CORSAIR Hydro X – How To Custom Watercool Your PC Tutorial

Plz provide good aio liquid cooler kit for GPUs

How do I unplug those radiator caps so I can put my fitting in there?

Really appreciate this video as I'm looking at doing a full custom watercool build. Side note -- what brand of workbench is used int this video?

corsair should make a nitrogen liquidizer for nitrogen cooling a pc because water cooling isn't cool enough

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 wish could afford to this

This is awesome!

This was going great until they cut out like 90% of the bending, cutting and measuring, which is the hardest part.

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.

that reservoir is basically lowering the effectiveness of the fans by being in the way lol

What case is he using?

You can use "Hydro X Series XT Pressure Leak Tester Tool Kit" for previous leak test. Nice bending. One amazing Corsair’s water build.

Water cooling is pretty cool but for the average user it's overkill and annoying. The upkeep on the fluid is annoying.
Air cooled = blow out some dust every so often.
Water cooled = drain, ish, fill. But then don't forget unplug everything, move the desktop, etc.
Air cooled works just fine, less hassle and so much cheaper.

Plus in this example you have more fans than an air cooled system. Very overkill.

what case is that

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..

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

FLAT spots on the tube MEANS that you didnt spread the heat evenly on the tube and that particular flat spot is because of that.
the shape of the bending tool WONT help in that matter ! And 1 more thing, when the tube give up and starts bending, hold it 3 to 5 more seconds above the heat SPECIALLY not to get flat spots !

I will never buy a corsair again!!! They have ZERO, even below zero, customer service. They simple care NOTHING about you after they sell you a PC! Even if they sell you a piece of junk PC, they don't back it up. I had to go out and buy a new motherboard because the PCI slot on the one they sent didn't work. Did they car, nope! Good luck getting a hold of anyone to talk to. Steer clear of Corsair!

Wouldn't it be better to send the water directly from the pump to the CPU/GPU than into one of the radiators and into the next component CPU/GPU and from that to another radiator and than into the pump. This would ensure every time one of the component is cooled the water passes through the radiator cools down again and than enters the next component, Creating a loop.

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.

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?

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.

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

Does the xr5 radiator support the xd5 elite link pump

I like how most people need 14 or so of these compression fittings but corsair only lets you buy 10 at a time and them little ass thing cost 26.99 each

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 😆🤣

filling the loop? distilled water is pretty much the same thing as all of them cheaper too.

just finished my first custom loop. cheated though.. no bending, all fittings.. 5 90's, 2 45's and 2 that are 45/90 Y fittings.. Running purple coolant and have purple sheathed cables. rig is a ROG Z590 Glacier with an unlocked i9, 128G DDR4, 4 M.2 1Tb SSDs in RAID5 for the OS (win11) and 2 16Tb SATA drives for data. oh and dual 3060 12G gpu's with Bykski's RGB waterblocks. this will be my primary machine. I will be using it for 3d modeling and rendering.

give me a PC for at least $500, I’m from Ukraine.

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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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 .

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 .

This was extremely helpful. Thank you for all of this great info!

Hey, what is a color of fluid?

Excuse me, can i make you a question, What about the CPU & GPU temps?

I found this video very informative. I will do a wc setup one day better start saving.

Interesting video but due to possible breakdowns in water cooling, I'm air cooled all the way still. So much easier to replace.

i can't seem to find that extension fitting he mentioned if someone could tell me where to find that i would appreciate it

Does anyone know what size the included fittings and hard tubes are?

where you get that case ??

Is there a complet kit to start with ?

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?

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!!

FITINGS

WHERE DO YOU GET THE DRAIN PLUG

whats the price of all this from corsair?

What is the direction of the flow of this loop??