temps to aim for and different attachments for the block. How to best avoid leaks and so on. Give us the Grand Tour. Regards Jonas Sweden
Thank you for the fittings guide! It helped out a lot because I needed the pass through and didn’t know what or where to look. Thanks to you I have em. Thank you good sir. You have a new subscriber.
I really love all these Watercooling 101s. It's just so helpful for novice or amateurs. Because of you I am deciding to go with rigid tubing in my build, which I'm going to buy next week :D! I just hope you update the ones that do need updating in the future.
Thank you so much. I've been planning a custom loop build for a while now, but I've been too busy and lazy to do my research about fittings. This video couldn't have been more conveniently timed!
Great Videos, Purchased most of my parts for my Thermaltake 900 build and these tutorials really help a lot. Kudos for explaining it in 5th grade terms.
You should host a class on custom loop liquid cooling. I'm sure plenty of people would pay money and travel to have you teach them and get hands on experience.
EnlightenedAce I've never done a custom loop before, watched some videos, read some articles and now I already made two full functioning custom liquid cooled pc's. You dont need private lessons to do this, well unless you have two left hands..
I was going to complain about no tech talk again (ass that i am) but this video couldn't have been better timed and really helps me plan out the future. Thanks, Jay! - last time i watercooled it was all clearflex and barb fittings lol
THANK YOU SIR! Been waiting for this video for quite a lot! Your Tutorials al really good! You should do more about more stuff! (bikes cars whatever you like)
I have watched several of your water cooling videos. I find them really great. I am hopping to put up a video on my first custom loop. granted I am doing it to a I3 as an experiment. Thank you for all your info.
Currently configuring my first watercooling loop, which also is a hardline loop. Probably not the best idea for a first one but oh well. Thanks for the guide. I ordered coolforce fittings by nanoxia, never heard of them but I found some good reviews.
Ty, i didnt know what to order before watching this video, and helped me understand where to put my drain plug and how to use my pump efficiently to drain the system faster
hey, love the video and have what is probably a stupid question. I understand how the fitting size relate to the tubing size but I am confused on how that ties to the water blocks for the hardware and rigs. Are those independent to the tubing size? Or do those also have sizes?
I want to watercool my new PC build and after doing some research I heard that homebrew kits are far more superior than any market plug-n-play kits. Question 1: Can you confirm if homebrew watercool for CPU and GPU are indeed better? Maybe say your opinion on pros and cons Question 2: Can you make a step-by-step guide on setting up a homebrew kit that has glass tubes along with how you clean before installing, etc? Like, a guide to cover every step for a homebrew kit that cools both GPU and CPU. Many thanks! Keep it up!
Thanks for another great video J. Im going to pick my fittings now with the help of this video. Already chose my rads with your Rad video. All that is left is pump + res, which I'm going to probably watch more videos of yours and i'll have an easy pick :)
Bitspower has always been my favorite. Although they seem to be harder to find. I've heard EK has leaking problems with their fittings so Corsair seems to be the goto unless you can find alpha cool in a color of your choice.
As a beginner owning a pc now after laptop crashed I would love to see a video from Jay on how to fit or size additional cooling options in the case to optimize cooling.
Excellent video. Only thing I would add is to make 2 ball valve assembles one for your drain at the bottom as you suggest and one at the top of the case for filling and airflow during draining and maintenance. ( comment from a master plumber). Also air test before you fill system with liquid.
Jay I hope you get to read this. Quick question that I don't think I've seen anyone touch on. I'm getting ready to do my first water cooling build/hard line. I'm using EKWB fittings and was curious if a tiny tiny touch of silicone grease on the O rings would be beneficial in both tightening down and help sealing? My trial fitment shows a lit of friction on the tightening down between the ) rings and the tubing. Thank you Jay. Love the channel
Nice Video as always Jay. I wish he would do one on all the new pumps/res combos. I did some research for any interested. A Laing D-5 is anywhere from 350-1400 LPH- 4M head depending on brand 50,000MTBF and quiet. A DDC is 500LPH and 7 to 20FT head and a lil louder and runs a lil hot has a 50,000MTBF A new design XSPC -X4 Pump is 600LPH and 3M head and the cheapest, at 35.00 bare. No MTBF spec. The new Enermax pump is 900LPH and 5.2M head 100,000 MTBF and the 2nd least expensive. Guess what I bought?
So ridigt and flexible tubing have different fittings? Fuck I have bought the ekwb s240 and some hard tube and a heat gun ..... Do I need new fittings for the hard tube ?
THANK YOU for these watercooling help videos. These will come in VERY useful soon. I currently only have a H100i, but come tax time, I plan on upgrading to a custom loop, including adding my two 970s. (with that being said... I would *LOVE* to see a vid specifically for water cooling graphics card and installing the water blocks.)
I want to buy a soft-tube fitting watercooling, but want to change to hard-tube at some point in the future. Is buying new waterblocks etc. necessary after changing from soft to hard, or is buying just new fittings ok?
ODIO POWER lay your PC on it's side get a funnel clamp a soft tube to the bottom and a roll of paper towels crack your system at the lowest point, when it stops leaking in the bucket screw in a soft tubing setup like he showed you above, stand your rig back upright and unscrew a fitting at its highest point so the system can drain then you can put your valve in at the lowest point and proceed to flush your rig with a couple of gallons of distilled water, then you can refill with new coolant don't use the old it breaks down and can clog a system
ODIO POWER Another trick if you have a EK waterblock on your GPU is to put a bucket underneath one of the plugged GPU ports, tilt your case, and unscrew the plug. This will allow you to at least get some of the water out and from there you should be able to remove a tube, drain, remove another tube, drain, and so on. Make sure to double check that there is no water left in the tubes your removing though and always think twice. Once you get it all drained install a drain port of some sort. I have a Alphacool 120mm rad on the bottom of my case that is a perfect drain port. It has two front facing plugs that I simply need to remove for easy draining. Plus it's another 120mm of cooling =)
jay , im using soft tubing for.my.water cooling system and i want to ask you which is better the shorter the tube is better or the longger the btter ? thanks
Yo man! Is there any problem if I set up my loop in a way that the pump receives liquid before it get cooled in radiator? Or should I pass the liquid to the pump right after getting out of the radiator? Thanks a lot for your work m8.
I use tubing smaller than the barb by one size. I heat it up a little to get it over the barb. When it cools. it shrinks to the barb. I still use compression to be safe but its just a backup. Though I have not managed to get the tubing off the barb without slicing tube.
would you recommend these strange quick plug and unplug fittings for draining/filling instead of a valve? I mean it is a little more convenient but I have no experience on how leak-resistant they are.
Is there a way to use a quick disconnect with petg? Thinking for scenarios where both ends of the tube are oriented in the same direction like a "U".. and looking at their use for distribution panels on desk builds where the panel is flat/horizontal by nature of it being in a desk specifically... thoughts?
Kinda fun coming back to a 9 year old video all because I've finally decided to try water-cooling. If Jay, Phil, or Nick see this... You guys rock and thanks for the repository of info!
I'm watching four year old content to learn as much as I can in prep of my first foray into water cooling. Thanks!
How'd it go ?
Same here bro. I'm learning all about the parts and compatibility and best for the price. Slowly buying parts as I'm learning. Almost done, just need tubes, fittings and fans. I want this to be near perfect
Same
Lol same boat, don't need it but I want it. What an expensive hobby.
I'm about a month or so before I buy all the parts to watercool and boy am I nervous lol
By simply building a pc, I became an electrician, and a plumber at the same time
Nathaniel James Aguilar Im actually a plumber and am total stoked to do my first custom loop
lmao
I'm actually an electrician and I'm totally stoked to sleeve my own cables and make it look flawless.
I used to work on and install resturaunt fire suppression systems, which are very similar to this. A lot of the things I've learned do apply to PCs. It's funny how you learn the basics of one thing and find out how connected it is to a bunch of other things.
I feel that. 300th like BTW
I know this is an old video, but that is no joke on the "order extra statement," shipping for most watching this is not an issue; but living in Alaska, if you forget or "cut it close and come up short" the additional shipping cost would have paid for 4-5 fittings or a couple sticks of hard tubing. I spent hours looking at the case and laying it out and now that everything has arrived it is time to begin. Thanks Jay...I've spent 3 weeks watching your videos and although I have built air-cooled up until this point, it's time for my hand at liquid.
Do you think you could do one on pumps? Maybe one that explains the different pump specs and how much pump the average user really needs? I'm having trouble finding a good guide.
just buy a d5 or ddc
Jackson Smith D5 go with D5 if you are cooling the cpu and gpu
Chris Cleveland You are right, but a d5 can handle 1-2 120mm radiators
Chris Cleveland why not both, put a d5 and a ddc in series LOL
Chris Cleveland you get the best of both worlds for the moolah
2021, and this is the best video I've seen about how to freaking watercool a pc.
That slowly spinning fan was killing me
Never thought of water cooling till i started watching your channel 6 months ago. Ive learned a lot and have to give a big thanks for sharing.
Man, you have come through almost every step of the way with every question I've had thus so far with building my first (modern/water cooled) PC! I kinda got the gist that the two main were the barbed and the compression, and that the compression was better designed to be used on its own, but had no clue what the hell the rest of the shapes and other random pieces were for until this video. THANK YOU!
Hard tubing PC fittings have certainly expanded quickly in the past year. Still using push lock fittings on my copper tubing from several years back. Glad to see more options out there.
im still learning how to do a water cooled pc
and this helps me out a lot to understand what to do. thank you so much.
Whoa. Convergent Evolution. Just designed my first rigid build on my own and came to the same fittings and basic design on my own. Goodonya Jay.
Thanks for the info. Started my first DIY water cooled GPU/CPU system and its been feeling pretty overwhelming until i started watching your vids. Thanks!!!
Thanks for making this video Jay. I was thinking about how long it would take me to research fittings... This just saved me some time.
one of your best How 2 videos Jay
Thanks for the overview!
@ Oh noooo how dare I watch content! 4 years ago, even! OH NOOOOOOOOO I'M THE WORST
Not at all, I'm not the one saying "fuck u" on 4 year old comments.
@@EposVox why I always see you everywhere -_-
@ Because I watch a lot of videos?
I'm primarily a UA-camr, but I stream too
Thanks for this video, Jay. I'm considering my first custom loop and this was helpful.
Thank you so much for going over all of this. I'm taking notes and building a log of all the things needed for my build. Please, could you go over the procedure and tools needed to do the bends for the rigid tubing?
jay your the best. always so helpful. Total noob to computer builts. going big soon and you are instrumental to getting it right in least amount of errors.
thanks jay for what you're doing for the water cooling community/WCC
This really helped my understanding in how fittings are used. Im kind of new to watercooling and this series are really easy and helpful.
Thanks for your upload!
Next i would like to see different ways to CPU cooling since you already covered the GPU part.
What to think about when choosing coolingblocks and what to pick, copperplate or other?
Go through what you think is important when liquidcooling your CPU. What temps to aim for and different attachments for the block. How to best avoid leaks and so on. Give us the Grand Tour.
Regards Jonas
Sweden
Thank you for the fittings guide! It helped out a lot because I needed the pass through and didn’t know what or where to look. Thanks to you I have em. Thank you good sir. You have a new subscriber.
Was a good video. Learned a lot as a beginner. More comfortable with it now.
I like these videos before I even watch them.........because I know its gonna be great......keep up the great work Jason!
Have you considered updating this guide? I think it'd be great to see if there's new products out there worth looking at.
Thanks a lot for the video. It cleared some questions up I had about right-angled fittings.
This video couldn't have been timed any better! will be doing my first water cooling loops when 6700k is released. I need to know this.
I really love all these Watercooling 101s. It's just so helpful for novice or amateurs. Because of you I am deciding to go with rigid tubing in my build, which I'm going to buy next week :D! I just hope you update the ones that do need updating in the future.
Thank you so much. I've been planning a custom loop build for a while now, but I've been too busy and lazy to do my research about fittings. This video couldn't have been more conveniently timed!
Jay, just stopping by to give you a huge thanks. Ive been watching your channel for quite a while and your videos have been helping out a lot.
Great Videos, Purchased most of my parts for my Thermaltake 900 build and these tutorials really help a lot. Kudos for explaining it in 5th grade terms.
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You should host a class on custom loop liquid cooling. I'm sure plenty of people would pay money and travel to have you teach them and get hands on experience.
EnlightenedAce lmao
EnlightenedAce i would travel from denmark
EnlightenedAce I've never done a custom loop before, watched some videos, read some articles and now I already made two full functioning custom liquid cooled pc's. You dont need private lessons to do this, well unless you have two left hands..
EnlightenedAce The internet already teaches pretty well and it is hands on when you are watching then doing.
YoFavRussian "watching" is not hands on.
11:42 are the rotatory adapters permanently attached to the 45/90 degree fitting or can they be removed? Thanks 🙏
I was going to complain about no tech talk again (ass that i am) but this video couldn't have been better timed and really helps me plan out the future. Thanks, Jay! - last time i watercooled it was all clearflex and barb fittings lol
Exactly what I needed thank you so much
Hopefully going to dive into this within the year, can't wait!
THANK YOU SIR! Been waiting for this video for quite a lot! Your Tutorials al really good! You should do more about more stuff! (bikes cars whatever you like)
I have watched several of your water cooling videos. I find them really great. I am hopping to put up a video on my first custom loop. granted I am doing it to a I3 as an experiment. Thank you for all your info.
Currently configuring my first watercooling loop, which also is a hardline loop. Probably not the best idea for a first one but oh well. Thanks for the guide. I ordered coolforce fittings by nanoxia, never heard of them but I found some good reviews.
love this guy always gives me exactly the information I need.
That fitting joke actually made me smile, thanks!
I appreciate the in depth video Jay.
Ty, i didnt know what to order before watching this video, and helped me understand where to put my drain plug and how to use my pump efficiently to drain the system faster
Even 5 years later, this video is really helpful! Thanks
love your channel, love your videos, could you do a hardline cooling guide?
I come to your channel everytime i need to know something about custom watercooling or simple case modding
Absolutely great video! Exactly what I wanted/needed to learn about to have the confidence in moving forward with my first water cooled build
Where did he find that double male fitting for the ball valve :(
Astoundingly useful. Thanks!
Thanks a lot Jay! This was really helpful.
Excellent and informative as always Jay ,thanks so much for all you do!
hey, love the video and have what is probably a stupid question. I understand how the fitting size relate to the tubing size but I am confused on how that ties to the water blocks for the hardware and rigs. Are those independent to the tubing size? Or do those also have sizes?
I want to watercool my new PC build and after doing some research I heard that homebrew kits are far more superior than any market plug-n-play kits.
Question 1: Can you confirm if homebrew watercool for CPU and GPU are indeed better? Maybe say your opinion on pros and cons
Question 2: Can you make a step-by-step guide on setting up a homebrew kit that has glass tubes along with how you clean before installing, etc? Like, a guide to cover every step for a homebrew kit that cools both GPU and CPU.
Many thanks! Keep it up!
This is still one of my favorite jays videos
Thanks for another great video J. Im going to pick my fittings now with the help of this video. Already chose my rads with your Rad video. All that is left is pump + res, which I'm going to probably watch more videos of yours and i'll have an easy pick :)
This video for sure is going to help me with my first custom loop
Bitspower has always been my favorite. Although they seem to be harder to find. I've heard EK has leaking problems with their fittings so Corsair seems to be the goto unless you can find alpha cool in a color of your choice.
yeh more of this guides please!!! would love it if you did one on how to do acrylic tubing JayzTwoCents
Where can i get a multiple outlet fitting like the one at 12:35 ?
As a beginner owning a pc now after laptop crashed I would love to see a video from Jay on how to fit or size additional cooling options in the case to optimize cooling.
Very informative, Jay.
Please keep 'em coming!
Excellent video. Only thing I would add is to make 2 ball valve assembles one for your drain at the bottom as you suggest and one at the top of the case for filling and airflow during draining and maintenance. ( comment from a master plumber). Also air test before you fill system with liquid.
should i use diffrent fittings for hadline and soft tubing? and what fittings to use for soft tubing and what for hard tubing
Yesteryear we had a need to keep our big boxes cool but today it seems like just a hobby because of how efficient hardware has become.
I was actually looking for a video like this...nice one Jay
Jay I hope you get to read this. Quick question that I don't think I've seen anyone touch on. I'm getting ready to do my first water cooling build/hard line. I'm using EKWB fittings and was curious if a tiny tiny touch of silicone grease on the O rings would be beneficial in both tightening down and help sealing? My trial fitment shows a lit of friction on the tightening down between the ) rings and the tubing. Thank you Jay. Love the channel
Thanks for the review, nice and clear!
Nice Video as always Jay. I wish he would do one on all the new pumps/res combos. I did some research for any interested. A Laing D-5 is anywhere from 350-1400 LPH- 4M head depending on brand 50,000MTBF and quiet. A DDC is 500LPH and 7 to 20FT head and a lil louder and runs a lil hot has a 50,000MTBF A new design XSPC -X4 Pump is 600LPH and 3M head and the cheapest, at 35.00 bare. No MTBF spec. The new Enermax pump is 900LPH and 5.2M head 100,000 MTBF and the 2nd least expensive. Guess what I bought?
Thanks Jayz i been waiting for this video. It helped out alot.
You should do an updated 2021 fitting guide!! Including quick disconnects, distro plates, maybe how to dual pump?!
Just started planning for a new build and I'm all out, thanks Jay
So ridigt and flexible tubing have different fittings? Fuck I have bought the ekwb s240 and some hard tube and a heat gun ..... Do I need new fittings for the hard tube ?
Thank you for making this video! Definitely going to help.
any particular companies you recommend for fittings?
do you need to worry about radiator fitting sizes? or radiator works with all fittings?
very fit video on fittings, gonna plan my system..let ya know if it fits
Good Afternoon,
I can use liquid vaseline for the acrylic tube to enter the compression fitting, without damaging the orings.
Great video! Would love to see one on the options for connecting (water cooling) 2 video cards in SLI
Thx Jay, I have learnt a lots from your videos, and I am about to build my first hard line tubing for my PC, wish me luck
THANK YOU for these watercooling help videos. These will come in VERY useful soon.
I currently only have a H100i, but come tax time, I plan on upgrading to a custom loop, including adding my two 970s.
(with that being said... I would *LOVE* to see a vid specifically for water cooling graphics card and installing the water blocks.)
He did a GPU water block install video like 4 days ago just go on his channel.
Well crap. I feel stupid now. Haha.
Cant believe I missed that. Thanks
No worries lol
I'd love to see this video updated...I'm sure things have changed in 9 years
This has been very helpful, too bad you didn't do a guide on fittings before. Thank you Jay!
Absolutely awesome! I am getting the water cooling fever.
Thanks for this, my first build is probably going to be water cooled and I never knew how to use the fittings
Love these watercooling videos!
I want to buy a soft-tube fitting watercooling, but want to change to hard-tube at some point in the future. Is buying new waterblocks etc. necessary after changing from soft to hard, or is buying just new fittings ok?
HardLine tubing guide!!!
Ishaan Bhardwaj 'Hardline'
Ishaan Bhardwaj Agreed!
Nope, there would be WAY to many jokes about being "hard" 😂😂
agree
He did one
How to drain a custom loop build without the draining valve? Im in trouble here, any tips? *****
ODIO POWER lay your PC on it's side get a funnel clamp a soft tube to the bottom and a roll of paper towels crack your system at the lowest point, when it stops leaking in the bucket screw in a soft tubing setup like he showed you above, stand your rig back upright and unscrew a fitting at its highest point so the system can drain then you can put your valve in at the lowest point and proceed to flush your rig with a couple of gallons of distilled water, then you can refill with new coolant don't use the old it breaks down and can clog a system
ODIO POWER
Another trick if you have a EK waterblock on your GPU is to put a bucket underneath one of the plugged GPU ports, tilt your case, and unscrew the plug. This will allow you to at least get some of the water out and from there you should be able to remove a tube, drain, remove another tube, drain, and so on. Make sure to double check that there is no water left in the tubes your removing though and always think twice. Once you get it all drained install a drain port of some sort. I have a Alphacool 120mm rad on the bottom of my case that is a perfect drain port. It has two front facing plugs that I simply need to remove for easy draining. Plus it's another 120mm of cooling =)
Drill a hole at the bottom of you reservoir and patch it later.
jay , im using soft tubing for.my.water cooling system and i want to ask you which is better the shorter the tube is better or the longger the btter ? thanks
Jay is there an updated version of this video? Any new changes or updates with the information presented here?
Nice Videos it Helps me a lot if I want to set my PC to Watercooled
Yo man! Is there any problem if I set up my loop in a way that the pump receives liquid before it get cooled in radiator? Or should I pass the liquid to the pump right after getting out of the radiator? Thanks a lot for your work m8.
Great video Jay don't forget about 16mm ek and bitspower make fittings and tubes for that.
I use tubing smaller than the barb by one size. I heat it up a little to get it over the barb. When it cools. it shrinks to the barb. I still use compression to be safe but its just a backup. Though I have not managed to get the tubing off the barb without slicing tube.
very nice love to see more like this man. Thanks
after watching this, you definitely earn my subscription!!
Just wanted to say thank you for your videos. Subscribed.
would you recommend these strange quick plug and unplug fittings for draining/filling instead of a valve? I mean it is a little more convenient but I have no experience on how leak-resistant they are.
Is there anywhere you can pre made rigid tubes already bent say into twists or loops etc or is it just straight leangths
Is there a way to use a quick disconnect with petg? Thinking for scenarios where both ends of the tube are oriented in the same direction like a "U".. and looking at their use for distribution panels on desk builds where the panel is flat/horizontal by nature of it being in a desk specifically... thoughts?