Why don't more people do this...?

or... you can just buy a mac... 🤷‍♂

Looking at everything, I actually understand why people don't do this.

"I don't know why more people don't do this?" $3,000 on hardline fittings and parts later... I kid Zac. This looks great! If I had the means and money, I'd do something like this myself.

1. do not use a saw on the plastic tubes, it can cause micro cracks all the way down the tubes. Use a pipe/tubing cutter 2. if you run a tube and use an Apex Fillport you can have a high side fill port right above the res (Alphacool makes them) 3. if you want to spend the time you can build a custom wire harness

As a woodworker who recently got into PC building, I've always thought "why don't I just build my own case?" Your channel is so cool! Perfect blend of tech and woodworking, and the production is next level. Very well done!!

You've probably thought of this, but when benchmarking, try flipping your fans around to pull cool air in the front of the case, and all of the radiator fans blow out the back, and see if it helps with thermals. This way you don't get radiator-heated air inside the drawer, and bonus: you don't have hot air blowing at you out the front of the PC this summer! You have more than enough fans at the back to keep up with (slightly) warmer air coming from inside the drawer over the big radiator. I'm jealous of the woodworking shop! haha

"I don't understand why more people don't do this", he says, as he installs $1000+ worth of water cooling onto a $1500 PC. Gee, I wonder why. Nevermind the amount of work it takes to do this, the amount of work to troubleshoot a custom water loop, or how much harder it is to perform maintenance on a system with rigid tubing.

As someone that has done both hard and soft tubing, I prefer soft. That's simply because I'm often getting into the pc to swap out parts and perform maintenance. I find it's a hell of a lot easier to work around soft tubing, being able to move it around, to get to things and apply new paste. Also the first time I tried to do hard tubing I made it way too overly complex with the angles and bends. Ended up wasting huge swathes of the stuff.

your system and setup is one of a kind to see you design your desk, speakers, and everything that is craft made I am a big fan of.

Great video. Watercooling your components does not void your hardware warranty unless you break it during the disassembly or reassembly process though 👍

Great build. Really love the clean aesthetic and look of the system as a whole. I would caution bending the 12vhp connector to the graphics card. If not fully seated the connector can be a major issue whether its the Nvidia adapter variant or a direct line to the PSU like yours. They have melted and burned up routinely when first released and people weren't aware of the cable limitations. Cable mod makes a 90 degree adapter that solves the problem though and looks way cleaner. Being so close to the edge of the sled, it wouldn't be a bad 40 dollar investment to keep that cable from getting pinched and possibly causing a very bad, 450 watt fire hazard.

Hey Zac, cool build. I also like the fact, that you're talking about problems that you have after finishing the job and also brainstorm possible solutions. Keep on going.

Just some advice: orientate your fans so they're pulling air through the radiator, rather than pushing, as they currently are. Having your fans pull air makes maintanance much easier, as you don't have to take the fans off to clean the radiator. Either that, or get a dust filter.

Great job. Glad you chose to use frosted hard line tubes, they look beautiful!

For your internal cable cover panels: Model a shallow recess into the flat front surface that can then accept another material. Metal, carbon fiber, wood, etc. It could be a nice little inlay panel.

If you wanted to clean up the fan setup, I'd recommend some of the Lian Li Uni fans. I think you'd basically need 3 cables for all 9 of your fans.

This was awesome, man! Great to see you finally watercool that rig of yours!

Awesome desk if you run into thermal issues later you could improve airflow by cutting vent slots on the side of the cabinet maybe angled to blow toward the back so it doesn't blow directly on you. Alternatively you could cut a vent hole into the lower drawer space and corresponding hole in the back panel allowing air to flow through and out the back.

It's always comforting to hear Canadian raising in YouTube videos

Very nice build! Beautiful integration into the desk.