Mineral Oil Submerged PC Build Log Part 2 - Assembling the Components
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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2,095 words · ~10 min read
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So, it's day two of mineral oil cooled machineryness.
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PCing. Yeah. So, today we're going to put all of the actual hardware together
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and put it all in there. So, we'll be taking this out and
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mounting everything onto the back of this. So, we're not really doing a ton
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with the actual tank yet itself. Speaking of mounting, we'll be doing the
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biggest penis TE's ever where we put
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everything in there and then don't actually dump any oil into it.
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Click now to learn more. So, I'll start on the hardware here and then I guess
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Luke can get started prepping the actual tank. um air pump and bubbles as well as
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rocks. And before we get started, we need to be sure your rocks are clean.
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Yep. Good. We're good. All right, then. Here we go.
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I'll give you this, I guess. Oh, yeah. I guess I'll leave that. Uh
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why don't you leave that in there for now? Yeah.
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Well, I need to be able to get inside of there.
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I need to get deep inside of there. Uh I'll need these very soon. So, I'll
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just hold on to the the predators. cuz I'm thinking they're not the only predators around
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here. Predator memory. Predator sexual
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predator. See jokes. Just some predator
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mammory. Yeah, predator memory. Smoking like a true predator.
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I'm prepping what we're going to have in the bottom of the tank. One thing that's
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going to make this a lot easier than when I did it was my power supply was
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against the bottom. In this one, there's nothing actually really against the
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bottom because the power supply is going to be coming from here on the actual
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it's going to be mounted in the top. So, that'll be nice because then you can lift the entire system out without
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having any issues. Whenever I tried to lift mine out, the power supply would hang and I was pulling it out and that
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sucked. That was not good at all. And um
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it'll help with just space on the bottom having that thing actually sitting
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there. So, we're going to see. I hope I'm pretty sure that these suction cups
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on these are going to be totally silicon, which should be fine. and have
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nothing to do with rubber because if they have anything to do with rubber at
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all that will be a big problem. So you're saying that we're not gonna
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use using a rubber is like a serious issue.
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It just doesn't it just doesn't work. Now EVGA is the only one with a with an
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MATX X99 motherboard at the time of
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filming this. So that was why we opted
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to go with them for this particular build. Um because we wanted to use an
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oil cooled PC tank that wasn't so big
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that it was going to be basically impossible to move it. And Fugit also
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said that this is one of their uh this is one of their new models. So they
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wanted us to check this one out as opposed to one that's been around for a long time. So uh that's pretty much it
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for CPU installation. Anyway, that's why that's why we went ahead and chose this board. Now I'm going to have to remove
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stuff like this. You see these? These could easily be rubber, these little uh
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these little port covers. So, we're going to want to remove anything like
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that on the motherboard before we submerge this bad boy. Were there any
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like bolts or anything in this baggie?
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Did we take anything out of it? Did you clean them? Perhaps.
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Yeah. And they went somewhere. It was dry. Could it Could it be these ones over
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here on the shelf in the magnet?
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That actually looks like it. Oh, yeah. Well, we it's somewhere safe,
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so uh that's good.
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Exactly where it's supposed to be on a magnetic parts tray, so nothing can be
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lost. I'll tell you what, I'll look at the picture on the front of the manual.
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Yeah, it seems pretty self-explanatory.
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Go like this. Can't really go wrong with
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Wait, what? Oh, are you actually I don't think you can be here.
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It's not working. I can't work. Yeah, this does not look like working.
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What am I going to say? If that qualifies as work, then uh
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you're all fired. Love that. Eight heat pipes per side.
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Sexy hard mount that's going on there.
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That is that is sexy. Even if you're not into computers, you have to appreciate
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the the sexiness. Got a note of approval.
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I even know I think it's cool. Like that. That is looking good. Hey.
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All right. All right. See you later. Oh, I'll see you in a few minutes and
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then later. Oh, okay. Are you scootered here?
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He's not allowed to bike. I think what?
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Never mind. You're laughing at me. Here's a pro tip for anyone watching.
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Use your tip.
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EVGA gives you like super nice included cables. They're braided.
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Yeah, I know. That's awesome. I had no idea. What card
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is this? Oh, damn. Okay, cool.
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Yeah, 780 classified dog.
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Oh, it's taller. That might be a problem. Is it by a lot?
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Wow. Yeah. Not bad.
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Yeah. Okay. So, now is moment of truth time.
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You're a little bit down. There you go.
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I don't think it's going to make it anyway. You're right up against the card. Okay.
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Let's just So, I'll just calm down for a second. I think we might have to be
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innovative here. Sometimes
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innovation involves surgery.
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I think we might be performing graphics card surgery. Yeah, we're just cuz this
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is just plastic shroud up till here, right? Okay.
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Okay, sure. Why don't you do that then? And I'll pull the motherboard back out because we got to do cable management
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for the uh temp sensor power.
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There's no way I'm going to leave it hanging across the across everything
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like this. It's really ugly. Even with the kit, I'd still say this is
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an intermediate to advanced PC builder project. Yep.
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Oh my god. Oh wow. You got to get uh
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Oh my god. Oh my god. It's a pretty sexy card. Wow. Look at
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that. That is so baller. Oh my goodness. That
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is so overbuilt. I guess if the idea was
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for us to use like crazy overbuilt components,
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then we achieved that goal. We did real good.
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You guys have to circumcise a graphics card. Still functional, just smaller.
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Yeah. Note that Luke is wearing the correct PPE.
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This glove doesn't fit. Look at where the knuckle spots are.
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It'll definitely take some cleaning up, but there's that so far. I'll have to
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clean up this cuz it like melted over
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now. Luckily, because of rain, it
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actually looks pretty clean. All right,
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motherboard in.
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Okay, here we go.
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Guide me, goose. No, I guess you're fine. The spot needs
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to There you go. Good. It is so
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Wow, that is surprisingly clean.
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Okay,
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24 pin and some Alexa.
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That's right. I am looking forward to powering this bad boy up. Everything is
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hard. Everything is difficult about builds like this. So, while Luke's
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indisposed uh finding out if we can use LED
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lighting in our setup here, I'm going to do a quick post cuz you you test the
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hardware, of course, before you, you
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know, assemble it. And then for for a build like this, it's a really good idea
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to also do a test before you fill it with oil. So, it's very important at
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this stage to not plug in the pump
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because if the pump runs dry, which it would be because there's no oil or water
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in it, then it will destroy it pretty much instantly. So, uh, our pump is not
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plugged in. Also, we're not going to want to run it for a very long time
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because if we were to do that, then the CPU would overheat because it doesn't
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actually have a fan on it. So, onboard
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power button. Moment of truth time.
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Fishy work. Apparently
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that post code can be caused by a loose
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18 connect. Oh [ __ ]
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Oh, I didn't plug in the CPU connector. Well, that would be it, wouldn't it?
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Here I was all stressed out. Post code C for EVGA means CPU not getting any power
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there. So, we're going to go ahead and plug that there. CPU power in. Okay.
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Mhm. There. Okay. That's That's more like it. This is more like what we
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expect to see. That's a good sign. I guess I shouldn't worry too much about
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the CPU having overheated before because it wasn't getting any power. We thought
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maybe we'd do a quick uh host test. Yeah, good idea.
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Hey, wrong input.
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There we go. So, I managed to not plug in the eight pin and then have the wrong input on my
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motherboard. But the good news is that it all worked out. Monitor
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and our system posts, which is like super important.
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Yes, that's like 3/4 of the battle for something like this.
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Okay. Well, we are just about uh we're
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just about done here then actually. So these 30 cm.
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Yes, sir. Oh. Oh, they go up in there. Okay. Up in
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there. Up in here. Up in there.
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Isn't it like DMX or something? Y'all going to make me light my case.
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Like the least hardcore thing you could say. Yeah. Just put it in the way there that it
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looks so good there,
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you know? So, it's good
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there. Well, what's this warranty void to
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remove sticker? That's awful.
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No warranty. Oh, that's even worse.
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What happened? The warranty void if remove sticker is ugly.
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I didn't realize that it would be this.
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Hello. Maybe we can teamwork the cable
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management a little bit. You want to hold it there?
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It's not. Yet another thing about this build that
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barely made it. Let's do this one first. I just wanted to make sure that these
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were in the right spot. I think that's all we can really do.
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Yeah. Stage two is Whoa. Hold on. We're
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plugged in.
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Stage two we think is done.
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Here's the sack.
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All the sex in the world for you.
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Multiple sacks. Not not the other.
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That is a really nice oil cooled machine
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that we've got on our hands there. It's not about the back experience, you know,
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other than looking at the rats. Like we're trying to get people to focus on
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on the cheeks. Okay. Well, guys, thanks for watching.
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