 So this is a funny story. I'm having a deja vu moment. Are you? Yeah, a little bit. So guys welcome to the hardline Build-blog that was doomed for failure from the very start between It got bent a little bit too far. It got bent a little too far. It got misshapen and You know when that happens at the wrong moment, trust me awkwardness and pain can ensue So let's go ahead and do a quick introduction to the project I'll show you guys the tools we'll be using to do your very own hardline system So basically we're running an Intel core i7 5960x octa core CPU We've got that running on an x99 deluxe motherboard from Asus graphics cards We got two 980s which are both hard piped into the system as well and Water cooled with a couple of blocks from EK water blocks. They actually provided all of the water cooling We're powering this sucker with an ax 1500i power supply because Overkill We know it's overkill. We could have used something half that capacity. That would have been just fine Speaking of half that capacity would have been just fine. We've got 32 gigs of DDR4 memory in there. That's dominator Platinum's What else have we completely overdone a massive reservoir? but I actually like the fact that we have a massive reservoir because topping this thing off is gonna suck and Oh, right, of course all the hardline tubing tools so it starts with the hardline tubing and hardline tubing is important because Compared to flexible tubing you want one of these Or you want one of those That's awful Yes, so that's important because PETG is more is less fragile so it's less prone to breakage and cracking it allows for more Reattempts at bends and is just generally much easier to work with It's less likely to lose its shape when you're bending it with this fuel line stuff that we'll be using what else we got here Oh compression fittings. So these are special hardline compression fittings That we'll be using throughout the build. They're from primo chill. They actually sent us a couple different styles. We like the knurled black ones Gloves are actually surprisingly important because while you're bending The the tubing the PETG tubing is probably gonna be really hot. So you're gonna want some kind of gloves You don't need anything too crazy and we got this baby to do the bender. Yeah, do the bender Oh, so this is the this is the bend to the rigid bender from primo chill the last thing is I guess we've got a saw and And the heat gun. Oh, right important. How do I forget the heat gun? I don't know because you also have to heat up the PETG That's why you need the gloves so you can bend it around the bender and maybe size it with the saw So guys, this is gonna be an absolute blast. I It's gonna kind of start in the middle Yeah, we it was a blast because we're done and we've lost some footage. So we're redoing our intro Enjoy Fractal design listens and the define our five case was made with feedback from you the PC community So click wherever you want to learn more. How about here and here and then it's like Step two continued remove the rest of them. It's like, okay. Why don't I just remove them all? Moving the screws part 1a. Yeah Sounds like a Linus media group video Is it the brass for metal? It's a good thing EK includes enough thermal pads to basically do this twice So you achieved a hole in a piece of metal in the last you know, 20 minutes here's what I did not 20 minutes I did I done better cool You're not done dick Never got the whole Angelina Jolie thing. I Don't know if I've ever said that on camera before I'm sure it will oh yeah in sight riots. Yep talented. Yes attractive no all right, and then it's like I Had kind of a panic moment because EK sent two of the CPU blocks two different kinds and I kind of went Oh, they sent two GPU blocks Wow, I really hope when I asked for two GPU blocks They knew that I meant I wanted matching ones and they were going in the same system. They're okay though. They're the same Oh We're getting close to Starting okay. There is something that we do still have to do though We have to get this radiator mounted So that means we have to decide Like how that's how that's working exactly So the pump wait, so the pump is gonna take from here. Oh, yeah We got a drill the holes to mount the reservoir as well. Okay, so we're not we're not that close to starting And the problem is that that radiator actually has a variety of different holes it can mount to None of which it can access because you see how this Radiator is actually a touch wider than a 120 mil fan most rads are flush with the fan so I actually can't quite get over far enough this way and Quite can't quite get over far enough that way to hit these mounting holes How about right there you're supposed to see like the alignment and stuff No, you're here Is that like is it super awful or is it like it's not directly mine? Yeah, I don't know if we're gonna get that without just doing new holes and like having some places where the where the grill is just there We can't screw it in because it's not like it's gonna feed directly from that We might have some but it wouldn't be there wouldn't be any kind of organized system to them. Okay, so all those spots I marked Basically the holes that are there need to be widened Okay, so I got a ghetto drill Or find a bit that's good for it If I'm ghetto drilling no I found a bit that's good for it. I think forget a drilling then don't film it Okay, you remember how our genius plan was to fill it from the top. There's a radiator. So no What? Yeah, unless the this is oh, no, that wasn't the hole we were planning to go through that I think that's too small. I think it was oh, that's not what I was planning to do. It's okay It definitely wasn't over here. We can come in here though And just go and just and just curve it. Yeah, I think I think it'll be fine But I believe I believe I can fly Wow, this has never been open I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night again I think this is gonna work, but this will come out at a bit of an angle But it might be okay because it's gonna come out at this angle and then go up to the CPU so I think We should be golden as long as there are no clearance issues with the graphics cards. Where are they? Oh But then we were doing our test fit with Frickin the air coolers on there's a drill bit here. My OCD is really angry I legitimately went and bought a whole bunch of stuff After whole room water cooling because people lost a couple of the pieces from it So that is now officially the LMG set with its missing pieces That will make me crazy if I have to look at them Do you want to like hold it for me? Sure Can Brandon watch? I mean like a guess He's into that So he's into that I'm gonna go ahead and put this on So he's into that Okay, we should do this outside though, I think because you got to take it out to do those the Dremel thing anyway Oh It's like a disaster down there well, I was giving a cutting edge I know that's fine minus media group push forward with no regard for the consequences These are just grabbing the edge if I was gonna do this somewhat properly. I definitely put washers on them because these went a little deep Really dusty motherboard Wow That's what happens when it sits on a test bench I guess So interference issues gone All right All right, I'm feeling good. Okay. Yeah, where did the power supply go? Um gonna put in the power supply I was thinking maybe I would Uh, but it oh, uh, yeah Yeah Our final decision You want to do black and white or clear? Clear would work pretty well and the rez is going to be clear. We can't color it So the rez is going to look kind of out of place These don't look the same Okay. Now i'm a little worried Is one of these like uv blue or something? You know what? Let's go for let's go for the home run swing because the black and white thing is gonna either look really cool or super dumb Yeah, let's go for the home run swing Ah hold still you bastard Whoa put that up against there and Oh, I don't and And 90 degrees ish, oh, okay, that's not quite So then you just hold it until it hardens our very first bend Okay, well here i'll i'll chat with you So we are deeply worried About having enough tubing because primo chill bless their hearts sent us one stick of each color Maybe they intended to send it to us just as a sample so we could then tell them what color we wanted to do this project And they could send us a whack of it Because we have zero room for error if we have enough tubing at all and we're not sure which of those is the answer right now so We're thinking We're thinking a white run here which is going to be like Half or more of the rest of our white oops Okay, so like kind of there to there then We're thinking Uh, this is gonna have to go to here And that'll have to be black this one Will be white which will use up pretty much the rest of our white Not a whole lot of room for error and then this one Will be Black down to here and then this one over here will be black as well And I think we're gonna just make it Let's put that in. Yep, uh clean off the marks with isopropyl first if you don't mind That's alcohol. It's not taking it off. No That came off these came off it's the heat. Oh crap And now I don't have my damn marks Correct, you know how you leave it off. Oh my goodness. I just went the wrong way on it Holy crap that was close Okay, can you just Wow I am like no I didn't put the thing in see how the My pressure from the bend is really makes it really flat here I figured out how to do it more like that So what you gotta do is you gotta heat up the rest of it So that's the least soft part So then when you press it against it bends more pulls that makes sense Yeah, and it doesn't dent into it so much. Oh no It's ugly It's hideous Oh, come on I don't think so. I cut it already Yep If we're gonna see this video and they're gonna be like well if these idiots can do it Maybe that's the point of Linus tech tips All right. Should we fill this sucker? Yeah, man. All right. So we've got our fitting up there No, no, everything's okay. I think I thought I saw something drip. We've got some half inch tubing up here That's gonna take a while. It's gonna take a really long time So what's cool too about this hard pipe tubing Is that its inner diameter is very small So the actual amount of liquid in the loop is not very much a total volume. Yeah, it's gonna be like radiators and reservoirs basically Okay, that's not that bad we did all right, okay, hold on okay you got the weight and i'll do the maneuvering so kind of like there ish there we go and And Got it That was fun. That was really fun. That was actually that was really fun. We learned a lot um, I think thing number one that I learned is that two two things of piping Is like Not enough No margin for error in a case this size if you guys are going to do a hard line build because with like long runs in A big case. I think if you got a single color get three Yeah, yeah, yeah, um, and then if you want to do a two-tone thing like us then like four Yeah, I'd probably say four one of each two of each color. Sorry. I mean Jeffy made it but Jeffy we probably would have put him down if we'd had the option to redo Jeffy We probably would have so so that's something that you want to build into your your building materials Um, the other thing I think I took away from this is that I wouldn't recommend a hard line tubing System for your first water-cooled build um software softer tubing is way easier to work with like you just kind of Eh, it's about like that and you're probably that long if it's too long. It's fine So so there's a lot more room for error Even for people who are experienced water coolers I I still wouldn't do this personally like because for me I can do a graphics card swap on my liquid cool build in like 10 minutes this you are definitely draining Most of your loop if not all of it. You are definitely redoing some bends It's it's a lot more work, but I think the result justifies it. It looks absolutely stunning So if you were someone who maybe you're not even building for yourself where you're gonna be doing frequent upgrades Yeah, I think it makes the production values of the system look Way better because I mean this isn't that this is definitely one of my favorite builds that I've ever done or been involved in And me too Like what would be better the the the only ones Like together i'd say the mineral oil build it's behind me still. I really liked that build. Yep But like for a more standard computer, this is probably My favorite or if not my second I think that my overkill build guide that red one I did in the 900d with like five radiators and all the noctua fans And like all that stuff. I think that still takes it whereas but this one even though it's not like it's Almost as high-end costs way less. Yeah, and actually looks cleaner. Yeah looks cleaner overall that one I just loved for the just sheer Overdone this I can't even move rads. I couldn't even move it five radiators. So um Yeah, great build lots of fun. I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as we did, but I am like super hungry so We've been at all day. How long are we at this total nine hours, bro? Oh, yeah, it must have been just as painful for whoever was shooting it. Thanks editing it. Thanks, by the way Editing is gonna be a nightmare So guys, thanks for watching like this video if you liked it dislike it if you thought it just plain sucked Leave a comment on the forum which is linked in the video description If you want to chat with our community or with us about this build blog and all that good stuff Um as always also linked in the video description is a place where you can buy a cool t-shirt like this one Like for once could you wear a Linus Techchips t-shirt? I told him all he has to do is order them I'll reimburse him for them. 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