CORSAIR Hydro X - How To Custom Watercool Your PC Tutorial
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- This is a tutorial on how to build a custom water cooled PC for beginners, featuring JayzTwoCents.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Parts and components
7:02 - GPU block installation
9:17 - CPU block installation
10:56 - Radiator setup
15:29 - Pump & reservoir setup
17:40 - Planning the loop
21:08 - Hardline tubing (and soft tubing) preparation
28:14 - Filling the loop with coolant
33:22 - Finished build and powering up the PC
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IDK why people are hating… But thanks Jay for the updated video. I just bought a handful of Hydro X and EK parts. About to make my own loop. It’s nice to always have a fresh guide.
I'm about to start my first loop build, how did yours go? Any tips?
@@thatyoutubedude Yooo Congrats! And yes I do. The tubes cool off very quickly, so keep that in mind. I recommend bending them by hand without using the bending tool. Jay was definitely right on that one. It cools way to quickly, you have to be fast. Buy a good amount of extra tubing. And for your first loop with hard tubes, stick to a single bend and spend extra on some fittings. Most of the difficulties were with just the bends with the tubes. Flush them well as too!!! (I got some bits of plastic in my loop due to not flushing enough after cutting and prepping the tubes, was a pain to clean out) His guide video is spot on. But don’t expect it to be that easy, he is a pro after all. Be prepared to make some mistakes and for your rig to be down for a few days. Take your time!
Just realized I spelled and worded things terribly, must've been half asleep when typing this....
@@RonaldBrowen3 which case do you have?
@@niklasrkmn Thermaltake Core P3
Another great vid man! About to dive into my first custom water cooling build. I love how often you talk about not getting in a hurry w/ this project. Can't wait to get started!
that's a seriously impressive bit of kit from corsair there
This is a very well done video. As always, Jay is informative and concise with his guide. Corsair providing an all in one kit makes this a LOT less painful than it could be. I just built my Corsair themed system and have been contemplating Watercooling. EK, although lavish, doesn't hold your hand like Corsair. That makes it far more daunting for a new builder. My R9 5900x and 3080 Ti FE pump out an immense amount of heat, so water seems to be on the horizon. Corsair, for obvious reasons, will be the kit that I choose once comfortable with the financial aspect of this.
Make no mistake, this is likely more expensive than many of your system components. Make sure that it's what you want, how you want and with the parts you want before buying things. This has the potential to nickel and dime you into the poor house. Corsair's Configurator is a godsend.
good video! i was also thinking about doing a custom water cooled rig when i ran into the corsair MP700 SSD. if i read the tin correctly that read/write speed is just insane! i think it's special enough to dedicate the entire rig around the watercooling system it's built to receive.
I just built my first water cooled system with hard lines. Thank you J this video help me so much I watched it like 10 times before I started. I wish I could download a video and show you of my build.
Jay thanx for always being informative. I'm about to do my first loop build and i'm terrified i'm gonna screw up but your videos set my mind at ease. Thanx man, you guys do a great job.
how did you do
I always wondered how do you even start at building a custom water cooled pc but your video makes it very clear... Good job!
Thanks bruv, I was going to go hard tubing but to make it a bit easier I went with soft line. Thanks Jay, Awesome tips!
Best way to go. Especially if you just going for performance. No need to waste time bending. Plus you can fit in odd places. I could not do hard on my 2 420Rads.
I love this channel. I've never built a water cooled PC but your videos gave me the confidence to give it a try. Excellent tutorials.
Soft tubing is easy for beginners.
did u do one?
I'm planning to watercool for the first time in an Obsidian 1000D and I appreciate the guidance you gave here. Definitely will help in selecting the products I use and the tube routing.
Well jay, I've watched plenty of your water cooling videos. I didn't realize how much help you have been until now. I have mostly hydro x parts in my rigs. I owe you a big thank you for providing good information and inspiration for cool builds.
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@@kidsythe not u, the spammer
Great Job Jay. Love your videos, well explain easy to follow. Thank you!!
Yo Jay, it was thanks to you I started doing water, than done a felxi system, and a rigid system later🤛 now I'm looking to upgrade platform and stuff, you're back to help again!
Honestly before this video I had an idea to air cool my pc and now I’m putting together a new pic project water cool it with Corsair 👌🏼👌🏼
This was extremely helpful. Thank you for all of this great info!
Awesome video. Just put together a Corsair cooling kit for my new build and am a newbie.
excellent video, I am going to make my first water system and you have been very helpful, thank you
I know this was a year ago but it has been an invaluable resource as I build my first custom loop watercooled PC. I am using the Corsair Hydro system.
Hey did you get all of the cords from the water pump plugged i am having the hardest time with the molex, can not find where to plug that in:/
@@naudiahagen2954 my psu has a molex adapter. I thought it came with a sata to molex adapter.
Just to confirm what you said about the temperature difference from the GPU to the CPU. Done here more than once, with 3 radiators systems, and calibrated temperature sensors at every inlet and outlet from CPU, GPU and radiators.
Maximum I had, with a 3090 at full load, was 2C higher at the output than at the input.
I usually do GPU to top radiator as exhaust, then CPU because more often than not, makes easier to link to the next radiator, also my use the CPU barely breaks a sweat.
Thanks, Jay. I will follow this video the next time I build a PC, just built a pc with a closed loop cooler! No lie, though I kind of want to convert my close loop cooling in to a custom loop Design!!
nice just what i was looking for
You can use "Hydro X Series XT Pressure Leak Tester Tool Kit" for previous leak test. Nice bending. One amazing Corsair’s water build.
Thank you so much for doing this video
love your cooling videos not only for the learning experience but also because of the quality of them.
have two questions tho. how good are the ql fans you using as static presure fans? and would glycol be better as an anti corrosive in a loquid cooling system?
I found this video very informative. I will do a wc setup one day better start saving.
Thanks for the guidance.
Great Vid jay! I got into custom liquid cooling watching your vids. I love spending hundreds of dollars on fittings, rads and more stuff...LOL My final loop...EK P480mm rad, Alphacool Core 1 and the EK Quantum Red Devil 7900 xtx gpu block. The block more than does the job, it literally cut my temps more than I expected. 7900 xtx air cooled, temps were 44-45c. With the EK block...temps 22c, 1 or 2c in either way. I have to admit, I went from the Corsair XD5 pump to the GPU to the CPU then goes to the EK P480 rad and as you like to say, "loop order does not matter." You are correct sir!!! I thought I might have to get another rad in the loop, come to find out, it is not needed.
Looks awesome!
I like the process and it would be fun and rewarding to do.
Amazing explanation
This is awesome!
Buy extra tubing, fittings, and have your psu outside the case when testing the loop if you're not going to pressure test it.
VERY NICE BUILD
This is an amazing tutorial and i am about to try to build my first loop. I was looking at your configuration at the drainage valve. what fitting do you have between the y splitter and the 90 degree fitting? is that some kind of spacer?
Beautiful
The only thing you're missing is an awesome closing scene with your beauty.
brother id like to say this is so well done, it made me feel I was back in college learning from my professor. I do mind asking how often do you have to maintenance the water cooling or is their little to no maintenance at all to it once its up and running? An once you drain the water cooling do you have to always wait the few hours again like to first installment or no?
Also thank you for all the videos you've made with the whole staff. You guys have mentored me for years on everything about pc building an now I feel more then confident to build my own pc and to include water cooling into my install.
très bien expliqué bravo
Oui oui
Wow, first time this has been explained so well. How did you get you hands into the case to tighten the bottom 2 fittings on the radiator on the back of the case? Looks like a nightmare!
ptm, me enamore de este canal, justo vino esa madre de corsair a la tienda :3 vamoh a darle!! :3
Jay I love your content and I have a question. If the tubing has a loop in it like a rollercoaster would that catch air and cause problems?
I’ve been deathly terrified of doing a custom loop but I’m unwilling to pay someone else to do it for me. I have a 3090Ti and really want the loop to get better temps (90C peak with current case and AIO for CPU). I’m getting a new case with better flow and was considering just a newer AIO but after watching your videos, I think I’m finally ready to give it a shot. Thanks for being so informative but more importantly for emphasizing the patience and care you have to take to do this thing right!
Nice man, me too, really keen to water cool for my next PC in a couple years or so (waiting for 50 series from Nvidia)
In the meantime you could easily shave off at least 10 degrees by undervolting your GPU, I'm assuming you have not tried that yet if you are getting to 90 degrees, 30 series has massive headroom for undervolting.
i get a piece of paper and draw out the loop and measure with a measuring tape the tubing adding 20 mm on the ends as you can decrease but not increase and do 1 bend at a time and check alignment also use your finger to measure location and allow 5-10 mm shorter when bending as bend adds 5-10 mm most important tip if bend needs to be fixed hang hard tubing between 2 fingers and thumb turning slow let the hard tubing straighten itself when its straight from both sides put heat gun down let it cool down just blowing on it if the tube isnt hot enough itll ripple on the inside of bend hold it up slowly heat the tube up and let it straight itself to remove ripple
Can you do a video about the best placement for the drain? For my next build, I'm thinking about mounting the reservoir higher than the ports on the radiator like in your build here but draining the loop from the bottom of the vertical radiator from a port on the back, so it will drain the radiator as well. I don't think draining from the reservoir when it's higher than the ports on the rad will empty the rad. Right now, I use the 011 Air and have to turn the case upside down to get all the water out because things are crammed in there a little tight and wasn't able to get a drain port in this configuration.
Jay, The extensions you used on the Y splitter pre swivel 90's ...where'd you get them??? Not seeing them on Corsair's site...
The most important thing you have to have, is patience, patience and PATIENCE. Free up a lot of time and don't let anything distract you, because a mistake can easily be made quickly. I experienced it the hard way. And an expensive one when I built my first custom loop. Darn, they cut out the part when he burned his finger 😆🤣
once the new generation of gpu's (amd 7000's series or RTX 4000's) i will most likely do a custom loop. i dont want to do a sick loop like this and have mid grade parts. a 5950x will be more than enough CPU wise. but its the gpu. great great build and loop. cannot wait to do my own
That's kinda what I'm thinking too. Sick loop, once the new GPU's arrive.
11:04 I've found fans on customers PCs that suck from the caged side, good thing I put a piece of paper on after installation to check
wonder what is the RGB hexcode for the background blue pink, notice also is the white X series color too
Gone are the days of using a paper clip on the black and green wires so you can fill your external res with UV dyed (and CCFL) lights with uv anti kink coil tubing
On my i7 920, oh how times have changed
I'm looking into attempting this next year. Do you guys recommend using the pre-applied thermal paste or applying my own? Planning on cooling both GPU and CPU
What length extender did you use for the 900 on the outlet of the reservoir?
What brand dye did you add to the corsair coolant?
hola, tengo la instalación realizada, mi pregunta es, los ventiladores expulsan hacia fuera o introducen el aire dentro ? gracias
Addicted to Jays vids ,,,need help 🤣
I got the same ifixit toolkit i use for work❤
Jay - I am getting condensation on the top of my reservoir. Per corsair manual, I left some space at the top of the reservoir when I was adding fluid. Any suggestions?
Does the xr5 radiator support the xd5 elite link pump
What are those parts you used between your splitter and the drain plug? I ordered the drain and a y splitter but they can't connect and now i'm searching for the part inbetween them
cool
Great vid. I watched like 50 vids on watercooling. I have not find one vid that test rads between components (gpu-rad-cpu-rad). I don't think it would make a big difference, but would be nice to find out..
5/7/2022 - I just finished my custom loop. It is hard to find a waterblock for my 3080Ti though.
Can you show how to daisy chain the cpu block and the pump.
for his outlet design, does anyone know the exact part numbers he used? When I look up the 14mm hardline fittings on the corsair website. All I see is the normal fittings and the 90 degree fittings. I think he said a y splitter to the ball stop and then a extension off the other side to a swivel 90?
I remember installing liquid cooling was a very difficult process. But this video is showing all the process for beginners from start to end, including tips & tricks. Basically in 30 minutes i learned everything I needed to know, very well done!
These are the parts and some indicative prices that i currently found (October 2023). As you can see it is a pretty expensive setup, but the effort that you put, the appearance and the superior functionality might be worthy it for those who are willing to spare.
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| Part | Model | Price (€) |
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| CPU Block | XC7 | € 95.00 |
| GPU Block | XG7 | € 280.00 |
| Pump | XD5 | € 160.00 |
| Radiator | XR5 360 | € 80.00 |
| Radiator | XR5 360 | € 80.00 |
| Fans (x3) | QL120 | € 100.00 |
| Fans (x3) | QL120 | € 100.00 |
| Tube | XT Hardline | € 26.00 |
| Coolant Liquid | XL5 | € 17.00 |
| Clamps (x4) | XF Hardline | € 32.00 |
| Clamps (x4) | XF Hardline | € 32.00 |
| Adapters (x2) | XF Adapter | € 30.00 |
| Adapters (x2) | XF Adapter | € 30.00 |
| Bending Kit | XT Hardline | € 50.00 |
| Heatgun | | € 50.00 |
| TOTAL | | € 1,162.00 |
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A good follow up video would be to show the wiring of the pump, block and fans to the hubs. Very few show the actual wiring process.
Just finished the leak testing on my first custom loop and now, OMG that's a lot of wires to deal with.
what extension u use at the y splitter ? cant find the part anywhere at a shop or at corsair website . the part between the y splitter and the 90 degree angle .
whats the name of the blue dye concentration?
Is there a complet kit to start with ?
now I just need this whole radiator and pump setup to stay OUTSIDE of my desktop/HTMPC SilverStone chasis... and btw. I'm planing to use the Aorus 4080 Waterforce (without the radiator) with it, to save the mod of my graphic card... I'm just wondering, how long the distance can be between the pump/radiator and CPU block...
i bought the xh303i i want to put white coolant, which one you can recommend because brought the clear coolant
What do you do with the odd 3 pin male connector that’s attached to the top of the XD5? Nothing to plug into it and I feel that’s why my RGB on the reservoir isn’t working…
Jay, How Tf did you do a push setup on the radiator on the top? I had to fight with my dual EPS cables since it hits the fan edge. I eventually gave up and did a pull exhaust setup on the top. We got the same case that you demonstrated.
What is the direction of the flow of this loop??
What is used to connect the Ball Valve to the Y splitter?
Same question
This is pretty cool, although I would have preferred the coolant used in this tutorial to be Corsair's own XL8 blue version instead of that custom mix. Isn't it already kinda clear? Hmm maybe it was too dark? I just purchased all their stuff for the custom loop but I'm skipping the hard tubing and going with soft tubing instead lol Does anyone know if different tubing has different temp retention or it doesn't matter what you use?
Short answer is: no, it doesn't matter. Longer answer: invest in good fans, good radiators, good thermal paste, a good case model, good waterblocks and finally a good pump. Hard tubes are mostly for aesthetic and it would be hard to prove otherwise even with brass tubes since the results would not be consistent for custom builds in general. And even if somene made the effort of doing benchmarks by just swapping the tubes, the chances that it would matter in terms of thermal performances would probably be non-existent.
@@RonJeremy514 thank you for that bud 🤙
Does anyone know what size the included fittings and hard tubes are?
Does Anyone know what adapter it is between the Y-Splitter and the 90° Adapter? Is it the Compression for Softtubing, which he mentioned in the beginning? The Adapter I mean is min 18:10
What happens if you swap the cpu block inlet and outlet ports?
What liquid dye was used here?
I have a question. Does it matter if you swap the CPU block in and out? I have the Thermaltake pacific mx2, or does the pump have to work too hard? or does it cool worse?
I'd like to see the tubes themselves being put in place. Nobody ever shows that part. They bend the tube and then cut to it being installed.
That leaves me with questions like: "Do I flex the parts to get a super tight fit?" and "Are small gaps at the fitting connection point ok/expected?"
Agreed. Not very many CZcamsrs seem to go over fittings and how they're supposed to fit either.
I guess that part is very time consuming and not so fun to watch. As Jay said, just go slow and don't cut it too much, it's better to cut it a little bit longer than you think and if you're doing it for the first time I would actually buy more hardline tubing than I need if I make a mistake and cut some tubes too short.
They never show the parts everyone needs help with HAHA. And there’s no parts list in the bio for all the fittings he used for the quick drain. I’m setting up my pump as we speak and I’d like to know what exact fittings those are
neat
im gonne build the same loop for my first watercooled pc but wanne make it whit chrome fittings . if been looking the y splitter i only find in messing but thats ok but how dit you build the part whit the valve i see a y spliter the valve a close screw and a 90 degree angle but whats between the angle and the y splitter ? seem not to find that part. can you maybe tell me whitch fitting parts you all used and how many so i can order it all in chrome and have the right amount of eatch fitting .
the gpu with or without the termic past??
folks planning their build in 5000D Airflow,
rads with actual size thicker than 30mm & wider than 120mm, you'll run into some clearance issue
please.what is best power supply is safe for pc components and zotac rtx3080ti amp holo
where you get that case ??
Are all of those fans required?
I got my super 1000D case, my i9 fire ball cpu, my ROG thor 2 1200 watt psu and my ROG dark hero MOBO.
We still need to purchase a lot more case fans, radiators, ram, storage, tubing, and pumps.
I have one question? Will i need to do push pull fans?
Do i really need to spend the extra cash on a water cooled GPU?
This will compliment my samsung ark2. My PC i built in in 2016 is barely holding together.
Hey does anyone know how thick the rads are in this video?
Hey Jay is there clear water reservoir's that cover the front and back of a RTX 3090FE GPU, if so can You please give me there name and numbers, thank you very much. Dave
can somebody tell me what case JayZ uses? Thanks in advance! I want to install the xh305i in a lian li o11 dynamic, and I want a 4070ti so might be air cooling that GPU at first. Might be a tight fit right?
I wasn't able to find the "Y Valve" used in this build. Is it a Corsair product? On the Corsair site I found the classic valve, but not this "Y valve"; same story on Amazon. Someone can help me? Thank you in advance!
Hey @CORSAIR LAB , whats the fitting that goes from the Ball Valve to the Splitter @17:36 ? Im looking for i direct contact solution, but i dont find some male to male fitting. Or can somebody else help me out here? :D
WHERE DO YOU GET THE DRAIN PLUG
Isn't that Mobo made for water cooling? I can see the caps on the upper left
Hey, what is a color of fluid?
Cooling order DOES NOT MATTER lol thank you
I mean it kind of does. Until you reach equilibrium.