Noctua's Next Big Thing: Liquid Cooling and Thermosiphons | Technical Deep-Dive

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Sponsor: Lian Li O11D Evo RGB on Amazon https://geni.us/B3OD Noctua's Computex 2025 showcase includes engineering and design information on their new Thermosiphon cooler and CPU liquid cooler ("AIO"). We also spend time talking about the upcoming Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition PC case, the new NF-A12 G2 fan, and just general engineering topics. Noctua's Jakob Dellinger joins for the technical discussion once again. The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Noctua AIO, Thermosiphon, Fans, and Case 02:57 - Noctua NF-A12 G2 Fans 05:00 - Noctua Liquid Cooler 06:18 - AIO Tuned Mass Damper 09:14 - AIO Block Fan 13:31 - How a Thermosiphon Works 17:38 - The Boiling Crisis 24:41 - Noctua Case Acoustic Directivity ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Writing, Host Mike Gaglione: Editing, Video Vitalii Makhnovets: Video, Editing

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