Hyyyyype!!! This is everything I wanted hahaha. You have more patience than I do for these kinds of projects. Looking forward to seeing this in a case!

Before watching the video, I had no idea what practical use there could possibly be for this thing. After watching the video, I'm pretty sure there's none.

They say 32 options, and what I hear is "32 possible points of failure."

If you build a loop inside of the res, then run sub ambient coolant through it, you could use it as a heat exchanger!

It would look cool in a duel loop system, have different coloured fluids, and have them crossing into each others distro thing. Dont know how well they'd show up through the tubes and liquid, but might be a neat idea

seeing the gamers nexus video on ek today made me think about the opening quote of "nevermind the condition ek sent them to me in." i dont think these are guna leave their inventory anytime soon...

0:21 oddly prophetic, given the recent news

Make all the inner tube run as the component loop. Then cool the outer liquid with its own loop. That's why Steve said, water cool the water cooler.

Idea: if you're using two of these, use one on the gpu loop and one on the cpu loop. use copper tubing inside the reservoir as a heat exchanger between the two loops. Connect one of the outputs from one into the array of copper tubes in the other. That way, if one loop gets too hot and has to spool up, the other takes on some of the heat. You'd have to use the topmost center input ports, so it would probably be best to use glass tubing to minimize air ingress as water would slowly leave through plastic tubes (to prevent air getting mixed down into the loops), but it would look sick as hell. Is it ludicrous overkill? Sure. That's part of the fun though. EDIT: this might actually make the individual loops easier to do depending on the cases fan mounts. The cpu loop could be on the back, with the radiator IO towards the back, and the GPU could be on the front, completely avoiding the area where the CPU loop parts would go. Then you could have that go-between fit right in the middle between the two.

I’m a pipe fitter and push lock fittings work fine I use them all the time. Just make sure you don’t have a super sharp edge so it doesn’t cut the o-ring.

This video didn't age well.... super awkward watching this AFTER the EK fallout.

Funny watching this after the release of Steve's EK takedown 😬

Falcon northwest still making fragboxes makes me so happy. Back in the mid 2000s as a diehard maximumpc reader it was my dream to own one, always seeing their ads. And now I still can!

500$ before tax for this plate without fittings is absolutely insane.. Who buys this??

Someone at EK was being a troll, and the CEO said "bet? put it in production.."

Take off the fittings that are blocked due to internal tubing and put rgb lights in them. You can sync them to indicate the hot/cold water and/or cpu/gpu. As well as pulsating the flow orientation.

@Jayztwocents engineering nerd tip. That distribution plate sort of works like a tube and shell heat exchanger. The benefit of using this is that you cool the water mid loop before it reaches the next component. Tube and shell heat exchangers operate at maximum efficiency when the cooling water, and the water being cooled flow in opposite directions. So any loop segments routed internally should flow in closer to the pump suction, and flow out further away from the pump suction to get the maximum cooling effect. It would be great to see you discuss this in a future video, and implement this concept into your build to the maximum practical extent. I'm excited to see how the build turns out, and am a big fan of both you and @GamersNexus!

Phanteks NV9 White, if you want a white and black water build. Im using the nv9 case myself.

Case idea: Phanteks NV9 It would be interesting to see considering that Bykski have a distro/pump specifically designed for the NV7. Although what would be really interesting is have 2 loops (contrasting colours) where the loops go into the opposite distro plates!

Couple options: 4 vertical tubes in two different coolant colors running vertically through clear coolant. Then you can use white colored RGB fans to provide glow. Second, use short straight pipes and plug into the two port sets. Then alternate the colored coolants between tubes.

Hmmm 2 loops different colors. Have the opposite color going into reservoir would look cool.

As for case: How about the Lian Li V3000+? Go big or go home.

for a Case you should use a Hyte Y70t. tons of glass to showcase from many different angles. The 45 degree double corner for an added element "Showyness", you can run a loop in between the displays in the 45 degree corner to either the Vertical GPU or to the CPU.

I love the collabs and challenges among tech channels. ❤

The Thermaltake CTE E600 MX would be a cool case for this as it fits up to 3x 140s in the back 👍

Hey Jay, you wanted to build in the Phanteks NV9 , maybe you can use that case here.

Use them in the Phanteks NV9 🤘🏻

ok, idea. I have been looking at this and have been thinking about building my own case with this. (I don't have the skills nor the money to do now) but you can :) Use an old case for form factor and make it a piece of designer furniture, but still showcasing the watercooled build with the block as the main scene :)

You can use this in a dual loop set up where each loop is a different color and fill this block with one color and pipe the other color through the block so you can see it going through. Maybe clear yellow in the block and blue in the pipe throughs so you see green piping through.

Phanteks NV9 with the double loop could be sick

@JayzTwoCents you can open the pump and solder a 4 pin PWM fan wire to the pump. You just have to be careful that the pump doesn't pull more amperage than the motherboard can handle.

Use a case where you can have one in the front, one in the back. Create unnecessary loopage and have different colors for CPU and GPU. Non-opague coolant but 2 different colors so you can see the other color within each resevoir.

This is pretty dope and the possibilities are quite versatile. EK makes some neato stuff. Also, use it in the NV9

When are you going to watercool your favorite UKpostsr?

Jay, it would be interesting for you to go really obscure with the build with one distro plate for the cpu and gpu, which is transferring the heat of these components to the other distroplate with just radiators. It would be interesting to see how much heat can be removed from the loop by just fitting and cables inside of the reservoir combo.

Got an ek240 aio hearing constantly how high quality they are designed and in my opinion have a very nice sleek aesthetic.

Maybe that was ups, fedex, or usps fault

aged like milk

Nv9 case. Huge and plenty of room to work and full glass to show it off.

Im looking forward to seeing the insane build that Yall use it in.

Maybe that was ups, fedex, or usps fault?

Like if you watch this video after the ek scandal 😢

ThermalTake P8 TG massive case ample room and looks sick with the sides taken off and just having an open case. That's how I run mine

Hey Jay & team, the case I would like for to see you use for these Loop Hole products is the EK-Quantum InWin 977EK. Thanks for the video!

I could see this being really cool with a duel loop and different color coolant. You could have the reservoir be red coolant and have blue flow through it giving a real freaky look. Or something along those lines.

Got to be an Inwin case. Also you can have 2 different colour loops with the internal tubes being different to the filled liquid

The order of operations is important. With the way those 90s are attached you could insert your the tubes first and then screw both sides in the distro plate.

Great video man! and Case I think you should use the new Hyate Y70 Touch.

Steve was right: Jay is the right guy for the job. As for the "two of them in one case", I'd go for a dual-system case (can't remember the name of these) and go all-out on the visual difference. The distro/reservoir are black and silver, instead of matching color ? That's not a bug, that's a feature... if you build two loops, and make them visually distinct with different fittings, different cooolant and so on.

jay you should do a twin loop with these. one loop being as an example blue and the other red. have one loop a going through loop b's block

This reminds me of an old Numberphile episode on the Enigma machine, with the plugbank on the front for that extra scrambling..... it is uttering ridiculous and I love it.

This feels like its best use would be as a key to mak another distro plate.

I think you should use the two of those as the ends of your case and build copper tubing runs between them as the frame of your custom built case....

Regardless of what EKWB offers, if it's acrylic. Expect cracks when used for a short period of time due to thermal expansion.

When you use two of these and clear tubes, how about using different dyes and let the loops "cross" so you get a color mix. Let the colored water from the first reservoir flow through the internal loop of the other and visa versa.

If you have all things feeding into this at sections of the loop it might help temps by acting as a heat exchanger. Hot out from CPU passing through the cold reservoir

Build double system with double loops that go through each other's reservoir. Then have different color liquids. Product would make more sense if it was sectors of holes and plexiglass+o-ring inserts that are positioned & screwed sandwiched inside the reservoir. Less holes, less fittings, factory finished inserts instead of user erroring pipe bending. Could probably get RGB leds inside the fitted parts through unused holes. And about 500 dollar less of expensive special fittings.

I wonder if you could combine this with copper tubing and get something insane like the LTT chiller and use one loop to cool the fluid for the main loop as to avoid condensation issues from sub zero temps. Essentially by running the warm end of the loop of the main systems cooling through the sub zero fluid from the chiller to remove more heat from the liquid. It's completely excessive and entirely niche but could be fun.

I had to do a lot of custom grinding and hacking to my Cooler Master Cosmos c700m and the included gpu mount to fit two 60mm 360 radiators and retain my optical drive as well as an elgota capture card and usb card, but it came out wonderful

Thanks Steve

that unique design doesnt need to be tubes fit with pressure and stuff... because vacuum from the pump it will make the tubes compress in the fittings making it well fit without too much effort and its a really interesting design to be honest

I should show you how my replacement pump arrived. I took pictures of it. The box was concave on one side and it was shipped in the retail box. Luckily it survived.

I would think you could use it by connecting components in parallel i.e. multiple outs (or split after the outlet using T fittings) to each component then each component returns to a separate inlet port

O11 Dynamic Evo, of course! Its just an awesome case, even if its been out a while and its incredibly common.

I think it could be interesting with two as you could do 2 different colours next to each other one being routed through the others reservoir

I like the new thumbnail style, keep up the good work guys.

I put a thicc 480mm rad with push pull EK fans on the front of a Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 and a 240mm rad on top. The original plan was too cool both cpu and gpu with this big loop but it was back when gpu's were impossible to get. I ended up getting a watercooled 6900xt from asus with its own 240 or 280 rad. Luckily my case had space for all 3 radiators, and 6 HDD cages as well. I love that computer. I will probably be building out of that same case, using the same EK hardware, for many many years. Can't wait to see what you build with this wild and wacky cooling hardware!

Use them in conjunction with the Singularity quad 560 radiator waterboxes!! Have one desk for the computer and watercooling, and a second for the monitor setup.

Using two of these in 2 separate loops with different fluid colors that pass through the other colors blocks would be interesting. Such as a Yellow loop in one with a Blue loop in the other so you get a Green look inside the blocks where the one loop passes through the other.

even if you dont like coloured fluid, it would be fun to have an am5/nvidia build with one res with green and one with red, but the tubing go through the opposite reservoir making the red and green fluid cross each other in the reservoir. well, intel in blue would work too.

Jay, please use the Monteck King 95 case. Thank you for your great content and for enduring. God bless!

Falcon northwest would have a nice lineup of a OG-Oversized case for a full motherboard cooling block build with a big space for reservoir custom wide diameter tubed watercooling for just board itself. The gpu can be optional in the air cooling or waterblock addition.

Should toss it in a Monotech King 95. It has space for two 140mm that pivot, allowing you to use either the glass plate on the front, or a mesh panel. Also, that case comes in many different color options.

Could do some cool stuff with dual loops in this with different coloured fluids etc. Using the manifold as a res for one loop and the internal runs for the other.

Based on the video I'm pretty sure it'd work, but testing may disagree. When fitting/measuring the internal tubing, do the start like you did, fittings inside in place, then take both fittings out when you place the tube into the fittings, then put the fittings with the tubing already connected back in. Since the low profile fittings appear to tighten independently of the connection point quite easily. This should allow you to get a tighter fit to compensate for the loss of a compression connection. Should be able to get the extra mm or 2 you likely lose due to needing some manipulation space.

im glad to see jay and gamersnexus have a good relation the only two tech reviewers i even care to watch

2 of those would be nice for car build, make them as cylinder heads for a v-engine

A dual loop with the runs passing through the other loops resivour would look pretty cool. Have them different colors too.

Hey jay, I have a new build in the works in the Thermaltake c700 CTE and I will be using 3x280mm rads and a DDC combo pump. CPU and GPU cooled. Do you think I will have any issues or should I get a booster pump? The rad will be side/side/bottom so the highest it will have to pump is the CPU I am removing my Filter from the loop and adding a flow meter for less restriction. Although the filter I have can be used w/o the filter screen just for looks so I may leave it in for that haha. thanks for all you do man!!

Would be kind of cool to run two of those with two "seperate" cooling loops for cpu/gpu with different color liquid going through tubes of other color (hard to make sense of that) but you get it.

Assuming there is some insane case that would actually fit this idea: Dual system with the silver (angelic theme?) reservoir and the black (demon theme?) reservoir. That way you can use both colors, not have to make them symmetrical (since they are "opposed" to each other), and would be extremely over the top (the J2C special!). Bonus points for one system being AMD, one being Intel. (Simply for the ridiculousness of the whole thing)

~10:30 in, you're talking about the fittings not having any sort of clamping ability like external ones. It's not like you need to worry about them leaking at all. :)

With two blocks/loops, use one with clear water and the other with an intense color. And then run the color tubing through the clear water block.

As much as I'd love to see you complete a build - I fail to see the value of something like this. Face it - 99.9% of folks would only water-cool the CPU (let's assume) - CPU cooler blocks have one inlet/one outlet - why would anyone use the inner tubing/fixtures to create internal closed-loops? How does that cool anything?

Oooh, if you had two loops that don’t connect (say for a GPU and CPU) you could use the reservoir for one with a transparent color and then do several tubes inside with like a glitter color additive. Then you get lines of one color running through your other color. Could look neat

You could do 2 different loops with 2 different colors & have one color pass through the other colors distro plate.. like the reservoir is Green liquid for GPU (Nvidia) but that 90 tube bend has Blue for the CPU (Intel). Just a cool idea I think and you could just loop back to the inside for a second bend.. wish I could do a 3d render of what I have in my head to better explain it but I don't know how to use 3D software (I actually don't even own any either 😂)

Got to make it worth it and be a challenge for you. Open case and that distro with a all the spare ports used up with a basket weave or abstract tubing design. Yes wasteful but it would be cool to see. Im sure you got tons of scrap tubing that would work perfect. Even different styles and material tubing All weaved would look awesome

ASUS GT-502, you can use it with 3 radiators (i'm currently building in it and it awesome !

2 in a build but separate loops with different colours so you could have one loop pass through inside the manifold of the other

V3000+ rotated layout you have rear distro and front distro

Would be awesome if you use two plates as you are planning to do. But here comes the kicker: dual loop. One plate holds the liquid for the loop and the other plate contains the pipes for that loop. This means you could do a 2 color loop. Example: having a purple reservoir liquid with green liquid in the tubes inside the reservoir and the other one would be the other way around. So many options, so many headaches.

I’d say this is a customisable distribution plate/reservoir and I love the idea of

Make a custom case out of Maple. Nice open air water-cooled art piece. Or fabricate one in the auto shop. Or just one of your myriad huge cases you've shown in the past... I don't know. I just really like the thought of a handmade wooden case to attach on a wall somewhere or as part of the desk. Seems really cool.

you need to install both and use two different colours (or clear and colour or use colour tubes) then feed through each other

Put your tube connectors on the tubes before installing the tubing. Fit your tubing to the 90 degree fittings, and use your "non compression fittings to lock the seal per tightening. Those fittings seal by bringing the tubing into the threads of the connection.

whoa you could use two of these, pump one color fluid THROUGH the loophole (without going into the res portion) and have another color fluid flowing thru the res portion, and vice versa for a second one :o

I find it funny how watercooling got so much more complex and complicated (that is if you want to spend the money on that stuff) even so non of that stuff does help the cooling as such in any way shape or form. Just shove in a radiator, run some tubes to where needed and put on the non window sidepanels so you don´t have to bother with how it looks.

Next step EK is going to make a case with holes. Your case becomes a reservoir with inlet/outlet points.

You should build in the new Corsair 6500X case and use a Project Zero/BTF mobo so all the cables connect to the back of the board

My biggest concern is having that many options to run tubing inside would increase the risk of a leak over time. As someone who used to do a custom loop I still prefer the pump/res combo. I do like the look of the low profile fittings but would prefer them to come with the metal collar to keep the tube from popping out. I can no longer afford it so i use an AIO.