STOP DOING THIS!!!!!!!

"Idiot's guide", you say? You have my attention...

Jay - Can you hear the motor humm ? Editor - Fuck this, let's play music in the background

I just bought my first AIO for my next build and this was IMMENSLY helpful! Thanks for laying this out so well! :) 👍

16:09 This is what you here for.

Me learning about evaporation in AIO's, while looking down at my AIO that's in use since 2011...

"Lets talk about orientation." I'm straight, Jay.

3 years later and for my first AIO install I installed it tubes top. Watched Steves video and imediatly changed it to tubes bottom. The man is brilliant and when it comes to this type if thing I dont know anyone better to take advice from.

Thanks for this video Jay! I built my first PC in 2005, my next in 2014, and now my third in 2023(but 1st water-cooled cpu). I'm a DIYer who likes to consider all possibilities and understand them so that I can 'get it right' for my application. So, I read a bunch of articles & watched many videos on AIO water cooler positioning. Yours was the best combination of science, fabrication, & practical application that I came across. My main take-away: A radiator mounted to the top of the case is best. It keeps any 'system air' in a shallow layer which is less likely to impede liquid flow and continues to allow maximum heat dispersion. (IF my case didn't allow it, I'd do a front or side mount ... ensuring the hose & pump remain lower than the highest point of the radiator. Good to understand the pros, cons, and key factors in this option.)

Jay needs to make a Shirt that reads "Steve can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you."

16:11 You're welcome.

Thank you very much for this informative video! I am getting ready to build my first water cooled system and have been going crazy trying to find simple information regarding the best way to set it up. I would really prefer to do a custom loop but decided to go with an AIO for this build and was going insane thinking I had forgotten how fluid dynamics work when watching some other videos.

I'm so glad I watched both videos. They work together to make the complete picture. I now understand more and I get what both of you are saying much better now. Thanks!

The teachings of Tech Jesus is beyond the comprehension of many people.

8:18 - You hear motor humm? No, I hear 80's hip hop beat.

I legit was going to change out my AIO and it def helped that you used the same one that i have currently. I thought something was wrong with it and turns out that the sound (of an old drain) that im hearing is probablly just air staying in the top. Very clear and easy explation, thank you.

Same applies to custom water cooling, i placed my pump unit in the basement of the case, sits lower than all the other components, this also helps with feeding it, i recommend people to get a large reservoir if you can, gravity helps a lot with feeding the pump instead of having the pump potentially having to suck liquid. Been using the same D5 pump unit for almost a decade, hardly has to do any work at all to move the coolant around my big tower with a triple rad on top.

i have found the safest thing for me is to never post photos online of anything i have built.

the short short version “air rises”

I just finished building my second custom pc and I've watched a handful of your videos. Really appreciate the way you explain things. Thanks!

Cheers for this info. Got my first ever AIO just delivered in the last half hour and decided to watch your vid for orientation tips. I have a single 120 kit so going to mount it in the top of my case after removing the single air fan I have there presently.