Skip to main content

Cooling


Latest in
Cooling

Video

256 GB on AM5: E-Z Mode!

Video

Cooling Two Epyc CPUs with the Silverstone XE360P-DD!

Video

The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 3 2025: Grand Theft Wind

Video

The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 18 2025: Dire Wolves, Demystified

Video

The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 9 2025: Bye Bye BSOD

Video

The Level1 Show March 26 2025: Echoes of Past Privacy

Video

What I've Learned Building High End Systems In 2024

Video

The Level1 Show December 27 2024: California Murder Squirrel

Video

The Level1 Show November 20 2024: All The Better To Troll You With, My Dear

Video

Intel Has a Problem Part 2: Post Mortem: Revived. But the Aftermath?

Support us.

(Pretty please?)

256 GB on AM5: E-Z Mode!

Posted by wendell on

Yes, it's possible! Here is everything you need to consider when building.

0:00 Intro
0:38 Case
1:37 Motherboard and DIMMs
7:20 Fans and Configurations and Cooling
9:58 GPUs
12:20 PSUs
13:39 Storage
20:40 Special Shout Out
22:14 Putting the Build to Work
23:22 Conclusion

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1

For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

Cooling Two Epyc CPUs with the Silverstone XE360P-DD!

Posted by wendell on

Epyc is a beast of a CPU, so you need a beast of a cooler to keep up with it, and Silverstone has you covered!

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/coolers/xe360pdd/?locati…

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1

For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 3 2025: Grand Theft Wind

Posted by wendell on

https://www.youtube.com/@Level1LinksWithFriends
Go Subscribe to our New Links with Friends Channel!
Starting in July, we're going to post links with friends on its own channel. This is still Level1Techs, we’re just separating the content types so they can take their own algorithm journeys. We also plan on posting more videos with the trio on that page!

https://www.one-tab.com/page/IKrNTRqvRyWAaFc-IrndEA
https://www.one-tab.com/page/Z0j9AcNSRtCCWX0GvGIAhA

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Trump says his tariffs on Apple will also apply to Samsung
2:08 - Trump signs orders to overhaul NRC, speed reactor deployment
3:11 - Trump admin tells SCOTUS: ISPs shouldn’t be forced to boot alleged pirates
4:58 - Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
6:40 - US will ban foreign officials to punish countries for social media rules
7:51 - US SEC dismisses lawsuit against Binance crypto exchange
9:16 - CISA loses nearly all top officials as purge continues
10:22 - Nancy Mace’s Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her
11:31 - Texas Adopts Online Child-Safety Bill Opposed by Apple’s CEO
12:45 - WA consumers will gain ‘right to repair’ cellphones, other electronics
13:36 - An Old School Star Wars Fan Website Was Alledgedly Run By The CIA
14:24 - Europe tries to force age verification onto Pornhub and other adult sites
15:05 - Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers
16:48 - German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud in emissions scandal
17:34 - German court rules cookie banners must offer "reject all" button
18:44 - Belgians accused of ‘stealing wind’ from the Dutch
19:39 - Pakistan allocates 2,000 megawatts of electricity to bitcoin mining, AI data centres
20:22 - 'Absolutely shocking': Bombay HC slams Maharashtra government over arrest of 19-year-old student for post on Op Sindoor
21:28 - India's alarm over Chinese spying rocks the surveillance industry
22:20 - Nvidia to launch cheaper Blackwell AI chip for China after US export curbs, sources say
23:03 - Putin says services like Microsoft, Zoom should be 'throttled' in Russia
23:30 - Yes, Social Media Might Be Making Kids Depressed
24:53 - xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1

For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 18 2025: Dire Wolves, Demystified

Posted by wendell on

https://www.youtube.com/@Level1LinksWithFriends
Go Subscribe to our New Links with Friends Channel!
Starting in July, we're going to post links with friends on its own channel. This is still Level1Techs, we’re just separating the content types so they can take their own algorithm journeys. We also plan on posting more videos with the trio on that page!

https://www.one-tab.com/page/Wcs-ezT_QsCbZytWRjpr4g
https://www.one-tab.com/page/HAdF-zWaTauz9CtADySq4A

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - OpenAI expands ChatGPT's memory to include full conversation history
1:17 - Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit
2:16 - Anthropic rolls out a $200-per-month Claude subscription
2:57 - Midjourney releases V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year
3:44 - Meta Says Its Latest AI Model Is Less Woke, More Like Elon's Grok
4:27 - Meta gets caught gaming AI benchmarks with Llama 4
5:26 - Shopify CEO: Prove AI can't do jobs before asking for more headcount
6:10 - Tinder lets you flirt with AI characters. Three of them dumped me.
7:30 - WHAMM! Real-time world modelling of interactive environments.
9:26 - The AI therapist can see you now
10:42 - WordPress.com will now build you a full website with AI
11:53 - Fake job seekers use AI to interview for remote jobs, tech CEOs say
13:06 - U.S.'s AI lead over China rapidly shrinking
13:40 - An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it
14:47 - Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall
16:08 - Most Americans don’t trust AI — or the people in charge of it
17:11 - Fintech founder charged with fraud after 'AI' shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines
17:55 - Kawasaki Unveils Robot Horse Powered by Hydrogen
18:23 - Samsung's cute Ballie robot arrives this summer with Google Gemini in tow
19:36 - Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, but riders will be able to opt out
20:10 - Defence tech startup ARX targets 1,800 land drones a year at new UK plant
20:51 - Hyundai to buy 'tens of thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots
22:04 - 'Minecraft Movie' Leaks Online: Full Unfinished Version Shared
22:44 - Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town
24:03 - Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations Selected by the NFL to Revolutionize Line to Gain Measurements
24:55 - Pirates fan asked to remove bag from his head during game, team cites safety risk
25:39 - A church in England opens its doors to pro wrestling to attract converts
26:13 - Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
26:44 - Publishers Clearing House files for bankruptcy
27:32 - GA 911 caller hears dispatcher ordering McGriddle during emergency call
28:41 - Belgian prince loses legal battle to receive social security benefits on top of royal allowance
29:31 - Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Preparations for Operating Major Neighbourhood-serving Amenities Built in Third-stage Section of Hwasong Area
31:30 - Woman called AAA during standoff to fix tire police had just spiked, report says
32:38 - 'I'm in GTA, bro': Draper man filmed and posted chase with police, charges say
33:19 - Police escort woman off flight after she is unable to pay for Pringles
34:32 - The truth behind the de-extinction of the dire wolf
35:52 - Rescue mission: 17 rare mountain bongos airlifted halfway around the world – see inside the epic journey
36:39 - Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa
37:20 - Man, 71, arrested after 7 ’emotional support’ tigers found in his house

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1

For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 9 2025: Bye Bye BSOD

Posted by wendell on

Subscribe to our new @Level1LinksWithFriends channel!
Starting in July, we're going to post links with friends on its own channel. This is still Level1Techs, we’re just separating the content types so they can take their own algorithm journeys. We also plan on posting more videos with the trio on that page!

https://www.one-tab.com/page/2UzW-inYQfelSY55AkJB4A

0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Intel refreshes iconic brand with 'That's the power of Intel Inside' campaign
1:58 - Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Says Company Will Spin Off Non-Core Units
3:22 - Intel, TSMC tentatively agree to form chipmaking joint venture, the Information reports
4:10 - Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago to Jakarta
5:12 - Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China
5:52 - Micron confirms memory price hikes as AI and data center demand surges
6:45 - The Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5 at $450
8:18 - Samsung’s 2025 Bespoke appliances are going all in on AI
9:40 - TV manufacturers selling sets at a loss for advertising rewards
10:36 - Two-Thirds of Americans Now Say They Wouldn’t Drive a Tesla
11:06 - Tesla's March sales dive in Germany, edge down in UK
11:50 - Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech
13:44 - Amazon set to launch first operational satellites for Kuiper network
14:38 - Open-source tool designed to throttle PC and server performance based on electricity pricing — lightweight CLI will automatically limit clocks during peak hours
15:45 - Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
16:35 - Substack says it’ll legally defend writers ‘targeted by the government’
17:44 - Donkey Kong champion wins defamation case against Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst
19:56 - Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says movie theaters are dead: ‘What is the consumer trying to tell you?’
20:39 - Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it might change to black
21:12 - Oracle Tells Clients of Second Recent Hack, Log-In Data Stolen
21:56 - Former GCHQ intern admits taking top secret data home
22:31 - Fake Chinese companies in Taiwan hired Intel and MSFT talent
23:06 - Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'
22:42 - Dating apps for kink and LGBT communities expose 1.5m private user images online
24:23 - Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
25:54 - Private groups identify, report student protesters for deportation

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1

For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Show March 26 2025: Echoes of Past Privacy

Posted by wendell on

https://www.one-tab.com/page/l4wrUixcSsq1JMj-c5GYhw

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Nvidia CEO says company has not been asked to buy a stake in Intel
1:29 - Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra GB300 and Vera Rubin, its next AI ‘superchips’
3:13 - Startup claims its Zeus GPU is 10X faster than Nvidia's RTX 5090: Bolt's first GPU coming in 2026
4:21 - Sony’s new RGB backlight tech absolutely smokes regular Mini LED TVs
5:20 - BYD unveils new super-charging EV tech, to build charging network in China
6:16 - Nasdaq to end high-speed trading service after regulatory scrutiny, FT reports By Investing.com
7:25 - “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
8:37 - Tesla is recalling most Cybertrucks due to exterior panel issue
10:02 - HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement
11:23 - World's first sodium-ion power bank launched
12:15 - Apple Reportedly Planning AirPods That Can Translate Languages Live
13:06 - IBM cuts US jobs in Classic Cloud and other groups
13:47 - Tesla vehicles damaged at Hamilton dealership: police
14:26 - Google's $32 billion deal for Wiz accelerated under Trump, sources say
15:32 - Huawei's Microsoft Windows license for PCs expires this month, company launching PCs with Harmony OS: Report
16:10 - Apple losing over $1 billion a year on streaming service, the Information reports
16:54 - Employment for computer programmers in the U.S. has plummeted to its lowest level since 1980
18:50 - Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
19:47 - How Bribes Helped a Crime Ring Steal Thousands of iPhones From Porches
20:26 - Startup Rippling sues competitor Deel, claiming a spy stole sales data
21:10 - Medusa ransomware infects 300+, uses 'triple extortion'
22:03 - WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat
23:56 - 'Dogequest' website reportedly doxxing Tesla owners over Musk, Trump
24:56 - Roblox CEO tells parents to keep kids off the platform if safety is a concern
25:51 - Akira ransomware can be cracked with 16 RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours — new counterattack breaks encryption

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1

For all our social links, websites, and more, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

What I've Learned Building High End Systems In 2024

Posted by wendell on

Check Opera One R2 out here!: https://www.opera.com/one

We built a ton of high end systems last year, and with Xeon and Threadripper both being very good options, we thought we'd get a video together about how to go about a high end PC build!

0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Cases
3:10 - Power Supplies
5:56 - Cooling
8:49 - Storage
14:39 - Networking
18:00 - Outro

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Show December 27 2024: California Murder Squirrel

Posted by wendell on

https://www.one-tab.com/page/QFDnL6J1RdOziKdskKarQA

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - OpenAI brings ChatGPT to your landline
2:01 - Microsoft introduces Phi-4, an AI model for advanced reasoning tasks
2:58 - Meta asks California AG to block OpenAI’s switch from non-profit to for-profit
3:40 - Salesforce will hire 2,000 people to sell AI products, CEO Benioff says
5:18 - YouTube is letting creators opt in to allowing third-party AI training
5:53 - UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material
6:27 - itch.io says it was taken down by Funko
8:12 - New Research Shows AI Strategically Lying
11:02 - Waymo robotaxis are coming to Tokyo in 2025
11:43 - A Waymo robotaxi got stuck in a roundabout loop
12:19 - ‘Burning through cash,' Boston Dynamics lays off 45 employees
13:06 - Driverless bus service in Scotland to be withdrawn due to lack of interest
14:08 - Mayorkas says federal authorities are addressing New Jersey drone sightings
14:41 - Astronauts who flew to space aboard Starliner face additional delay
15:31 - The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space
16:23 - MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style
17:59 - New York Considering Special Hotline Just for CEOs to Report Alleged Threats to Their Safety After Brian Thompson Killing
18:55 - Fox News anchor gushes over Trump's new hairdo, calls it ‘the winds of winning’
19:30 - Syria: Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
20:15 - Mount Vernon, New York, police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says
21:19 - Hornets To Return PS5 To Fan After Taking It Away Off Camera
22:32 - Rare Pokémon cards are being used to finance organized crime
24:03 - City of Fukushima to name offenders in malicious cases of unsorted garbage in Japan 1st
25:16 - NSW Police charge two men after ABC triple j Unearthed website allegedly used to plan stabbing inside Goulburn prison
26:07 - More than a million vapes a day in UK thrown away, says research
26:56 - “Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts
27:57 - Man who helped design breathalysers banned for drink driving
28:30 - Polish government releases strategic butter reserves
29:50 - Liquid Death’s Pit Diaper sells out, solves concert bathroom woes
30:40 - Are adults forgetting how to read?
31:13 - Flat Earther admits he was wrong after traveling 9,000 miles to Antarctica to test his belief
31:53 - Italian woman rescued from cave for second time in two years
33:15 - Video: California ground squirrel displays 'carnivorous behavior'

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Show November 20 2024: All The Better To Troll You With, My Dear

Posted by wendell on

https://www.one-tab.com/page/pIrHfb6tR6ysTrGCvMeF-w

0:00 - Intro
0:15 - AMD layoffs: Company to cut 4% of workforce, or about 1,000 employees
0:41 - JPL to layoff 5% of its workforce, the third major layoff this year
1:23 - Struggling DNA-testing site 23andMe to lay off 40% of its workers
2:25 - Gartner Predicts Power Shortages Will Restrict 40% of AI Data Centers By 2027
3:18 - New thermal material provides 72% better cooling than conventional paste
3:49 - Micron unveils industry's first 60TB SSD with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface
4:49 - Amazon developing driver eyeglasses to shave seconds off deliveries, sources say
5:38 - Lithium-ion batteries have ruled for decades. Now they have a challenger.
6:43 - LG's new stretchable display can grow by 50%, bendy panels can be deformed into new form factors
7:30 - Tesla issues sixth Cybertruck recall in a year
8:02 - Workers voice safety concerns after TSMC fined for violations following on-site death
9:13 - Microsoft Edge is trying to forcefully get your Chrome tabs again
11:07 - Google's got new rules for Android 15 virtual machine support
12:18 - A New Streaming Customer Emerges: the Subscription Pauser
13:37 - Academic papers retracted due to ... software licensing?
14:35 - How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub
15:40 - The Open Source Project DeFlock Is Mapping License Plate Surveillance Cameras All Over the World
16:22 - Amazon confirms employee data stolen after hacker claims MOVEit breach
17:02 - 1.5 million Americans hit in massive debt relief service data breach — names, addresses, SSNs and more exposed
17:32 - Police Freak Out at iPhones Mysteriously Rebooting Themselves, Locking Cops Out
18:50 - FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people's private information
19:37 - Phone network employs AI "grandmother" to waste scammers' time with meandering conversations
20:22 - Amazon shuts down secret project to develop fertility tracker
21:05 - DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
21:54 - Why you should always offboard outgoing staff: A disgruntled ex-Disney employee targeted former colleagues with DDoS attacks and hacked its menu system to change peanut allergen information
23:51 - Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices
24:47 - Google Online Security Blog: Safer with Google: New intelligent, real-time protections on Android to keep you safe

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

Intel Has a Problem Part 2: Post Mortem: Revived. But the Aftermath?

Posted by wendell on

Micro Codes have been dispatched. Wendell's got more than a handful of affected CPUs. So? How dead is Intel?

Check out the forum post: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/intel-firmware-updates-october-2024/217…

0:00 intro
1:00 Background
3:30 A Deeper Dive into the Data
5:40 It has to do with the Cooling
9:09 Also Probably Because of the Workload
11:17 Intel Micro Code Release
16:33 The T series?
18:15 Are you Safe?
20:12 Is this Intel's Fault?
22:10 Conclusion

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk