I fixed PC cooling.

So from what we know about the Optimum cinematic universe he is Optimum Tech, Optimum Plays, Optimum Lifts, and Optimum Car Mods. This man can really do everything

A pre-built PC building company could make this their main feature as a concept and really take off. Great idea.

There has been some stuff like this tried in the past commercially, but it never really succeeded. This is a super complex topic though, not only because fluid dynamics is a masters degree on its own, but you also have to account for all the other parts of the computer that needs some cooling, an almost infinite amount of hardware configurations, the fact that cooling with air is not the same as pushing air into a turbo for fuel, that there is another medium that actually transfers the heat between the source and the air you are moving, fire hazards, material science, the fact that people really like to see their components, convection etc etc. I have seen shrouds like this in the past (dont remember what company) but I like to think there is a reason why they never really took off and that the go-to solution for custom heat exchange is water cooling. But at least it goes to show that theres potential!

If anyone makes this, make sure you still have airflow over the motherboard, you can run into a lot of weird system glitches if you get hotspots on your motherboard! The 2003 Mac G5, HP Z400 from 2009, Z420 from 2013/2014 all had airflow guides. (and probably every Workstation released since)

Man this guy is dedicated to everything he does and I’m all for it

As a mech engineer who's worked with Fusion360 heaps and on the uni racing team, this video couldn't have ticked more geek tickboxes. Love the car brag, certainly earned the rights

I saw someone else cover this in s YT short a few days ago. I liked the video, and I'm glad the algorithm blessed me with your long form video over this build!

This used to be a thing actually

I started doing this with cardboard and masking tape back in 1998. I spent more than a decade having people mock the low-key mods, but I also achieved some pretty epic overclocks. As you've identified in many videos before thhere are really only a couple of parts that are properly temperature-sensitive; the rest just need to be 'cool enough'. You've really added a great engineered look for the first time that I've seen. It's the same outcome as cardboard and tape, but the result is something I'd be happy to show off in a case modding context. The one lesson I learned the hard way was to not take incidental airflow away from the MOSFETs on the motherboard. Keep an eye on those temps for reliability, SSD and RAM aren't as big a drama that way. Looks like the airflow pattern from the top rear intake fan is probably doing an ideal job of keeping the key motherboard and RAM parts cool in this instance though.

Just a tip if you ever decide to revisit this or if anyone else tries this, look into using the "sweep" function as well. It lets you "sweep" a curve you've made along a path you've defined. That lets you make complex ducts with gradual curves more easily, and gradual curves are good for airflow.

Been a while since I watched your videos, man. I gotta say you have significantly improved. This has been informative, clearly explained, and to the point. Stay humble and cool. I think you may be one of the best tech channels around right now.

The production quality... it's just amazing

Such a massive improvement in CPU and GPU temps, would love to see some data posted on how the VRMs/RAM/other components are doing.

I'm loving these more engineering focused projects! Keep up the good work

This is absolutely killer man.. I think this is a huge deal. Such an accessible idea, but its a proof of concept that payed off so well that it's impossible to ignore. The accessibility of this compared to water cooling solutions is night and day. Anybody with access to a 3D printer (even at their local library), a set of calipers, adn the willingness to spend a couple hours learning to model everything can take advantage of this and really push their hardware. I will be looking into doing this for my PC. The optimization opportunities are unreal with a 10 degree variance. Even just pushing it back up to the same temps afterwards would be some crazy performance upgrades. Good shit man

This is actually awesome. I'm a 3D modeller/designer in the manufacturing industry and there are several ways to use the loft and shell commands to optimise your current design. Airflow clings to edges and 3D printing ridges and those straight lines would be causing some turbulence, decreasing the overall efficiency. I would be rounding everything possible to lessen this. However, you are 90% there and I'm definitely going to use this design methodology on my next build. I also have the advantage of 3D rendering skills so I can design this and also test how it will look before printing. Thanks for this idea!

Tunneling like this is one of those things/concepts that I'm sure a lot of us PC enthusiasts have at least briefly imagined in passing and dismissed. Seeing someone actually do it and make it come to life is kinda magical. 😄

These ducts were common in 2000-ish desktops like pentium 2/3s. They sat on the mobo and one fan cooled everything. Later side panel mounted tunnels on towers were the stuff. And LPT controlled LEDs. And old PCI cards with scraped off components and drilled hole as a mount for a small fan under the passively cooled GPU.

Seeing these optimized flow ducts is really satisfying!

Server hardware has been doing this for years and its good to see it finally implemented into desktops. I have seen some older dells and HPs that have intake ducts, but I think this is the first time I've seen a full intake/exhaust setup. Good job my guy! Well Done!