The Desk Made of Radiators can cool ANYTHING
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Normally your desk just holds up a computer... But what if it cooled it too?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - The Plan
3:10 - Assembly Begins
5:40 - Plumbing the Loop
8:03 - Desk Modification
9:53 - Filling the Loop
11:37 - Attaching the Rads to the Desk
13:00 - POST?
13:49 - Linus Reaction
18:27 - Jake Reaction
20:20 - Flexispot!
20:48 - Outro
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Yes at this point we have to admit that when it comes to modify our desk into a radiator desk, our E7 desk with really “good” steel is a bug actually.
@elainey8998
Жыл бұрын
rare to see complaints about the quality of the product being too good. Good job FlexiSpot🤣
@aryadhole
Жыл бұрын
Love your stuff.
@nickkk420
Жыл бұрын
@@elainey8998 I've had monster cables fit so tight they tore out their female receptacle on tvs
@TheFree33333
Жыл бұрын
@@nickkk420 electronic prolapse
@thebkg
Жыл бұрын
Or just get better/newer/sharper Drill Bits! I used to do large speaker and lighting rigging install which had me drilling I-Beams (among other things). It's doable with a Good basic drill. But the bits Have to be sharp, and you need to use oil. 😎
Alex saying: "It isn't a totally stupid idea" is what I feel like he says everytime he pitches an idea for a video.
@WyldWolfDragon
Жыл бұрын
xD Yeees but we all love it and want some of them ideas lol
@GeorgeJFW
Жыл бұрын
😂💯
@lostboi2271
Жыл бұрын
True lol
@bengrogan9710
Жыл бұрын
You missed the ", I promise this time" at the end
@thumba-umba2699
Жыл бұрын
Golden rule of engineering: if it looks stupid but it works - it ain't stupid.
so basically, if you use ultra thick radiators and make this setup entirely passive (considering you live in colder places with long winters) this desk can be used as a passive room heater (when the temperature equalizes between the pc and the amount of water in the setup) this is hilariously genius
@Kepe
Жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter what kind of cooling system you use if the PC parts are the same, it'll heat up the room just as much. 200W CPU + 350W GPU will dump 550W of heat into your room no matter how you cool them.
@canadajones9635
Жыл бұрын
@@Kepe Yes, but passive heat flow can be considered more pleasant than active, fanned heat flow.
@Kepe
Жыл бұрын
@@canadajones9635 I don't think people have their computers set up in a way that they blow the heated air towards them. And if you're using the computer (that's when they usually generate the most heat) it's nicer to have the warm air blown away from you than to have the radiators under your arms.
@1stRanger
Жыл бұрын
Desk top full of holes that may also heat up to uncomfortably high temperatures and costs a small fortune? Yeah, that's "hilariously genius".
@squidwardo7074
Жыл бұрын
@@Kepe I've been thinking about this a bit, wouldn't a large thermal mass (such as a bunch of radiators with water) would absorb some of the heat and make your room cooler than otherwise?
I absolutely love that Protocase custom cut the build under the condition that they tell us not to try buying custom cases from them.
@thunderlucas8923
Жыл бұрын
Oh hello Mr Fennix
@Jinx1927
Жыл бұрын
@@thunderlucas8923 :O You recognize da fennix!
@mikehawk4517
11 ай бұрын
"We specialize in making low-quantity prototype cases but please don't contact us about your low-quantity prototype cases, please."
@janhoogland6104
6 ай бұрын
@@mikehawk4517 Don't contact them if you are broke because shit cost alot of money.
@Cosmopean
5 ай бұрын
@@mikehawk4517 "We specialize in making low-quantity prototype cases but please don't contact us about your low-quantity prototype cases if all you have to pay for it is $110, please" Fixed that for you.
Nice to know that Dan actually does work in the office and is not just the head of moving Linus stuff into his new house. Lol
@bigbundle3223
Жыл бұрын
i just love how he got out of probation and is suddenly in everything. like they couldnt wait to put him in videos
@Esablaka
Жыл бұрын
@@bigbundle3223 Yeah he has really been in every single LTT video lately. He is amazing though.
@alexdavis9324
Жыл бұрын
@@bigbundle3223 they will work him into as many videos as they can. slowly increasing his role until he hosts a video solo. It's how they do it for everyone and it's a really good strategy
@Loup_Garou
Жыл бұрын
@@alexdavis9324 watched LMG clips?
@SuperCubar
Жыл бұрын
Loled
Man LTT made a lot of stupid jank shit in the past, but Alex really hit gold this time. This thing looks absolutely amazing, seems well built and is also somewhat practical. Good job! Seriously.
@FlameMage2
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, this is about "DIY Perks" grade quality. Great job Alex & team!
@mndlessdrwer
Жыл бұрын
A certain amount of jank is a requirement for LTT videos, otherwise you'd be going over to watch someone who actually tries to seem professional, like Gamer's Nexus.
@BBROPHOTO
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Alex’s videos are some of my favourites as it’s janky meets engineering.
@scurvofpcp
Жыл бұрын
I do kinda miss the jank.
@zonaloca
Жыл бұрын
We are not even on June and Alex already made the best (in terms of quality, finish and overall performance) project of the year.
Finally someone with a radiator setup larger than mine. I have been running only 2 radiators for years but they are 1080 radiators (360x360 or 9x120mm per side of each radiator). This is one of the projects I wish I could have been there in person so see/help with a build like this one.
Of all the projects on LTT. Alex's are my favorite. The hacky-janky-"this is so dumb it just might work" type videos are, to me, what LTT is all about.
@mosesmatildadabwel6784
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment expect more videos soon. You won a prize send me a direct message through the above app to claim your gift..
@spacecy
Жыл бұрын
true af
“This radiator desk can cool anything, from the fastest computer to my sponsor.” - Linus Sebastian, 2022
@BONGONDORForthewin
Жыл бұрын
Oh man that's perfect
Idve had the fans blowing toward the floor as a foot warmer anyways my hands dont get cold but my feet do lol only thing to improve this would be slide in filter between the radiators and the desk top.
ANTOINE!!! Thanks so much for joining the team and helping forge this new chapter in LTT! Have fun CADing everyones crazy ideas!
All this talk about how good the cooling is on this desk, but what you've really built is the most efficient Dorito crumb catcher I've ever seen, fantastic work
@Daedje
Жыл бұрын
Self cleaning desk. Just turn the industrial fans to max to blow the crumbs out.
@LifeWulf
Жыл бұрын
@@Daedje Just don't stand with your face directly over the desk when doing that. Don't want Doritos shrapnel in your eyes!
@DaBoomDude
Жыл бұрын
@@Daedje imagine this desk with blowie-matrons in it...
@rudysal1429
Жыл бұрын
You eat food at your desk and keyboard. You monster lol
@LRM12o8
Жыл бұрын
@@rudysal1429 nope, that's called home office or simply having a job in IT. 💁♂️
This turned out way better than I expected from the teaser!
@vaisakhkm783
Жыл бұрын
from that short, i thought it might be terrible idea because he did say it was really warm... :) under promised over delivered...
@boydsmith2732
Жыл бұрын
Next idea, Chair made of radiators
@leliboo2445
Жыл бұрын
@@boydsmith2732 gonna cook the balls
@trackingdifbeatsaber8203
Жыл бұрын
Next video "10 gamers one heat sink"
@rather-reverend
Жыл бұрын
EposVox: Stream Professor and Commenter in Chief! (P.S. No hate, man. Basically, if I'm not sure whether I want to watch, I can just check your comment ... )
I think this is one of the videos I enjoyed the most in a while from LTT! Excellent build quality, no shortcuts or jenky stuff and it looks actually useable as Linus said!! Great job Alex, and of course everyone else who helped/collaborated!! I enjoyed every second of this video, even the segue to our sponsor, FlexiSpot! Thanks FlexiSpot! :D
Car radiators can go for about the price of 1 or 2 of those pc radiators, the only issue as Linus found out before would be adaptors for the large hose outlet and inlet on the radiator to the size compatible for the pc. once you get around that it would be conceivable to do a similar setup for much cheaper. Would be interesting to see one done with the oil radiator on older vw bugs because if i remember correctly those have smaller inlets and outlets much closer to pc sized parts. (yes old vw's were oil cooled, not water cooled its quite interesting)
@deadaccount6135
Жыл бұрын
@Akaoni_Black only problem from a engineering perspective is the large amount of flow car radiators need to keep working. No pump available for PC's I'm aware of would work. But you might be able to get some form of large but thin industrial radiator that would suffice.
@joedingo7022
Жыл бұрын
@@deadaccount6135 Another issue, PC radiators are designed to run in any orientation as you purge all of the air from the system, but car radiators are designed with a very specific orientation in mind, and both air and water in the radiator at any given time. You can modify them to run at funny angles, but it would require a bit extra effort.
@frostbite1991
Жыл бұрын
ac condenser would be the way to go in this scenario.
@BennyJJO
Жыл бұрын
@@deadaccount6135 I'm running a car radiator in my loop for over 13 years now without any problems. I built myself adaptors. No corrosion (aluminum/copper - only using destilled water and some car anti freeze), no flow issues, possible in every orientation... And for 36 bucks new I get more cooling capability than any PC radiator could deliver. Most of the time it runs passive and if temps go up i got 3 x 200mm fans that run so slow you can't hear them. I'm running the loop with an Aquastream XT at ~75 liters per hour.
@ogonbio8145
Жыл бұрын
@@BennyJJO you could make a video of it and get a few thousand views
Linus: "People will sometimes spend 5, 600, even 1000 dollars on a tabletop" Wood prices rn: 🤨
@ariauroic
Жыл бұрын
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@BCrossing
Жыл бұрын
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@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq
Жыл бұрын
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@stringbreaker87
Жыл бұрын
lol Hell no, MDF with a quality wood vinyl wrap, I'm good. But if I were to commit to it, I would want a solid Gabon Ebony top or Spalted Maple with extra streaking.
@FiahCraker
Жыл бұрын
the
Never thought I'd here this when a company provides something for a video: "Protocase agreed to do this for us on one condition. We tell you not to buy from them"
@pietrmuffei8874
Жыл бұрын
Answering e-Mails takes time…
@soulfinderz
Жыл бұрын
They only want to be contacted by the right customers, the ones with deep pockets
@jyvben1520
Жыл бұрын
i'd hear
@MrBiron1
Жыл бұрын
900$ I think
I really appreciate how they take the time to not only include, but edit in the titles of prior videos clips are taken from
you could have used 280mm radiators so the heat would be dissipated at the back of the desk with low rpm (or passively at idle) and have the area where your keyboard and mouse to be just fine with a holeless design/have a glass at the top, you could also put a little border that separates the "airflow area" from the "work space" so any accidental spill or thing lime that wouldn't be a complete nightmare to clean later. i would LOVE to see a rev 2 version of this that can be actually usable in a regular day
@bluegiger
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I love everything about this but for how I use a desk... it would be almost zero for practicality. Tiny screws and components big enough to get lodged in radiator fins... just nope.
Stick a filter across the bottom: solve the dust problem of pushing air through radiators (pull is much easier to clean); and the whole thing doubles as an air purifier!
@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis
Жыл бұрын
That and a safety grid on the bottom would make this absolutely perfect.
@LRM12o8
Жыл бұрын
And it would protect against getting caught in the blades
@Fanta....
Жыл бұрын
this so much...
@tnt_gaming21
Жыл бұрын
pin this youre a genius
@jujuu1339
Жыл бұрын
I'd put one on top because of gamer gunk
The steel was hard to drill through because your drill bit RPM was too high for the diameter hole you were drilling. High carbon steel needs slower RPM's otherwise you'll work harden your material and burn out your drill bits. Low speed/High feed next time
@wv1764
Жыл бұрын
I would've thrown an extension on there too
@iggysixx
Жыл бұрын
Good tip. With harder steels, cobalt drill bits could also be a good idea. (They break easier, but will cut sooo much better)
@galacticboy2009
Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you're right but I want you to be right.
@jolioding_2253
Жыл бұрын
also cutting oil
@devinbridgwater
Жыл бұрын
Get a load of this nerd over here...(translation: that's a really good point, I didn't realize that speed is a factor when drilling through metal.)
This is a great build!! Getting ideas.. also since you guys give me so many amazing tips - I have to give one in return! When drilling steel - try very slow speed and use cutting fluid or oil to keep the bit cool! ❤
I used to work as a pipe fitter assembling and installing robotic welding fixtures. These videos remind me of the best days I had working there just screwing around in the shop. I'll admit, I'm jealous! You all look like you're having such a good time!
@enriqueamaya3883
Жыл бұрын
Jesus Ioves you\z]x[c]\zx[c\
For anyone who sees this: The trick to drilling through metal is to press hard (not so hard that a thin bit might snap) and to not drill fast. You want it to spin about 5 rotations per second (pretty slow, but moving). A lot of people do not know this and spin the bit fast. This will dull your bit within one to two holes, or less if it's thick metal. By going slow you give the bit time to "bite" and peel the metal. Fast turning simply polishes your bit's leading edge, dulling it. It's counter-intuitive, but true. Once you practice this after a couple holes you will understand :) Be careful, anyone watching you drill, and who's not savvy, will question you.
@goatkingboss8478
Жыл бұрын
and i would use a lubricant
@carsandtools
Жыл бұрын
This guy carpenters.
@riothero313
Жыл бұрын
@@goatkingboss8478 Yep, a center punch so it won't walk and a bit of cutting oil along with what the OP mentioned and it would be pretty easy. Also, I like using stepped bits in situations like that; were the hole doesn't have to have a perfect wall all the way through, or thick material.
@Kai_Ning
Жыл бұрын
We call this drilling but we really ought to think about the task as "digging".
@samuraijaydee
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget to put oil on the spot you're going to drill if you're drilling metal!
If you were to have the fans pull air down through the desk, you could 3D print some ducts / shrouds to direct the hot air towards the rear and side edges of the desk, so you wouldn't have hot air blowing onto your legs.
@bichela
Жыл бұрын
Or duct air outside.
@brendanmassaro9595
Жыл бұрын
But then the desk would get really bulky
@mndlessdrwer
Жыл бұрын
If you're already getting protocase to make the top and brackets, might as well have them bend up a metal duct while you're at it. Send-Cut-Send is also a nice company to work with for getting stuff laser or waterjet cut and bent, though I'm not sure if they will also powdercoat. I'm sure their website lists all their services, though.
@pipooh1
Жыл бұрын
@@brendanmassaro9595 But you need to make a cover for the fans anyway. You don't want to randomly hit your knee into the fans while spinning or have a pet / kid be near it. So the duct works as a cover and redirect the air away from the user.
@keyboardwarrior6296
Жыл бұрын
@@pipooh1 why not?
I bought one of their desks about a year ago. It arrived with a defective motor. Zero trouble getting a replacement part from them, and it's been solid since.
honestly a pre-made panel of those that you could hang off the back of any desk with a clamp or screw setup would be pretty cool (no pun intended) sell different sizes etc. probably a viable product if you have it draw heat away from user.
Ugh! I used to build and race cars. One of the most common mistakes I see is running heat exchangers (water radiators, oil coolers, transmission coolers, etc...) in series -- just like you guys did. Heat exchangers work best when there is a large temperature drop. Running heat exchangers in series mean the first one is doing the most work, the second is doing about 25% of the work the first one is, and the rest are doing nearly zero cooling. Plus the flow restructions all add up, like resistors in series in an electrical circuit. Run your heat exchangers in PARALLEL. You'll get more efficient cooling (the fluid enters ALL the heat exchangers at the same temperature and the fluid spends MUCH longer in the heat exchanger.) You also get much lower flow restriction since, like resistors in parallel, the flow restriction is the inverse of thesum of all the heat exchanger's flow resistance.) Plus the hot air is spread more evenly across the entire desk. Now for this project, you're so over-cooled it doesn't matter, but for other water-cooled projects, it can make a big difference.
@craftgames1882
Жыл бұрын
This is a good addition. Hope they will see your comment.
@HolybasilYT
Жыл бұрын
I want a follow up video where they include these suggestions.
@atavusable
Жыл бұрын
I'm putting this tip in my head because I'm really curious aboutdoing an big external radiator now.
@Deroven
Жыл бұрын
Hummm, so how would a flow look on an lian Li o11 for example, if done accordingly? I wanna make it happen. 👀
@cameronthomas4290
Жыл бұрын
thanks a ton, saw this at the right time. just did my radiators on a meyers manx with a subaru engine. I have 3 radiator (2 from motorcycle, 1 from prius inverter cooler lol) about to start it for the first time
The desk honestly looks awesome, like I would consider buying that.
Okay, some minor tweaks to this, and I would actually want one. It may be hacky AF, but this is awesome. Make the fans pull air downward and install some form of shroud to redirect the air from your feet and we'd be golden.
@soratorb
Жыл бұрын
I want to hook it up to a dryer exhaust pipe to vent the air outside for the summer, with a switch that lets you flip it to vent into your central HVAC system to use the heat during winter. It'd be glorious.
@aphfug
Жыл бұрын
it would be way too thick, couldn't spread my legs under it
These types of builds are my favorite. Well designed and well executed.
I didn't knew that i really want such a desk. I never thought about that. I thought my desk is good and stable - it is - but nothing beats this. This is the most beautiful Setup i have ever seen in my entire life AND all in black AND made from Steel. I can't desribe with words how cool this is just from seeing it. The BEST Setup for a Studio IMO. Silent if needed. I really would use this on a daily basis and maybee my macbook's CPU won't hit 103°C again.
17:40 - Seeing that the 12900KS went all the way to 82 degrees with the mods and the RTX 3090 peaking at 53 degrees kinda shows how hot Intel CPUs get.
@joemehnert7590
Жыл бұрын
all those radiators dont mean crap when the block connected to the cpu is "junk" / the weakest link. I did a similar project a decade ago with car radiators. Did not look nearly as professional as this though. System only as good as its weakest point. 101
@Real_MisterSir
Жыл бұрын
@@joemehnert7590 yea at that point it's not about the capacity of the radiators, but rather how much the direct connection to the chip is able to dissipate heat from such a small area. One of the benefits of larger dies and chip size is that heat dissipation is much easier to manage.
@Scarlet_Soul
Жыл бұрын
And keep in mind they also have a copper IHS/liquid metal
@Jet-ij9zc
Жыл бұрын
@@joemehnert7590 Linus said it was the modified cpu with the liquid metal and aftermarket part (the metal part that sits on top of the chip to transfer heat, I cant remember how it's called). So that cpu is actually way better then a stock one
@benfennell6842
Жыл бұрын
@@Jet-ij9zc IHS (integrated heat spreader)
I feel like with a properly set up fan curve (fans turning on well below 80°C, but also not 100% fan speed at any temperature), this would be the perfect balance of cool and quiet.
@siberx4
Жыл бұрын
Using a fan controller with a temperature probe in the water loop would be ideal for this setup; pick a water temp you're comfortable with and have it keep the loop there at whatever RPM it takes. Controlling fans like this from something like CPU temperature is an impossible exercise, because 90% of the temperature rise occurs between the CPU die and waterblock but you have all the thermal inertia in the water to deal with. A "traditional" loop will spin the fans up way too fast under any load, because the temperature shift from the water heating up is swamped by the innate temperature shift of the CPU load spikes.
My very first liquid cooling radiator was a transmission cooler I cleaned and plumbed for the loop fittings. That setup also had a peltier unit with the cold side on the radiator.
"Central Cooling"! Just a thought: With fans blowing down [at least during Winter], it would be a leg warmer. Corollary idea: Wire the fans so air direction is easily switchable; for instance, blowing air up, from time to time, would certainly be desirable to clear the inevitable dust that'll collect in the radiator fins (the glass top wasn't a bad idea in that regard).
Solidworks: "The part is overdefined." **Removes dimension*" "The part is underdefined"
@kapralas
Жыл бұрын
Actual mood
@kilianortmann9979
Жыл бұрын
Schrödingers smart dimension.
This is one of the most unique ideas and executions they have had in a while. Love it!
@alexho1126
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Thankfully they do stuff like that just for the fun. Still not neccarsy, i have a similar setup with 2 rads 360+280, gpu peaking at 58 degrees 😅
This is an actually nice project because its not rushed but well thought out an planed
Convenient how Flexispot was able to predict the random use cases their desks would be put through. Down right amazing work by their documentation and design teams.
ah yes, desk heater
@gamerstar8311
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@waviation9
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, desk car
@rogosumania2574
Жыл бұрын
literally put a 3090 while in the winter
@UtshaBasak
Жыл бұрын
Desk Cooler 💠❄️
As soon as I saw this I thought "It isn't a completely ridiculous idea" as it seems fairly practical. Two minutes in Alex says "It isn't as ridiculous as you might think!" and I was like yaaaay IT IS gonna be the greatest PC desk ever!
@tsartomato
Жыл бұрын
it's more than completely ridiculous idea all the dust and grime will plug all holes in 2 days and it is uncomfortably hot also your knees hitting the bottom part every minute and it's fragile and it wouldn't be ablу to hold weight of my screens i have now, and i want much heavier ones
@DBT1007
Жыл бұрын
It's not that big actually. Since cold stuff is always on the bottom and hot stuff always on the top, this method is kinda not effective. Maybe they need to make like.. a frame that cool the PC from above. Make like.. a box-like table that the top part(above the monitor and CPU) is the cooler part. The bottom aka the table part is just normal table. Maybe need to make it from metal. To make it cool too.
@todorow22
Жыл бұрын
1. It is ridiculous 2. Half of those radiators are probably useless in the sense that the water in the radiators are probably down to ambient temp already, ie doing nothing at that point. 3. KZreadrs run out of ideas quickly when producing videos daily, so they will build whatever they can think of at this point.
@aronseptianto8142
Жыл бұрын
@@todorow22 can't really please em all i guess must've been fun at parties
@DailyCorvid
Жыл бұрын
@@tsartomato You can solve all of those problems fairly easily in the design stage, I am excited to see the development of future furniture items. That's what I am here for, interior design tips :D
Imagine spilling your morning hot coffee on this desk :)
Oh my gosh a kotatsu PC. As someone who is always cold at their desk (even during the summer) this sounds amazing.
The reactions at the end were amazing. I always though this was missing from other crazy build videos. Good job Alex and team
@StephenOwen
Жыл бұрын
You're right. Taking the time for reactions and praising the folks involved in making this reality was a good use of time. Cool stuff deserves acknowledgement.
This is actually awesome. Would have loved to see some FLIR Footage of the desk, just to see how overkill all of those radiators actually are. (how cool are the radiators at the end of the loop?)
@cor144
Жыл бұрын
Assuming sufficient pump capacity to maintain adequate flow of coolant in the loop, then there should be very little delta in temperature between any two points in the loop no matter how many rads you bolt together.
@jetfusion1532
Жыл бұрын
Not that overkill because the desk becomes hot. The cat might like it a lot however long session gamers most def. will not. It's pretty much useless as a desk with all the air hole in it. Lay an A4 on the table and write a decent sentence on it
@timeTegus
Жыл бұрын
@@jetfusion1532 than its a gaiming only desk
@Blex_040
Жыл бұрын
@@jetfusion1532 You mean writing on... paper? These things out of dead trees? Woah, that's so nostalgic! :D
Thats just awesome. I have to go with Linus on the switching of the fans for airflow in summer!
Have you guys considered adding spacers between the top of the desk and the radiators so you could slide a mesh filter on top of each rad just to stop particles from landing in the rad that might be on the desk? Say like chips or other particulate matter you wouldn't want in there clogging them up?
@enriqueamaya3883
Жыл бұрын
Jesus Ioves youzx\]c[z\x]c][
There was a time, not too long ago, when I didn’t care much for the videos that Alex hosted but I think he’s really grown into the role. This was great!
I just got a $900 motorized standing desk, and this desk makes me jealous. I’m not a mechanical engineer, though, and I would not trade IRL because I don’t want to maintain custom liquid cooling. Also, my floor would struggle with all that weight.
@dm2060
Жыл бұрын
Standing desk is probably the better choice for day to day work though.
@procrastinatingnerd
Жыл бұрын
Your floor would struggle with the weight?
@Tresla
Жыл бұрын
What is your floor made of? Cardboard?
@djsnowpdx
Жыл бұрын
My house was built in the year 1900, out of wood, and we suspect there are termites in the crawl space underneath. I’m not pushin’ it, okay? 😂
@flexispotus
Жыл бұрын
@@dm2060 absolutely. have been using standing desk for a year or so, such a life savor.
Look, im a total newb but the guy in the beginning is definingly my favorite! give this guy full videos!!!!
Gotta say, that is pretty awesome setup there!! Solid work there Alex!
LTT: "Even an intel processor is not gonna run hot" Meanwhile AMD: "Oh! How the turn tables!"
@brettcombs774
Жыл бұрын
How the tables have turned*
@jo_naash
Жыл бұрын
@@brettcombs774 How the turntables! ..turned...
@madeuce190
Жыл бұрын
@@brettcombs774 you didnt get the joke buddy haha....
@brettcombs774
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm missing something apparently
@RamiRouhana
Жыл бұрын
@@brettcombs774 Not a fan of "The Office" apparently.
I'm with Linus on the fan part though. Especially after seeing the floating mousepad. That being said... I want this thing! Such a shame I don't have a couple thousand bucks to spend on a desk/cooler
@beefpickle2450
Жыл бұрын
get AC condensers from cars they are thin and efficient and cheap
@ggesdsdsdsd
Жыл бұрын
I would put the fans at the back of the desk so they're under the monitor abit if its possible, and also put fan grills on the fans lol
@EikottXD
Жыл бұрын
@@ggesdsdsdsd Fan grills for sure!
@annahenrietta9517
Жыл бұрын
Just get a flexi desk and then an aluminium rad or condenser from a scrapyard. They have the nicest looking ones covered up, and if you offer the guy a beer he's gonna let you have a look, it'll end up costing as much as just one of those rads, and you'll have their entire cooling capacity. Not to mention it's actually of a smaller size and you could even have it vertically mounted at the back of the desk with the fans pointed at you during winter for warm comfy legs or away in summer. 😁
@DumKump
Жыл бұрын
same
I definitely feel like reversing the fan direction and using something a little more quiet like Noctua redux's would've made it that little better, less efficient for heat transfer but better on the hands pulling heat away from the metal top rather than through it
@RomainLagrange1
Жыл бұрын
have the front of the desk pull the wind downward, and the back of the desk upward : cool hands, but still raise heat in the end
It's so weird to me that intel is the hot processors now I remember the joke used to be if you had an AMD system you didnt need to pay for heating in your home during the canadian winters here.
I think a DIY version of this would be really cool, standard perforated sheet metal are easily available.
@KM-rx7hz
Жыл бұрын
Sure, i was thinking the same
The quality of this build is definitely a step up from previous projects.
my vega 64 air cooled peaks at 65c on 4k res with one stock blower fan at max rpm (like 4k rpm jet engine on custom fan curve), so the fact that a 3090 can peak around mid 50's temp nearly totally silent/passive is a huge win. i'd buy this desk.
That's awesome! I want one! I love the the fan idea, however I would combine your ideas together, having a switching network (I build everything) that can reverse the speed of the fans and their direction. It still is controlled by the temp control but you can set the lowest speed or have static but limited to a speed that is the lowest safe level but you can turn it up or down at your will. Meaning have your fan already on before your start doing what your going to be running. A simer method could also be designed just for the idea however. Which would work to push air up or down so that you can select where the heat goes.
The version with the non-PC radiators could be a good piece of kit for the lab, to see what performance you can get out of hardware when the temperature isn't slowing things down
@geort45
Жыл бұрын
LMAO your username...
@debenos
Жыл бұрын
Dude this acct!!! 😭😭😭 I love it way more than I should 🤣 I agree! They certainly botched the job with the car radiator build last time. Would be cool to see something like that again, but near over engineered with care like they did here!
@flandrble
Жыл бұрын
@@debenos or use some MORA rads which are bigger than some car radiators :D
This has got to be one of the sickest builds I have seen! I want to see a custom rad and desk from FlexiSpot for mass production, even if it's not the whole desk, this would still be a sick build to productize. And the risk of water damage to customer components is minimal since the loop is under the PC, gravity brings water down and away from a desktop PC.
With that amount of radiator surface in a horizontal orientation, you could pull off all the fans and it would probably still cool decently from convection.
I love this, I'd actually buy that desk if it were to be sold as a product or DIY kit.
@enriqueamaya3883
Жыл бұрын
Jesus Ioves you]\zx[c\]z[x\c
This is really, really cool. If someone wanted to do all the brain work and put the schematics for a desk using an automotive radiator out there, this would be an amazing weekend project.
@debbiebernhardt5406
Жыл бұрын
Now I want de anza college to do one.
@onandonitgoes5957
Жыл бұрын
I've actually been wanting to do something like that with a car radiator but incorporating peltier units in for additional cooling power
@qnal96
Жыл бұрын
@@debbiebernhardt5406 what’s this in reference to?
@neojack333
Жыл бұрын
automotive radiators are made of aluminium though. nt a good idea to put this in your copper loop.
@debbiebernhardt5406
Жыл бұрын
@@neojack333 yeah, but it may be good idea to use coolant
More of this type of thing please! Partly because Alex is awesome, love the "well, that's a ridiculous idea but now I can't resist finding out if it works" mentality and partly because I love the workshop stuff. You guys have some serious kit in there, and a team with some solid engineering skills (not you, Linus) so some super cool stuff should be well within reason now. Would particularly love some DIY IOT stuff (motorised blinds, sensors, lighting etc. or just general custom electronics outside just PCs)
I love this. I would flip the fans around so they're pulling instead of pushing, and build a shroud connected to, like, a dryer exhaust to vent the hot air outside, and it'd be freakin SWEET
I am so glad you did this. I suggested this and you did it. So cool.
i just woke upi and i read the title as "The Desk Made of Redditors can cool ANYTHING"
@DailyCorvid
Жыл бұрын
A desk made of redditors is what we would have right now if the Nazis had won the war. Or maybe they just wouldn't be calling everybody a Hitler to conclude every single argument :D
@ougintoga7195
Жыл бұрын
Woah you won a prize lmao legit frfr
@AffectionateLocomotive
2 ай бұрын
Ayo! dapz you a part of the PC community?
You guys are turning into the Top Gear of computing and I am here for it. Can't wait to see how this escalates. What's next... a wall made of radiators? Dumping the heat via modified air con unit?
@donc-m4900
Жыл бұрын
Let me show you how I heat my pool in summer. lol
@RWoody1995
Жыл бұрын
Heh it's funny I remember Linus said exactly this idea of wanting to create "The Top Gear of tech" back when they first moved out of the house studio and into the warehouse studio. Linus you crazy son of a bitch, you did it!
@iamnotglenn
Жыл бұрын
They already used a room heating radiator with a threadripper and 2080ti’s and got a janitor closet to like 80 degrees
@octia2817
Жыл бұрын
You've seen this recent WAN show, right? The one where he talks that it is his aspiration to become the top gear of tech? Just seems like a funny coincidence to me ;P
@RWoody1995
Жыл бұрын
@@octia2817 he's been saying it since about 2015 then
That's nice! Maybe move the fans to the BACK and blow down. But sick looking desk! No radiators in your build and any new PC you build the desk is always upto date with and setup you run. That's sick!
Oh my GOD, i love this!! you guys NAILED IT!!
Yeah I can see why protocase had you say to not buy from them. I imagine they've had more than a few people try to get something made for less than the cost of the raw metal used for it.
@wobblysauce
Жыл бұрын
That is quite a bit of tool time making the cuts, think a die setup if you were going to mass produce it on any scale,
I feel like this PC would be great for the winter but awful for the summer, especially if you live in Texas in the case of the latter. But if you have cold hands, it’s more-or-less an absolute win.
@DarthBoolean
Жыл бұрын
We can't run that during the summer in Texas, it'll crash the power grid.
@LoupDuQuebec
Жыл бұрын
It's ok, they live in Canada, the heating part will be nice during most of the year
@Jaxv3r
Жыл бұрын
@@LoupDuQuebec bruh its so hot in the summer here in Canada, and it's now summer T_T
@Ian-dy6cf
Жыл бұрын
@@Jaxv3r I imagine the Quebec in their name indicates they also live in Canada (although they may not consider themselves Canadian;) )
@joemarais7683
Жыл бұрын
There won't be power to run it in the summer in Texas anyways, so it's perfect.
Favorite LTT build all year.
Amazing, nothing but love for everyone involved
My idea would be to find the quietest fans, put them in the last spot on each radiator so airflow is behind the monitor and not hitting anywhere. You can reverse the fans in winter and summer (summer blow upwards, winter downward to heat your feet)
@CarbonPanther
Жыл бұрын
There's a fan made by Silverstone which can reverse it's airflow with a simple button press.
@mjn96
Жыл бұрын
@@CarbonPanther I don’t think efficiency would be great...
This might be the coolest desk/pc I've ever seen
The Del key diligence during booting. Relentless
The only flaw I see with this is having all the holes in the surface of the desk. I imagine losing so many little things in those holes over time and they would be a huge pain to get out. Not to mention if your someone who likes to eat at your computer.
@mandowarrior123
Жыл бұрын
Eh, vacuum it.
@benjoji
Жыл бұрын
I think the solution to this would be to sandwich a filter layer/screen between the table top and rads
@urgay1992
Жыл бұрын
@@benjoji Also a grille below so you won't risk getting your fingers (or other body parts) chopped off by a 3000 rpm fan.
@Crimsomreaf5555
Жыл бұрын
Yup I'm that one who eats at my desk
@Crimsomreaf5555
Жыл бұрын
@@urgay1992 don't think a plastic dull fan would do much damage.
This.. is genius and the desk looks legitimately very nice.
I love it. Need something like this for the Texas year
I need that! That looks so awesome! Thanks God I'm a maker and my brother is too, I already are brainstorming about a better desk, but after that video I have 1000 new ideas! Thanks 😁
I strongly disagree with Alex's point of "faster fans cooler hands" As anyone who's ever been near a server will attest Fast moving heated air is still definitely warm
@Xoron
Жыл бұрын
The goal is to move that much air so the exhaust temperature drops.
@bryanminugh9680
Жыл бұрын
perspiration loves airflow
I was woundering why don't GPUs have the same sort of universal 3rd party cooler options as a CPU. It would be nice to have a self contained water coolers on a GPU. Now that people are starting to mount their GPUs at 90 degrees to normal. Now seems like as good of a time than ever to give it a shot.
@bosnoek643
Жыл бұрын
Iron plz take my children
@Smoke_Weed_Everyday_
Жыл бұрын
Because in many of them the partners manufacture boards with altered designs, so you would need a heatsink that matches each design. I've seen a few of them pair up with EK to make custom loop heatsinks for a few gpus with well equipped VRMs and other parts, but each has a unique heatsink.
@omfgblondie
Жыл бұрын
Because GPU's come in various different sizes whereas CPU's only come in a few.
@Thefreakyfreek
Жыл бұрын
@@omfgblondie most of them also cool the vrm and memory and that's just all over the place
@user-il8gt2ev9d
Жыл бұрын
They kind of do, the hole spacing for the main mount around the die doesn’t change much hence why things like the nzxt g10 and g12 have been around allowing you to use standard asetek cpu clc design coolers on the GPU die. The main issue is with cooling everything else other then the die. Memory and vrm on the front and sometimes on the back mean there’s no one size fits most full cover blocks and a lot of people probably don’t want use thermal adhesive to manually glue heat sinks to chips.
this is my dream gaming desk now, this with quick connects would be great
There are a couple ways to improve this before going to market (modular desktop panels, more selective fan control) but it is pretty tight.
@thetrashman5381
Жыл бұрын
I like what Linus said about turning the fans around too so the heat would blow down instead of at ur face, which would also solve the mousepad problem when the fans spin up
metal self tapping screws are basically magic, they are amazing so much money and time saved
@StewPedassle
Жыл бұрын
I was first introduced to them when I was at my college job 15 years ago. I thought they were expensive as hell. Then, after outfitting a trailer, I realized how much time they saved and was so happy they existed. Even at minimum wage, they saved money. To get an idea of how many we went through, my boss knew the failure rates (those that wouldn't self-tap) across brands.
@vcjester
Жыл бұрын
They are amazing, until some bone head uses an impact driver to install them, and snaps half the heads off.
I would expand the cooling table and make it an actual air hockey table.
Alex absolutely killed the non-scripted portion of this video
More like this please. It's glorious.
I would like to see cutouts of the desk for 1-2 quad radiators in the back so you could keep the wood surface in the front but have the radiators back away from the user blowing hot air up the back of the monitor or something like that.
I love the fact that we have changed the recurring old joke of cooling an AMD processor to Intel. Now both of them are wonderful ovens.
@IIIXAxthenXIII
Жыл бұрын
Well, the joke *was originally* Intel before the FX 8000 lines of AMD cpu's. Intel was originally very hot, and AMD was the cooler of the two. Back when AMD held the crown and Intel was trying to catch up. That was before the days of hyperthreading for Intel, though.
@virtualtools_3021
Жыл бұрын
@@IIIXAxthenXIII p4 HT ran got and the Pentium EEEE 990FX ran incredibly hot especially with 32gb of FBDIMM RAM
I kinda unironically want a set up like that and would not be adverse to spending that kind of money. They made a strong small form factor game rig with large factor liquid cooling that is virtually silent! While it would be a little inconvenient that you can't clamp a mic to the edge of the desk it would still make for a fun stream set up without taking up a ton of space in your office/apartment!
I would have liked the glass top one, I would have chip pieces and all kinds of food stuck in all of the radiator fins after a few months... 😊 Plus a nice warm work top in the winter would be nice too. 🤓 Very neat guys..
That is meant for a test bench. put input output fittings on the table linked under and that's it, all tests would become more reliable because it always cooled the same way, without bottleneck and be able to OC tests too and quick disconnect.
@Ghfvhvfg
Жыл бұрын
How overkill but great ideas,it wouldn’t look weird
@ryanq.4799
Жыл бұрын
I second this, would make for a very level playing field for hardware
This is by far one of my favorite videos I've seen from you guys so far! Being a 3D modeling and designing dork I appreciate all of this so much! I want to do custom stuff like this sometime(:
Perhaps add a fan cage layer for safety, otherwise it's a great concept. It could be adapted as sub floor heating. I think if the trend continues of increased wattage and corresponding need for heat dissipation, there is certainly going to be a potential market for clever ways to use all that heat energy for something other than "just getting rid of it".
Since steel is a really good heat conductor I wonder if you could use the steel frame of the desk itself as a radiator using thermal creep to dissipate the heat from a CPU. It would be a totally passive and noiseless system, that is if thermal creep can keep up with the heat generation of the CPU.
Can we just admire the sound in the beginning, I was just minding my own business and I realized it's either 5.1 or 7.1 and sounds really good! Really impressed with how far Linus tech tips has come!
@canderson7776
Жыл бұрын
Hate to break it to you but all sound on KZread is 2 channel.
@nicholaskoa1371
Жыл бұрын
@@canderson7776 lmao gottem
@codysylvester7751
Жыл бұрын
@@canderson7776 even If so it's still cool, I have a 7.1 setup in my bedroom and it sounded pretty cool even if it is just stereo. You gotta admire the little things.
@codysylvester7751
Жыл бұрын
@@nicholaskoa1371 woahhhhh😐
@cor144
Жыл бұрын
@@codysylvester7751 You may have some piece of software on your computer or running on some other piece of hardware in your setup that is providing some form of virtual surround sound.