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as luke skywalker's mission down the death star trench well fear not you may

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not have the spirit of obi-wan guiding you as you plug wires into headers not

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much bigger than a womp rat but you do have episode four of avoiding common pc

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building traps which i hope will give you some

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new hope first off while the empire made a huge

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mistake in connecting the thermal exhaust port to the main reactor in your

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case you want waste heat to exit your computer as directly as possible which

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is why you should pay close attention to fan orientation

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specifically if you're using more than two fans it's a good idea to create

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positive air pressure inside your case by using slightly more fans as intakes

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rather than exhaust this will force air out of your case

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more effectively reducing dust buildup as long as your case is filtered and it

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also potentially allows you to run your fans at lower speeds for a quieter

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computing experience otherwise having the same number of

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intakes and exhausts preferably with the ladder more towards the top rear of the

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case since heat rises is a good safe bet

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you can learn more about fan configuration and air pressure up here

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and while we're on the topic of thermals are you using a tower style air cooler

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for your CPU if so watch your hands while you're installing

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it or working anywhere near it such as if you're trying to insert a graphics

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card below it these air coolers use a lot of little fins to maximize the

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surface area that's available to cool down your processor but to achieve this

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the fins are often super thin meaning they can also be super sharp and you do

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not want monochromatic blood harshing your

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RGB vibes but let's say you've decided not to bother with that and you go

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straight to water cooling specifically a custom loop you can learn much more

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about custom water loops in this video one common trap for folks who are just

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beginning with liquid cooling though is that they might buy components made of

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different kinds of metal you see if you buy for example a copper

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CPU block but an aluminum radiator and

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put them in the same loop they'll eventually corrode due to chemical

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reactions that occur when you mix metals

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not only destroying your loop but also possibly your expensive electronics if

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water leaks out yikes leading us to a boring but incredibly

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important tip it seems like every other day we see a build with big money spent

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on expensive components of questionable utility

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and unlike our advice from the last episode to

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balance the build by avoiding doing things like pairing a 50 CPU with a 500

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graphics card some things are just colossal wastes of

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money regardless of how high-end the rest of your rig is like

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hard drive water blocks 300 sound cards

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at that point you should really just be getting an external dac and amp and

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gaming network cards which are little more than snake oil unless of course you

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really just want the thing for aesthetics finally no matter what kinds of exotic

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components you are or aren't using consider initially building your system

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outside of the case not only does this save you from the hassle of taking

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everything out if you have to troubleshoot a bad component it also

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allows you to more quickly isolate the defective part if your system won't boot

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so do you have any sage advice for new or veteran pc builders leave it in the

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comments below and also let us know if you'd like us to continue the avoiding

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