Sorry about the audio guys. The heater in the shop was on and we made the choice not to use the lav mic for freedom of movement. The noise cancellation is causing a lot of digital artifacts. Lesson learned.

Already got that REDACTED. Can't wait to see how it performs.

Jay, leave the edges frosted but don't use the trim paint. Get some of the tail light tint paint. It will make the edge seem black until the LED's are on, then it will tone down the light just a little bit. Kind of like a two way mirror.

For what its worth I moved across the country to Colorado and started learning IT. Finding time to make friends here is real tough and that leads to some tough days like today. I came home to work on my computer and it’s nice to have someone else building next to me. I just wanted to make sure you know that we all appreciate what you do!!

Watching all of these custom loop videos is giving me the confidence of doing it when I upgrade my personal system. If it doesn't work, I blame Jay! :P

7950X3D would be my guess on the CPU.

Oh man, it's going to be one hell of a nice build, especially with that [redacted]. Can't wait to see the next part and final build!

Jay, you know you could have *_forced_*_ a firmware update_ for that RAM within ICUE. The hamburger menu (directly below the "Check for Updates" button) has an item "Force Update" for such occasions. Just remember, the hamburger menu icon won't show until you ask ICUE to check for an update.

Let’s go Jay!! And don’t forget to finish Tony Hawk’s PC build.

I built my first water cooled computer in 2021 thanks to Jay. I am going to watch this new series of videos with my son, and then we will build his next now that he is old enough. 👍 Thank you Jay!

Man. I dunno about the rest of your community but this is the only format I super enjoy. The out-loud thoughts, the shot of you unwrapping the water blocks. Nothing bad on Phil's montage skills but the open, real-world building right in my zone for watchability. Keep this format!

This is why we like these builds! It’s the problem solving! And the work rounds that’ll make this build look awesome! Can’t wait for part 2 👍👍

Love the CPU waterblock...and the metal on metal noise on that case, AWESOME. Really feels like you're handling something well put together!

Loving the love format builds, a 2-4 episode build is the sweet spot!

Whenever I watch a water cooling build, I get excited for the day when I can make my dream custom water loop. For now I'm all air and mid range components while I save up for other life events. Thanks for all the inspiration Jay and Co.!

I am so happy the build vlogs are back! These are some of my favorites of yours and it makes me want to build again (even though I am content in my case I think I might want to exparament eventually or get a new gpu (7900xtx if they fix their issues)

You should do unique bends and twists for the build especially because it's already going to be interesting to water cool. I think it would also add a little more custom and personal feel to the build!

I love sentimental Jay. Why I keep watching all his videos and use them to fall asleep at night as well. I don’t know him personally but you can tell he’s just a genuine guy, really cares about everything he does and he actually gives a shit about his following. I can’t wait to do my own custom loop build and I will be using the JTC Corsair cpu block, just to have an homage to how much he’s taught me over these last few months. It’s crazy the impact someone can have on a stranger thousands of miles away. Keep up all your good work Jay and your team of saints!

Thank you Jay. I've always loved your personal build videos, it was you upgrading the 980Ti cards out of Skunkworks that got me watching your channel in the first place.

Enjoy that new X3D chip!!! Seriously did you really think that you could hide that from us??? Do not underestimate your viewers. 😂

Idk what it is but I can be in the worst mood and Jays sillyness paired with Phils laugh always makes me happy :3 Never stop, guys!

I agree with everyone about showing these types of videos. They show the true details of the trials and tribulations of PC building, some unconventional ideas and the tricks to make everything work.

Great to get back to some classic team interaction and builds. Keep it up

What happened to the audio? Sounds like its not from the usual mic source

some odd audio issues in the video

Ditching the distro plate would look so much cleaner as it doesn't look like it aligns well with anything. All the fun of doing a water cooled build right here in one video, lot of planning and revising. Thanks for the content!

In case no one heard, he said " 7950X 3D" Can't wait for the benchmarks! 😁

Audio isn't jay. It's definitely something digital or in background. Doesn't sound good.

Has to be the 7950X3D. Can't wait to see it done!

I adore watching PC building videos aand this longer, vlog-type format with lots of reasoning and chatting about parts and dos and don't and etc. is probably the best one. I hope to see more of this type of content from you!

Jay, maybe tape of the plate edges with some pinstriping tape, leave 1/4 or 1/8 frosted in the center of the edge with the rest painted. You'd still get lighting showing through, while reducing the area that's 'unfinished'.

One trick that you could possibly use for the edge of the acrylic is throwing on some clear nail polish and it should help fill in some of the grooves. It might or might not work, but at least it would give your a smoother edge and possibly clearer view.

My Question: Is it possible to rotate the bottom distro-plate 180°, cause it looks like the hole, that is currently on the left side, could line up with the bottom port of the distro-pump-plate? 🤔

Sweet, I love hearing about the process for your builds and i can't wait to see as you get further and further into your build best of luck and hope it goes well.

Yes, finally back to building!

Just a FYI or maybe at min to try. I seen a How Its Made show and they used Acetone to turn the cloudy look of the cut surfaces to a shiny clear finish.. Id try a piece with some acetone and a Q tip or Acid Brush to see if you like the results.

All episodes of the build could be released at the same time like Netflix.

Love this kind of content. Thank you!

23:55 Pump outlet -> Distro block (close port -> far port) -> 4090 (Lower right port -> Upper left port) -> velocity block (Lower -> Upper) -> Top rad (Motherboard Port -> Side Panel Port) -> Front Rad (Side Panel Port -> Motherboard Port) -> Pump Res

The gratitude sentiment was refreshing! Thank you Jay

Looking good so far. This will be an interesting build especially as it's not all planned out and "on the hoof". I like it.

Jay I’d sort the tubes out by reversing the way you’re connecting them. So instead of trying to make that tight bend on the bottom of the pump plate take that tube all the way to the rear port of the bottom plate then have the front port be the outlet to the GPU or the front rad. It means more tubes that will fill that empty space up nicely and you can make cleaner bends because you don’t have any tight spaces to fit them into.

Finally some custom watercooling stuff

Not sure what Jay is worried about the tubing routing. There's a super simple solution, essentially a clock-wise flow: Connect the pump to the bottom distro, exit the distro at the rear of the case upwards with a 90 degree bend towards the GPU inlet (inlet on EK is the side closest to PCIE brackets), out the top of the GPU outlet and connect to the bottom of CPU block (which is the inlet for these EK blocks), out the top of the CPU block, go upwards, then 90 degree bend towards the rear of the case and connect to the 360 rad on the deeper side (closest to motherboard tray), out the rad and go straight across to the front 360 where it should line up reasonably well with the side closest to the glass side panel, then out the other side and back into the pump/res combo. It's a basic layout and would work really well. The only difficult part of that could be connecting the pump outlet to the bottom distro because it doesn't line up properly (seems like an oversight by Singularity computers on some otherwise really cool pieces)

Awesome video, thanks Jay!

Jay evaluating the CPU block: "There's nothing else in the case that's silver / metal". Jay unwraps and installs rads with silver: "I might just leave the silver, it seems like a pretty nice contrast". So uh, you could use the othe EK waterblock if you're leaving the silver on the rad.

What a rig! It is going to be a real dream machine.

Great video (as always). Just looking to do a build with a larger case to have lots of space for a nice water-cooling setup and watching your videos still trying to get an idea of suitable components. Thank you for these awesome videos, and I hope you feel much better very soon 🙂

It looks great! I can't wait to see it all done.

Letsss gooooo! I’ve been hyped for this to return.

Jay, I would long-grain sand the edges of the distribution plates with a belt sander at around 200-400 grit, and leave them. It produces a diffused effect, so no bright lights, and it looks pretty cool IMO.

Paint the edge, we did the same on my distro plates and it looks so much cleaner! Plus prior to not painting it, the random RGB shining across my chest on stream was annoying

Epic Watercooled Gaming Rig Build Log - Part 1 THAT'S what I subscribed to this channel for!!! Love to see oldschool Jay stuff back!

the long video format with all those blunders and problems you encounter is always a gem to watch... the joy in completing your build until you press the power button to boot for the first time.

I second the use of the light wings! I have 6 of them myself. Awesome fans.

JAY, when I was in middle school I took plastic shop. We used a buffing wheel and polishing compound to clear up the cloudiness and sharp edges on our acrylic pieces.

Line up where you want your tubing to go, then drill and tap the desired holes in the distribution plates and put threaded plugs in the unused holes. Now you have perfect 90° runs.

Yes! My favorite kind of videos!

liking it so far!! Curious on the tube routing and if the distro's stay in. Either way I know its gonna be a clean yet awesome build!

These are the best videos on KZfaq. Water cooling vlogs wit Jay.

Jay this is great thank you.

the challenge of putting together a custom project is that we can never be sure how things will look at the end of each step. they are added uncertainties that can give good or bad surprises in the conclusion of things. It takes a lot of experience and psychological confidence to pull this off, and Jayz has both in spades.

Jay...Paul, Kyle, and mostly you have finally got me to get the stuff to upgrade my PC. It may not be much. But it is a start.

Jay maybe use signal rgb for your lighting control since you can just use it to control most products from like any brand that way

Seeing this type of build video is awesome as you get to see the thought process that goes into it, rather than the standard timelapse of a "perfect" first time build like every other hard line water loop vid on youtube. The tube routing on this is definitely going to be interesting though. I had a similar issue recently. Problem was, I only had 3 tubes to build with, so I didn't really have options for trial and error :/

It looks great!

Pump/res-> distroplate-> GPU-> CPU-> Top Rad (input would be the port closest to the back of the case)-> Front Rad (input would be the port closest to the glass panel)-> Pump/res You can do a capital Gamma looking bend from distroplate to the ‘top’ of the GPU, 45 from gpu to cpu and top rad to front rad would give you a nice clean tube right across the top of the case :)

Don´t worry Jay. We appreciate that you keep putting out this content even tho you aren´t feeling well. Thank you for this. I love watching your custom loop builds. They´re the best.

Finally a build!!!!

YESSS! Thanks for the "Part 1". =)

This is a tip from my machine building days. If the distro blocs are made from the correct plastic, acetone will make the edges very clear and smooth. A quick test would be needed tho, just like the flame polish.

Wow the way they block mounts to the board is truly awesome.

I also had rattling/dead Uni fans in my build of 18 months. Of course it was the middle fan in the stack, so I just ripped them all out and replaced with my old Noiseblocker eLoops which are still going strong after 12 years.

Polishing acrylic cut edges is work intensive but well worth it. I used to hand sand with 400, 600, 800, 1000 then use the Dremel white barrel brush with red jewelers paste to get a glass finish

7:41 Sick dub drop

maaaan I love these guys when they do what they like! :D

For the pump outlet......I'm not a builder by any means so forgive me if this is dumb.......on the pump OUTLET go straight out about the same distance the bottom inlet port is on the reservoir on the bottom of the case...... then 90° up to the top of the pump, then 90° to the right across the top of it...90° down to the bottom of the pump, 90° across the bottom of the pump then 90° down into a fitting on the inlet of the water block on the bottom......as long as that wouldn't interfere with the rad and fans on the front. So you'd have a square of tubing surrounding the pump that would look cool and show off more of the fluid your going to use.

This is going to be a beautiful build Jay!! I can't wait to see it finished. Have you looked into the the new Silverstone Sharkforce fans? They have a good Daisy chaining setup and they look great and move a ton of air. I used them in my wife's new build and I'll be getting some for mine as well.

I'm currently building a case for my new build, the case is an open case design, made out of 16mm copper piping, the case itself will also be filled with liquid to be part of the watercooling of the CPU and GPU, using 2x480 rads, both blocks are copper plates. Will post my build log for review. This is my first time liquid cooling as well. Needed to use some liquid flow dynamics software to ensure the case would flow liquid correctly. Using Intel 13th Gen i9.

Looking good Jay! One thing to note - you don't need iCue for Dominator RAM on an Asus mobo. There's a plugin you can install (Prior to Armoury Crate) that allows Armoury Crate to control the RGB on your Dominator RAM.

Skunkworks and Red Mist are what got me into water-cooling

16:00 Fun fact, in germany it's also called motherboard or mainboard. 😀

Great video! Loves these types of vlogs

instead of the distroplate, get a solid (some kind) of metal (or some heavier plastic) block CNC'd exactly like the distro, paint it black and add the same lines as the waterblocks have! Then you still have the good features of the plate like hiding gabs, but no need to make weird bends and stuff! there's probably a local company that'd be glad to help you!

Epic case man, im stoked to see this finishhed

That INWIN chassis is a long, far, cry from my old INWIN case that I bought in 1996. Love it.

Looks stunning already. Tubing paths look very awkward though like you said, good luck getting them all done to your satisfaction. Can't wait to see it's final form and also how it performs.

Jay I have watched a lot of your videos and I enjoyed all of them! I have to say thank you for finally giving me the confidence to build my own gaming rig. Keep doing what you are doing man I love the content.

Great video, thanks and hope you feel better soon. For me, allergy season started early this year, though it is still cold in Germany... The bottom distribution plate seems to create as may problems as it solves, unfortunatly. I've never done my own water cooling, but from your and similar videos, I could see this "tube sequence" working: 1) fittings-only connection from pump-out to bottom distro; 2) left-bottom distro out into right GPU in; 3) right GPU out along GPU and back-side of the case into top radiator in; 4) top radiator out to top CPU in; 5) bottom CPU out towards the top and then right in to the front radiator port closer to the glass panel; 6) front radiator into the pump reservoir. You could terminate tube 5) into the front radiator with a T-style fitting with the T-junction having a quick-connect pointing up and out as a fill port. In terms of bends, that seems managable: 2) 3 bends; 3) 2-4 bends, depending on how many right angles you want and how well the ports line up; 4) 3 bends; 5) same as 3); 6) 2 bends. For either 2) or 4) or both you could even consider use two singly-bent tubes with a 90° fitting instead of 3 bends! A black fitting there would be kind of understated, chrome too much, but are there gun-metal colored ones?!? For temperatures it most likely will not have a measurable impact to have a rad behind either heat source, but it feels more satisfying than having "pre-heated" water trying to cool GPU or CPU. And your radiator fan speeds would reflect either GPU or CPU intensive tasks differently, which might be cool ;-)

If you plan on using the silver on the radiators and fittings you could also try to use the silver cpu water block to help it match more. I think that would look good.

DAMN! What a beautiful build ❤ Great job

Thank you for finally doing a build again!!

Jay you can mod the distro plate by adding a fitting location where you please. I forgot what tap size you need but you can easily get that on amazon. Just take apart the distro plate and carefully drill and tap your desired feed/outlet location. Taping the area and marking the locations in the fitting stage would help with perfect alignment before drilling and tapping. I know I'm stating the obvious but, hey its an idea. Either way sick build bro.

Things to experiment with, for the rough cloudy water block acrylic edges (besides trying the heat treatment): 1) Apply Cell Helmet. Yes the liquid stuff you use for phone screen protection. Penetrates the finer scratches real good, while also filling in imperfections. 2) Try clear nail polish, on the acrylic edges. If its too thick and not penetrating enough for the finer areas? add a touch of acetone to thin it out. 3) Rain-X (but you will probably need to re-apply at some point).

can't wait to see the next parts

Please do a video explaining/testing the effects off thermal paste pump out, i’ve been getting a lot of pumping out effect on notebooks and gpus (cpus are fine) after 6 months / 1 year (or even less time) with noctua nt-h1 and h2… For those who dont know what im talking about, is when the paste physically leaks out of the place that is meant to be.

Nice Jay's using a 7950x3d, but soon the memes will return for the 9000 series... soon! *crushes scouter*

can't wait to see the creative tubing, seems tricky but hey its part of the journey

Its the Dream! Hoping my personal build would be like this too! Awesome as always jay! 😎👍🏻🔥

The O5 council has redacted the CPU as its sheer power is a memetic hazard.