AC for a computer?

[jordo_99]

well i haven't looked into it hardly at all as to costs, efficiency or how much electricity it would take to run it but...i work in a video/furnature combo store (i know it's messed up to have both sets in one store.)

anyways i got to thinking...i could buy a cheapo fridge and use the cooling system for that as something to model it after and then if it's small enough put it inside a full tower case. I don't actually think it'd work but just think of what it'd be like if it did. lol

i was basically just thinking of if it'd work to take freon out of an old refridgerator and put it into a liquid cooling stystem. comments plz.

 

[harry18]

its poss and been done, very eefective, ju st have to be carful of the refriderants

 

[b1gapl]

....and also the condensation?

 

[jordo_99]

....and also the condensation?

ooohhh i didn't even think of that.

BTW are you guys refering to freon in liquid cooling or just the components cooling the air that way?

 

[Tox1cThreat]

First off, you cant just pour freon into tubing, you have to pressurize it, Also, condensation will be everywhere (i.e. water in your comptuer = NOT GOOD).


What your talking about is called phase change cooling and is essentially like this:


freon (which boils at a LOW temperature (compared to H2O)) runs throught the pipe and as it heats up, turns into a gas (boils) the gas runs to a compressor which compresses the gas back to a liquid form. This is an over simplified explanation, but its what phase change does.

Everything is based on the Pressure/Temprature/Volume model.

There are phase change cooling kits out there if you look for them. expensive buggers though.

 

[jordo_99]

ok thanks toxic. that helps. i figured that there'd be something out there but i didn't know what it'd be called or anything. anybody ever used one or heard of one being used and OCing w/ one in the system?

i bet you could OC like crazy w/ that in there.

 

[b1gapl]

What do you guys think of this?
http://www.crazypc.com/products/938200.html
Cheaper then Phase Change, but I bet it's still good.....brings temps below the ambient temp of the room, it says.

 

[Spartan]

What do you guys think of this?
http://www.crazypc.com/products/938200.html
Cheaper then Phase Change, but I bet it's still good.....brings temps below the ambient temp of the room, it says.

That uses Peltiers to cool the liquid. From the few reviews I have seen, it does the job nicely, but I think that the tubes are a bit small, and the results would not be anywhere close to the phase change. I would guess it would perform the same as a ~$300 WC kit.

Lemme find the review...

 

[jordo_99]

yeah that's really expensive but i can't expect such a thing to be cheap. and something that i'm talking about would have the liquid well below room temp. not just below. i'm talking like 5-10C or below before it gets to Heatsinks.

 

[massacreinfallx]

what about if you just took your computer and stuck it inside of a regular rerigerator? would that work?