1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,319 Welcome to Scrapyard Wars 2 episode a 2 00:00:03,679 --> 00:00:11,040 part one. Yeah, that's how it's going to be. So today we've got a new challenge. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:15,519 Instead of just building a budget PC, we're going to build a budget PC and 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:20,760 then we're going to water cool it. We're going to have a full budget of $500. 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:27,080 $300 for our computer and a maximum of $200 for the water cooling parts. But 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:30,400 there's a twist. We cannot use any 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:32,960 offthe-shelf PC water cooling gear. 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:37,120 Nada. So, it'll be judged in five sections. One, creativity. Two, 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:40,800 effectiveness. Three, aesthetics. Four, acoustics. And then five is just 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:45,200 overall. We're going to have a few ground rules as usual. So, number one is 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:49,360 it's tower only. We don't have to source a monitor and keyboard and mouse. Number 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,079 two is that there's no pre-work or in between work. We weren't allowed doing 13 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:57,280 research before the event, and we're not allowed doing research like after work or anything. And number three is going 14 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:01,280 to get a bit of a curveball this time. Last time we said no help from friends, 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:06,240 family, co-workers, social media contacts, whatever. This time we're 16 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:12,159 going to allow it, but the panel of judges has been instructed that they are 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:14,159 to deduct points from us depending on 18 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:18,960 how much we take advantage of anyone other than our own wits. And last isn't 19 00:01:17,759 --> 00:01:24,000 really rules, but we're just going to define what constitutes as a water cooling component. So there's cooling 20 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:27,840 blocks. So, your CPU water block or potentially GPU water block or whatever 21 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:34,320 the heck else you decide to cool. Um, fittings, tubing, radiators, fans, 22 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:36,240 pumps, reservoirs, or the coolant. 23 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:44,520 So, that's it. Let's get started, shall we? Yeah. Scrapyard 24 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,520 Wars. Scrapyard Wars. 25 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:56,840 The time is now 2:30. Go before we start. All right, you can count it. I 26 00:01:50,799 --> 00:02:02,320 know mine's right. 12 9 13 9 8 7 12 15 27 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:05,040 28 13 12 17 Okay, 28 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:07,640 we are just going to charge on out of here as if we have some idea what's 29 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,319 going on. Let's just wave by. He's leaving. 30 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:16,720 All right, I'm not going to look at him. I'm going to let him waste time by harming 31 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:20,280 at me. Are they ignoring us? It's okay. We'll get their attention. 32 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:31,080 They're gone. I think they're 33 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,080 gone. 34 00:02:36,519 --> 00:02:42,519 Bye. I kind of have a plan for this 35 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:48,640 video. There is no performance judgment criteria. So, it 36 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:54,640 actually doesn't matter what PC that we decide to use. So, instead of stressing 37 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:58,319 out about building a great PC, I'm going 38 00:02:54,640 --> 00:03:00,160 to go straight for water cooling parts 39 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:06,840 and I'm just going to kind of water cool whatever PC I find. Something that's 40 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:09,920 actually critical for me is the lifeline 41 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:12,400 component. Unlike Luke, I am planning to 42 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:19,040 use the lifeline. And in fact, my strategy hinged on it so much that I was 43 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:22,800 very, very afraid we weren't going to allow them. So Luke and I disagreed 44 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:28,720 strongly about whether we should be allowed to have any kind of outside 45 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:30,560 help. I said yes, he said no. And Nick 46 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,640 was actually the one who saved my bacon here by settling it and saying, "Okay, 47 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:39,680 it should be allowed, but the judges should factor it in because I have a 48 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:44,000 neighbor who might be able to help me a little bit with this." Even though I 49 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:49,480 know that I'm giving Luke the ability to leverage his dad, who is crazy handy and 50 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:56,480 has a lot of tools, I want to find a 51 00:03:53,879 --> 00:04:00,799 uh a computer really quick so I can figure out the hole layout for the 52 00:03:58,879 --> 00:04:04,879 socket so that I can try to start making blocks pretty much immediately. Um, so I 53 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:10,560 don't want to spend a ton of time looking for a computer. 54 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:16,680 Uh, but I don't want it to be like garbage either. I'm going to go to 55 00:04:13,439 --> 00:04:19,120 probably an auto junkyard to find my 56 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:24,120 radiator. I'm heading to the pet store now for my pump. I really don't have a 57 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:30,000 plan in terms of the reservoir, but I'm hoping that um that I 58 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:35,120 can come up with some kind of a good idea as far as that's concerned. And 59 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:39,560 then the blocks, the blocks are going to be the challenge. And that's where my 60 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:46,160 neighbor comes in. He has a CNC mill. So, we are going to try to 61 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:50,800 actually make a CPU block, like a decent 62 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:53,840 CPU block and a full cover GPU block. 63 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:56,400 That is the plan right now. So, let's 64 00:04:53,840 --> 00:05:03,600 get some trash talk going early. Hey, you suck, lol. Yeah, take that, Luke. 65 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:08,919 What a dick. I'm not going to play his silly little games. Time to be a man. 66 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:15,960 Okay, so we're looking at pumps and 67 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:19,199 uh these are all air pumps. Okay, 68 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,800 then. Okay, so unfortunately they are 69 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:24,680 doing some recajjiggering of their inventory and the only one they have is 70 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:28,639 this one right here which is like 80 bucks. But they suggested that maybe if 71 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,320 we go to Canadian Tire we can find something. I am interested in finding 72 00:05:30,479 --> 00:05:38,000 something that's submersible though since one of the judgment categories is 73 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:42,800 acoustics and having a submersible pump will make my system very 74 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:45,520 quiet. So that yeah won't help me for 75 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:49,600 now though. I mean really we're not going about this the most efficient 76 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:53,280 possible way right now. But frankly I'm not that concerned. We've got 3 days to 77 00:05:51,759 --> 00:05:58,160 pretty much build and water cool a computer and not get run over. 78 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:03,600 So I don't know. Maybe I should be more worried. But I think we got this. Hi 79 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,520 there. I saw your gaming tower ad on Craigslist. 80 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:13,800 Um, I was just wondering if you could give me a deal if I didn't take the 81 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,800 monitor, keyboard, or mouse. 82 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:21,919 Um, yeah, I can let it go, I don't know, 83 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:26,000 200 bucks. Two two something. 84 00:06:21,919 --> 00:06:29,120 200. Yeah. Yeah, I could do 200. Okay. 85 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:32,120 Uh, can I come pick it up right now? 86 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:35,600 Cool. So, he has 87 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:37,440 a it's a classic case as you can see 88 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,680 there. You guys, I'm going to turn the monitor like that. Um, some of you guys 89 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:46,080 remember that case maybe from a long time ago. It's not the greatest looking case, but it's a classic case. He does 90 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,639 have a graphics card in it, but it's super boring. Um, it's not the most 91 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:55,120 interesting thing ever, but it'll work. And I got it for 92 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:57,520 200 bucks. So, I have $100 to splurge on 93 00:06:55,120 --> 00:07:01,280 potentially an old graphics card that looks nice and potentially a better case 94 00:06:59,599 --> 00:07:06,080 cuz I saw some cases on there that were like 40 bucks and uh looks really nice. 95 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:10,160 I don't want to do something as ghetto as like a sawoff milk jug. 96 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:17,520 But yeah, I don't know what to use. Maybe like um maybe like one of those 97 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:22,800 big gulp drink containers on the top with like like fittings coming down into 98 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:28,319 the system or something. Why not one of those uh little goldfish aquarium things 99 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:32,720 that are like terrible that you shouldn't use? But should I put a 100 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:37,520 goldfish in my loop and a filter? We could store our goldfish in one of 101 00:07:34,039 --> 00:07:40,120 these. Seems harmless. Okay, so here's a 102 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:46,800 submersible pump. $110. That would be literally over half 103 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:48,199 of our budget. Um there's cheaper stuff 104 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:54,160 here, but like the cheapest Oh, no. at Oh, okay. 105 00:07:52,479 --> 00:08:00,720 Hold on a second. The cheapest one is $13. But if that's the kind of flow rate 106 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,720 we're talking about and only a one-year 107 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:11,039 warranty, but then 20 bucks get us 70 gets us 75 gallons per hour. You know 108 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:15,759 what? We should remember this. I'm not going to buy it now, but that actually 109 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:21,520 may be a solution. whenever he's going to do something that's like cheating or 110 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:29,280 borderline cheating, uh, he usually makes sure that there's very defined 111 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:31,039 rules around it. Um, so that he knows 112 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:38,039 specifically how he can go around those rules. So, I'm wondering if he's going 113 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:41,599 to just try to find things that 114 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:43,760 are essentially the same but are not 115 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:46,880 technically for water cooling. I might. Yeah, I might source another graphics 116 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:51,200 card. I might source a new case. Although, this is a fairly classic case. 117 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:54,240 So, I might also stick with this guy. There's also a bit of metal and I'm 118 00:08:52,640 --> 00:09:01,600 going to be modding it quite heavily. So, there you go. Feel free to 119 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:03,760 count. Okay, so this thing sucks, but 120 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:07,839 there's a lot of metal, which I'm actually super down with. 121 00:09:06,399 --> 00:09:14,160 But getting a better graphics card at this point is going to be a little sketchy because I was pretty sure in his 122 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:17,560 ad, I could totally be wrong, but I was pretty sure in his ad I'm going to put 123 00:09:15,839 --> 00:09:25,040 this in the back. Um, that he showed a 750 watt power 124 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:29,279 supply. That might have been the other computer I was looking at. Oh well, I'll 125 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,880 figure it out. Maybe no new graphics card. Probably new case cuz that one's 126 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:37,320 actually fairly scratched up. Um, so we're going to go home and try to go to 127 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:43,240 Princess Auto because if I can get a block working for 128 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:47,720 the CPU and like that that's going to be the 129 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:53,440 hardest thing. So, if I can source some materials and start trying to make a 130 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:57,600 block work at all um, and I'll just make it for the CPU, 131 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:01,839 then I'll then I'll know that I have the methodology down. Then I should be able 132 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:07,360 to do it again for the graphics card. I'll just do one at once and then try to 133 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:09,200 reproduce that instead of trying to deal 134 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:15,920 with getting two of them working at the exact same time. Okay, so the last real 135 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,760 store I want to go to before I start um 136 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:22,040 calling places and browsing online is Home Depot, just cuz I think this is 137 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:26,640 where I can probably find the tubing I need. 138 00:10:23,959 --> 00:10:29,279 And that's the one piece of the puzzle where I'm not even sure if I'm going to 139 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,839 be able to find it used. So, I need to know how much that costs before I shop 140 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:36,560 for everything else. So, that whole strategy where you leave your car 141 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:41,760 unlocked cuz there's nothing valuable in it anyway only works if you don't leave 142 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:45,200 your like razor blade in your car. 143 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:47,040 They're like not that crazy expensive. 144 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:52,320 Like this. This could work. Uh if I decide to bail on the on the reservoir 145 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:57,920 outright, then I've got my tea line. So, that's only uh 250 here at Home Depot. 146 00:10:55,680 --> 00:11:02,320 So, it's time to do some napkin math. Let's figure out how much we know we're 147 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:09,600 spending and then how much we have we have left to spend. So, um, so buying 148 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:11,200 new, we need 20 here. We need about 10 149 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:15,040 here. Actually, we should call that 25 cuz of tax. Uh, reservoir. You know 150 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:21,640 what? I think I'm going to lock into the Tline. So, that gives us about 151 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:25,920 $150 for radiator. So, pump. We can get away with 152 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,600 saving one by getting us Oh, no. Can't have a submersible pump now because of 153 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:35,320 the rez. Oh, we need to obtain a reservoir 154 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:39,680 if we use a submersible pump. 155 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:43,839 Shoot. So, Canadian Tire really didn't like us. We got threatened to be thrown 156 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:47,760 in court. So, all that footage is going to be thrown away. But basically, 157 00:11:45,839 --> 00:11:54,160 they're actually super helpful auto parts guy got me a part number for their 158 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,600 cheapest radiator, which is $108. So, 159 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,519 that's Not that cheap, but could be workable in 160 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:06,240 the budget. I know the pump that I'm looking for is also about 161 00:12:02,519 --> 00:12:08,079 $4550. So, that's 150 bucks out of my 162 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:16,040 budget right there. And I would still need metal and fittings and a fish 163 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:19,839 tank and tubing. 164 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:21,600 So, I probably can't afford all of that. 165 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:24,680 I didn't think the radiator was going to be hard. 166 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:31,279 Um, so I would be looking for something fairly inexpensive, but and preferably 167 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:36,320 with a fan already on it, but I'm not super picky about what exactly it is. 168 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:39,360 See, radiator core for $25. I'd be looking for a car radiator, but I just I 169 00:12:38,079 --> 00:12:45,120 don't really care which one it is. I'd just be looking for something relatively small, 170 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:51,279 like, do you guys have any salvage radiators that I could pick up? Yeah, I 171 00:12:48,079 --> 00:12:52,959 got a bunch of them. Oh, really? Wow. 172 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:56,880 You're the you're the first person with good news that I've talked to in the 173 00:12:54,480 --> 00:13:00,240 last hour. Um, what would I be looking at for 174 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:05,839 something like that? I don't have a huge budget for it. $150 or any kind of 175 00:13:03,279 --> 00:13:10,720 thing, but uh, since you're not really fluffy as to what radiator, I'm sure I 176 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:15,200 can dig something out for 50 bucks. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. 177 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:21,279 Copper pipe. Oh, here's some 20 bucks. 1/2 in half inch gas pipe new. Okay. 178 00:13:18,399 --> 00:13:26,320 Let's let's just let's call. Hi, I'm calling about the copper pipe and I mean 179 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:32,800 is there anything wrong with it? No, it's brand new. Okay, wonderful. Thank 180 00:13:29,519 --> 00:13:35,279 you very much. 30 to 50 ft. That could 181 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:40,399 work. So, here's where we're at. We've got two leads on PCs. The plan with the 182 00:13:37,839 --> 00:13:45,839 copper tube is that I'm basically just going to like bend it up and jam it 183 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:50,320 inside the case so that it can take advantage of any of the air flow that's 184 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:56,560 already coming through the case to cool the CPU and and hopefully the GPU. So, 185 00:13:54,639 --> 00:14:03,040 there it is. There's our there's our copper copper tubing. So, in terms of 186 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:08,160 bendability, it looks like I will be able to hand bend it. I don't know with 187 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:13,600 what amount of precision. We have our first part. Again, I'm not too concerned 188 00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:19,600 about the PC. And we have one cooling component with leads on most of the 189 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,600 rest. It was a good day 190 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:28,079 today. Oh, I just realized I'm going to have a 191 00:14:25,519 --> 00:14:32,320 mixed metal loop. I was planning to use a heater core or something, which is a 192 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:36,839 lot of them are made of aluminum. And then I was planning to make aluminum 193 00:14:33,959 --> 00:14:41,880 blocks. Now that I have the copper tubing, I'm gonna have to budget for 194 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:46,639 some kind of uh corrosion inhibitor. The judges probably won't 195 00:14:44,079 --> 00:14:51,360 know that anyway. Next time on Scrapyard Wars, Lionus 196 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:55,360 whips it out. Oh my goodness, it's so long. And Luke comes into a serious 197 00:14:53,440 --> 00:15:09,390 situation with the Dremel tool. He always had three fingers, right?