Finishing What we Started Seven Years Ago

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Seven years ago our favourite jank-cooling duo set off on a quest to build the PC of Linus' dreams. But those dreams were swiftly crushed due to missing parts, a water cooling company having troubles, and our famed Alex Clark leaving to do his own thing. But that was seven years ago, and in the year 2026 we finally made it happen.

Thanks to Alex and Andy from Zip Tie Tuning & Zip Tie Tech for helping out. Check their channels out at:
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https://www.youtube.com/@UCUpt_5O1vYpWAGg77iNMQXA

Thanks to EKWB for custom making the CPU and GPU blocks for us. Check them out at: https://www.ekwb.com/

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:45 What has Alex been up to
2:08 The Motherboard
3:08 The CPU
3:40 Installing the CPU
4:30 The RAM
5:18 Gorgeous CPU block
6:22 Don't worry Alex, things are the same
6:50 Installing the CPU block
7:48 RAM Water Cooling
8:15 A SICK GPU
9:03 And a SICK GPU block
10:20 How did he know
11:15 Get Rekt Linus
11:39 God it looks SO GOOD
12:24 Painting the I/O Shield
13:30 Sick Distribution block
13:51 Installing parts into the case
15:43 BUUUUUUURN
16:10 The Fan Layout
16:24 The Power Supply
17:22 HR HR HR HR HR
17:40 Just keep on installin' baby
18:41 It powers on!! Kinda..
19:13 Back to installing parts
20:26 Carbon fiber wrapped disc drive
20:33 Figuring out the water cooling runs
21:07 Turning it on again
21:53 You're welcome Linus
22:30 The first run
23:26 More runs
24:57 Pressure Testing
25:28 Time for the ricer box
27:13 Filling the loop
27:40 A SPOILER
27:57 We're in Windows XP BABYYYYYYY
28:33 Yeah, this looks AMAZING
29:21 Gaming
30:46 Outro