I Bought This Horribly Sketchy Chiller on AliExpress
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Thank you Paradox for sponsoring today's video. To play Cities Skylines 2 today head on over to: play.citiesskylines.com We bought a sketchy chiller off of AliExpress and decided to limit test it. Will condensation be the end of this build though? Discuss on the forum: linustechtips.com Buy an FS Thermal Spot Cooling Chiller from AliExpress: lmg.gg Buy an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU: geni.us Buy an ASRock Z790 Taichi Lite Motherboard: lmg.gg Buy an MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX Suprim X Graphics Card: geni.us Buy an EKWB EW Quantum Velocity² Nickle + Plexi Water Block: geni.us Buy Crucial 4800MHz CL40 32GB DDR5 RAM: geni.us Buy a Noctua NH-U14S CPU Cooler: geni.us Buy a MEAN WELL LRS-600-24 PSU: lmg.gg Buy a Seasonic Prime PX-1300 PSU: lmg.gg Buy a Phanteks NV5 Mid-Tower Chassis: lmg.gg Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: lmg.gg ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: lmg.gg ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: lmg.gg ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: lmg.gg FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: @LinusTech Instagram: @linustech TikTok: @linustech Twitch: twitch.tv MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: youtube.com iTunes Download Link: itunes.apple.com Artist Link: soundcloud.com Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: youtube.com Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi Artist Link: youtube.com Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa @mbarek_abdel Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 geni.us Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 geni.us Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 geni.us CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:23 The Idea 3:35 Missing Parts 4:45 It's Going to Work (Right?) 7:43 Mounting the Chiller 8:51 Getting Greasy 13:41 The Chungus and the Chiller 16:30 Condensation and Temps 18:50 Set it to "CPU BURN!" 20:40 Still Bottlenecking 22:24 Roundabout. Roundabout. 25:00 Final Results and Thoughts
This video documents Linus and the team attempting to power a 600 watt sketchy chiller bought off AliExpress in order to push a high end PC build, all while testing how far the cooling can actually keep up with a real workload. They begin by outlining the premise: Cities Skylines 2 will be used as a demanding CPU workload to stress the system, leveraging multi core CPU power to see what temperatures and speeds they can sustain. The team walks through the missing parts, the nonstandard components, and the potential safety concerns of running sub-zero cooling in a consumer build. They discuss the chiller’s basic refrigeration cycle, identify missing control electronics, and describe how they sourced a replacement board to enable operation. Throughout, they frame the experiment as both educational and entertaining, with sponsor elements tied to Cities Skylines 2. The opening section thus sets the stakes, explains the cooling concept, and teases the chaotic assembly to come.
Topics · technology · hardware · pc_building · overclocking · enthusiast_content
Questions answered
- What is the main goal of this AliExpress chiller experiment?
- To test how far a sketchy subzero chiller can cool a high end PC while running Cities Skylines 2, pushing the hardware to its limits and evaluating stability and temperatures.
- What was missing when the chiller arrived and how was it resolved?
- The shipment was missing a power supply and a control board; the team sourced a Meanwell 24V supply and later received a replacement control board from the supplier to enable operation.
- What game is used as the workload, and why is it suitable?
- Cities Skylines 2 is used because its city simulations stress CPU cores and multi thread performance, providing a demanding workload to test cooling and processing limits.
- What are the main safety concerns discussed?
- Condensation and moisture can short the CPU or socket, so the team emphasizes insulating components and monitoring temps to avoid water damage.