You should run a long term test of the cheap one vs more expensive one to see how long the cheap stuff lasts.

Just use the closest river as a reservation and you only need a block, tubing and pump!

This is proof that a lot of watercooling parts are hella overpriced

As a Chinese, I have to mention that the sellers on Aliexpress know that u guys are all foreigners so they make the prices much much much higher than they should be.

I can assure you a lot of the r/watercooling community uses byski and barrow watercooling gear and I have not heard a single issue with it. I can even speak from experience. I've talked to them personally when I needed help and I can tell they aren't just some random goons trying to cheap off on watercooling parts, they really are enthusiast just like us.

Hay Linus since you basically done every pc part from Ali express can you please do a all Ali express pc :)

I have all Barrow compression fitting in my loop for 3 years. Actually my entire loop was about 150$. It's flawless.

That shipping time has to be due to your customs, most orders are automatically closed after 2 months of not receiving anything and either getting your money back or resending it after notifying the seller and/or aliexpress.

I got a broken pump. 10/10 can confirm, they dont *suck* .

that end was gold.

I miss the days when an aquarium pump and shit from Home Depot, with a waterblock designed by someone with zero thermodynamics knowledge, was just how it all worked. I'll never get the smell of WaterWetter off of my hands

Every fitting in my build is from AliExpress (Barrow). They work perfectly fine and in the case of Barrow they even include more o-rings than the way more expensive counterparts. It's been humming around for a few months now and not a single leak. That said, I would never but the system critical parts (rads, pumps or res) from AliExpress.

I've been using Barrow for a long while now and have ZERO issues. It's half the price and after building 10-12 client systems using their hardware, I've realized it's the exact same manufacturer as BitsPower. YOU SHOULD BE USING BARROW!!!!

Barrow actually makes pretty good liquidcooling parts. Their fittings are used by many people, with a lot of coverage on different tech forums. I've decided to build almost full loop using Barrow parts: CPU block, fittings, their "D5" pump, res, tools etc. Only things not from Barrow were radiator (full copper one added to much weight to package, so I've bought one locally), GPU block (bought EVGA 1080Ti Hydro edition), tubing and fluid. Since my order was a big one I've got a nice discount from seller and DHL shipping for $15 to EU. Whole process from processing order to shipping, customs and delivery took about 3-4 weeks with shipping alone done in 4 days. Latest CPU blocks from Barrow are really not that bad - ones with a higher channel density. During tests there were maybe 2C difference between EK Supremacy. I'm very happy with my purchase and performance. Price vise whole order with DHL shipping and customs tax included was about 50-60% of the price for the same parts from a mid-range EU/US company and about 1/3rd of the high-end one. So that kind of savings for a negligible performance difference is totally worth it in my opinion.

When i converted from soft to hard tubing i used some barrow fittings and was pleasantly surprised at the quality .

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So close to the 13:37

I have a Bykski waterblock because they're the only people who make a block for the Gigabyte GTX 1070/1080 Mini versions. And it's awesome. It looks great and even has a (definitely illegal) Gigabyte logo on it.

Try parts from the automotive industry. The coolers are big enough and the electric pumps are running at 12V. What can go wrong?

how does the flat plate water block compare to just regular air cooling?

Build a pc with aliexpress / wish parts only

I believe LED can boost performance!

I remember building watercooled rig back in 1999. Jeez, it was almost 20 years ago... Anyway, i had a friend who had access to the milling machine (just analog, CNC wasn't that popular in those days) and he knew how to use it. I new smth about welding copper, and together we made 3 blocks for CPUs. We were using aquarium pumps. And car radiators from the scrapyard - in fact, my radiator was from the heating loop, the smaller one that heats the air pumped into the car. Custom made water reservoir (from a lunch box ;-)). Of course, the pump was running on AC outlet from the wall, so i made a smart switch, i used 5v line form the computer power supply to switch the AC line on, so the pump started automatically after starting a PC. My next 4 rigs were cooled by this solution... I remember a guy, who burried a big water tank 2 meters below the ground, and used it as a "heat pool". It was way over 1 ton of water, so it did not get heated even during a long gaming session. And cooled itself nicely during the breaks.

8:41 I haven't ridden the SkyTrain in like 18 years, and I recognized the door-closing chime in the background XD

Linus can you try out ssds from aliexpress like the kingspec ones. Please :3

Did you just hit the RED Camera?😋 Shame 😂

I've been running Barrow hardline tube fittings for over 2 years now, no complaints at all!!

If you shop on aliexpress for custom parts then look for BARROW brand. They are pretty much the same manufacturers of bitspower. Great quality.

You guys should set up a test to run those pumps until they die to see how long they'll last. Yeah it's a small data set, but still interesting to know, especially if anyone really does intend to order the stuff

Barrow products are actually pretty nice

Honestly, Barrow makes my favorite fittings. Simple, minimalistic, cheap and I've never had a problem with them. They even look better than EK and Bitspower fittings, IMO.

holy shit, who thought the basic laws of thermodynamics would STILL hold up!?

i am looking you about two months and all I have seen of your videos is NOTHING clickbait or kind of... (I can´t speak so good english because i´m from Austria, you know) Best YTber of alll times!

AliExpress is like the Poor Man's PC Mega shop.

That Luke clip at 4:27 is hilarious!

@4:29 cutting in luke's first unboxing definitely gets a like

It's actually a really good idea to use the EK blocks as a baseline. Despite being basically the most popular blocks around (especially in the KZfaqr space), they are some of the most mediocre blocks in terms of performance, and give a pretty good picture of a perfectly "average" custom loop.

Now that's a cooler I don't need for my editing.

I used car parts back in the day because I wanted to. What was inside of the computer was branded for computer cooling, but the radiator was an evaporator coil from a car and was put outside.

4:28 oh my! Luke's best review so far 😂😂😂

Damn shots fired at the end. You gonna take that from a mac user?

This video was too short to discuss all of the topics about cheap watercooling. Please make part 2

The iJustine cameo was terrific. XD

Barrow is widely used in Asia and it is also built by the OEM who manufactures BitsPower watercooling gears.

Aliexpress has also some pretty sweet deals on computer parts. Also is one of the very few place with decent GPU pricing. Its amazing it far it has come in just 2 years.

Linus juggling. What's the worst that could happen? Lol

LOL . . . I cracked up when he mentioned that guy in Australia shipping chunks of metal . . . I had a couple of the early microchannel waterblocks a guy in Australia was churning out years ago. . . maybe 2003 or so? At the time I was using a car heater core for a radiator :). Those were the days.

Actually ordered a complete loop back in 2016 with copper rad, pump, hardtubing, res and fittings.. And it was darn fine for the price.. The fittings especially. Had triple rubber rings inside, plus additional rubber rings included.. It was tight and worked perfectly. And I have worked with ekwb, Alphacool and xspc before, so I do have something to compare it to.

Who's the 9-year-old working at LMG?

Finally something I can afford 👍

Those simple blocks would be great for chilling with a aquarium chiller and pump with thermal pads and cheap.

13:19 The exact moment when Linus cracks the lens on the very, very expensive 8K Red camera.

Barrow, Bykski are actually just as good as anything available state side.

ali a express

That throw back to Luke's first video was great

I wasn't expecting a wild Luke to appear at all. I laughed my ass off.

Nope it have not evolved. Mainstream brands are just overpriced.

well actually bykski and barrow is quite good and the barrow fittings are actually good as the bitspower fittings

"That one guy in Australia" would be 'Cathar' from Little River with his early 2000's Storm G5...even offered in pure silver for the truly insane. I opted for copper.

Still having some DangerDen chipset and mosfets blocks sitting in my garage, and they are FLAT... Ah, good old times!

"surprisingly looks pretty legit" As if all the "name brands" aren't just made in the same factories and just have their logos CNC'd on.

13:30 iJustine

You CAN use mixed metals in setup - as soon this metals doesn't have electrical connection between them. It acts like a battery - you have two electrodes and electrolyte, but in order to run chemical reaction you have to connect both terminals with wire. I doubt that you can isolate waterblock from CPU, but you actually can isolate radiator from the case.

Bought mostly Bykski parts for my loop through AliExpress. Took like 2.5 months for everything to arrive because I ordered on 11.11 and everything got tied up in shipping. Ended up buying Hardware Labs' Black Ice radiators from Performance PCs because Ali's pricing plus shipping (11.11 pricing, not just everyday, plus no free shipping for the brass rads) matched the price of the Black Ice rads including their shipping. One advantage to AliExpress and Bykski/Barrow is the variety and availability of GPU water blocks. So much more than what big names like EK or Bitspower have available. I did have a defective Bykski D5 pump (ratings were good, I think it was just mine that was a dud). Ended up returning it (and have gotten my money back in a reasonable amount of time) and bought an EK pump from Micro Center since most of my loop was already built and I didn't want to go back and re-install my air cooling while I wait another 2 months for a replacement.

The camera man seems to not know if Jake should be in the video or not.

Linus, I have a pc build challenge for you >:D Instead of water cooling, use liquid metal. After doing some research, (galinstan) is much safer than mercury and less fickle than gallium. Think it may be the best for the task :) Please like if you want to see this

I'm old enough to remember when liquid cooling was garden pond pumps and heater cores from cars for radiators. There were homemade water blocks and things were...weird. Water cooling today is so much easier.

International companies pay a private label to have their names put on products I can also pay a licensing fee to prevent products from entering the market for a period of time usually 48 months. Some company simply manufacture in China and don’t have to deal with this issue. FYI if you place an order before Chinese new years it’s going to take months for the shipment to be processed. I try to get orders in by the end of August so they are not held up until February

That Bykski brand reminds me of Roccat logo 😁

I've been using two of those china water pumps for 3 years (the big cylinder pump), and neither has failed in any way. more reliable than the other parts in fact

Do this again with old school parts like the aquarium pump

aquarium pumps was all we got, Eheim pumps were the pumps of choice for any one building a watercooled PC back in the day

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Now the question is: cheap water cooling or proper air cooling?

I really wanna see them make a custom loop for a quad socket rig

You should build a whole liquid cooled rig all from AliExpress! Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Tower & Guts and then benchmark it against say Amazon or store bought components!

Also, here in California at least, the shipping speed doesn't ever take me more than a month to arrive. I had ordered parts last October for a new build and received parts that very same month. I think the speed might have something more to do with your countries customs policy. Ive heard horror stories where they will hold onto your package for up to a month or more for whatever reason.

Who watching in 2030

LTT need a field trip to Shenzhen, I'm sure Scotty would show yall around

Regarding flat vs ridges ... iirc the problem there is having a stagnant surface layer, so naively more area does not necessarily mean that much more heat exchange if your design increases these surface layers.

Omg that clip of Luke 🤣🤣🤣 Hahaha haha omg that was hilarious I can't stop laughing

Nice pewdiepie reference

Anyone remember when the US had free international shipping? People born in 2019 probably won't

Byski and barrow are actually quite good products, the one block with the multi mount bracket is also pretty good, I have one on a 8 core unlocked Xeon overclocked to 4ghz for the past year with a cheap phoyba dc12 pump and no name 240 rad and it works great, the block was $19 on Amazon

13:30 Ijustine on Watercooling video. Now iw seen all :D

The d5 is an aquarium pump lol

I was literally considering ali express to buy water cooling and this video comes up. Thanks!

Next week on *Ultimate Heat Sinks* we buy a 100mm fan, cardboard, electrical tape and strap together some copper pipes, with steel mesh taped to the bottom with a 50cent coin and applied thermal toothpaste for that *ultimate heat sink* performance

China numba one

0:48 “Tech👏Review👏” Someone really likes pewdiepie at LMG

8:42 That map is actually Vancouver in Canada.

The delivery time is most likely a Canada specific problem. Canadian customs is super backed up, it's the second slowest western country to receive stuff from aliexpress at.

two brands I have got from them are . barrow and bykski and have them in a mod . never had a problem with them leaking we did a hard line mod .

I bought a CPU waterblock from ebay for $10... the channels in it are like 1/16 of an inch wide. I never used it, but I might use it later just to see how awful it really is. Edit: I watched the video and I have the scool block.

loved the sinking ship effect

Outro was golden

Time to water cool my Pentium 3

8:09 is that really dried thermal paste? I expected better of you

suspect that the machining on the cpu block is not just to increase surface area but also to ensure turbulent flow and boundary layer mixing to maximise heat transfer

The luke "got some weight to it" clip.... im dead