PC Liquid Cooling - The Rugged, Manly Way
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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658 words · ~3 min read
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now as a rugged Man I don't often find time for quietly reflecting on my
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feelings but when I do there's one burden that weighs on me Mighty heavily
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a Dark Passenger I've never shared with any man that the poor CPU in my gaming
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PC is cooled by the pathetic heat sink that came in its box it weren't that I
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didn't want better for it's just well
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it's like that time I drove for days cuz it seemed better than asking for dire CS
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I just didn't know how to pick one but thanks to the internet now I can
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know enough about any subject to make video guides without ever admitting I
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had no pre-existing knowledge on the subject and that's how this one came to
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be I started by learning about so-called
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compatibility my case can handle a 4 and 3/4 in radiator that's 120 mm if you're
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some kind of or Canadian but as a rugged Man I believe bigger is better so
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after Consulting my manual I eventually chose a 240 mm radiator the largest I
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could fit in the top of my case When selecting a tool to remove the Unholy
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Abomination that I knew was currently possessing my PC thankfully Mercy stayed
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my hand a true rugged Man knows use the
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right tool for the job I unscrewed one
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corner and then the opposite one and then the other two in Rapid succession
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before tearing that sucker off to see my processor looking at me with a mixture
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of fatigue and relief across its heat
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spreader for the next step I gathered the parts side need out of the cooler
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box two cooling fans and the Mountain Hardware from my socket that I H well I
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wish I'd looked at that before confidently chucking the manual in the
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trash which led me to the most important fork in the road of my life I'd ever
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encountered a burning in question that needed answering before I could go any
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further push or pull thankfully I found
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this great video on the subject this guy is anything but rugged but he suggested
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having my fans pull air through the radiator and out of the case for a good
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balance of overall system Cooling and ease of cleaning something I can
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certainly appreciate I ran the long screws through the top of the case and
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the four corners of the fans like a spit through a pig then after some fiddling
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about got the first one threaded and from there it got much easier to mount
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the radiator then I screwed the hold down plate to the CPU block attached my
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Hardware to the motherboard put on some thermal goop and tighten the hold down
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screws in a cross pattern before pluging power leads from a fans and pump either
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directly into the board for automatic control or into the power supply if I
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don't mind them running at full manly speed all the time with my work complete
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I contemplated the sacrifices I'd made cuz while frankly the Practical benefits
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of CPU liquid cooling with longer life and marginally better overclock and
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being among them are debatable at best
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what it was really about for me was knowing my Battlefield rig weren't
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relying on the equivalent of the gentle beaten of pixie wings to keep her
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running smooth thank you for watching this second installment of how to do
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