Don’t Buy a Water Cooler... Do This Instead!

Grab yourself a new pair of specs! Visit Eyebuydirect at and use code FUN30 for 30% off all orders $65 or more Check out MotionGrey’s ergonomic workplace solutions at and use code LINUS for 10% off! Back in the mid 2000s it was common to cool a computer using a heater core from the scrapyard, but as those have become harder to find and water cooling components became easier to find this fell out of fashion. Could the old ways have been right though? Is it still cheaper to use a heater core to cool your CPU? Discuss on the forum: (the forum is down :( We’ll add a link once it’s back) Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: ► LTX 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: FOLLOW US ---------------------------------------------------   Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok: @linustech Twitch: MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: iTunes Download Link: Artist Link: Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: Listen on Spotify: Artist Link: Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0   Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:50 AIOs 2:05 Heater Core 3:05 The Pump 4:19 The Case 5:40 Wrong Size Tubing 7:15 Don’t Mix Metals 9:40 Right Size Tubing 13:00 Assembly 16:09 Filling the Loop 18:49 Booting Up 19:45 Testing 23:00 Conclusion 24:27 Outro