Crazy Cooling Ideas!

[Owen_Evans]

Im thinking of crazy idea's to help cool down a cpu.. How about putting lots of icecubes at my side chasis intake fan's! wonder if that would help or would the moisture damage the computer lol! anyone else got any idea's?

[bruins004]

How about getting a better CPU heatsink like the Tuniq Tower or the Thermaltake Ultra 120.

You could also install more fans to blow onto the CPU, however please remember, when you add a lot of intake fans you should add some outtake fans as well.

[3991vhtes]

Putting Ice in your computer would be the dumbest thing ever. Water and electronics do NOT get along too well......

[DaMulta]

You could cut out a tupperware bowl and silicon it around your heatsink. Then fill it up with dryice:)

[bruins004]

Putting Ice in your computer would be the dumbest thing ever. Water and electronics do NOT get along too well......

This is true to an extent.
Water and electronics do not mix well when the electronic has electricity going through it.
However, if you do not have electricity going through it than you could (dont know why) put water on it and not harm it.
You will ONLY be able to turn it on again once ALL of the water has dried up or else it will damage the computer.

I have heard of people putting their motherboard in the dishwasher and letting it completely dry and then install it again.
It worked without a problem.

[Owen_Evans]

how about getting an Air Conditioner ,setting it too its coldest and sitting it next to the computer?
(edit) I also have a Mini fridge i could open and sit beside it lol

[bruins004]

how about getting an Air Conditioner ,setting it too its coldest and sitting it next to the computer?
(edit) I also have a Mini fridge i could open and sit beside it lol

That might create condensation within the case which would not help you out.
Just go out and spend $50 on a new cooler if you dont like your temps or get more fans.

[DaMulta]

You could run a watercool setup with that Mini fridge or Air Conditioner...but yes, you do need to watch out for condensation .

[nflesher87]

use deionized water for the ice cubes and you wouldn't have to worry about the condesation...water on conducts electricity because of the ions dissolved in it as a solution

[pbmaster]

That is true!! But I really don't know why you would go to all that trouble when you could just get a new cooler. :p

[Darknova]

The cost of all these ideas...as well as the (very) high chance of blowing up your PC, as just not worth not buying a cooler. Just pick up an Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 64, they are so damn cheap now and do a very good job.

[nflesher87]

lol yeah I was just stating the fact about the deionized water...not suggesting it haha
although you could use a solid but thin heatsink almost like a cup and put straight deionized ice in it (not in a case of course but with the mobo lying flat on something)

[strick94u]

You could build your system out side of A lab in antarctic where they recorded the lowest temp ever>> "Scientists recorded the world's lowest temperature, -128.6 °F (-89.2 °C), at Vostok Station …."<<


that should be about right :D

[Cuzza]

use deionized water for the ice cubes and you wouldn't have to worry about the condesation...water on conducts electricity because of the ions dissolved in it as a solution

I wouldn't. By the time the water evaporates and condenses again on the surface it will have picked up enough shit out of the air and off the surface to be conductive.

[kwchang007]

Crazy cooling, check out this thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=28611&

[sneekypeet]

u know if the ice was outside the case...in theory it could work. If my car history serves me correctly , they used to AC autos with a box that hung in the window. The box was filled with ice and as you drove the outside air passed over the ice and made AC....did drip ALOT tho. just my 2 pennies!

[kwchang007]

u know if the ice was outside the case...in theory it could work. If my car history serves me correctly , they used to AC autos with a box that hung in the window. The box was filled with ice and as you drove the outside air passed over the ice and made AC....did drip ALOT tho. just my 2 pennies!

But there would be increased chances of condensation due to the increase in humidity.

[ex_reven]

tec/watercooled not crazy enough for you?

[kwchang007]

tec/watercooled not crazy enough for you?

Me? or just this whole thread in general?

[ex_reven]

Me? or just this whole thread in general?

The latter.

[Chewy]

get a good air cooler and an air conditioner in your room if its hot where your at :P

ex revens idea is as good as it gets before dry ice I think, which is out of anyone whos not a millionaires league to use 24/7.

but yes just get a Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 64 as Darknova said. its only like 30$ taxes in at most and fairs up thier with the best air coolers.

[nflesher87]

chang that ice cube cooling looked fun :) though if seriously doing it you would have to use a heatsink container and a lot of ice...plus the ice wouldn't last long, and you'd be guaranteed no lower than 0C unlike TEC/WCing that gets <0C

[ex_reven]

chang that ice cube cooling looked fun :) though if seriously doing it you would have to use a heatsink container and a lot of ice...plus the ice wouldn't last long, and you'd be guaranteed no lower than 0C unlike TEC/WCing that gets <0C

How does watercooling get below zero :wtf:

[nflesher87]

How does watercooling get below zero :wtf:

TEC/WC combo
refer to d44ve's for sale thread

[kwchang007]

chang that ice cube cooling looked fun :) though if seriously doing it you would have to use a heatsink container and a lot of ice...plus the ice wouldn't last long, and you'd be guaranteed no lower than 0C unlike TEC/WCing that gets <0C

It was fun, just pointless since the cpu overheated because it melted a hole and none of the ice touched the core. Fun while it lasted. Oh and heatsink+alot of ice....ehh idk you'd have to have a waterproof heatsink at the bottom. We had to wipe up the water that got onto the mobo. And watching ice boil while part of it's still ice, that's awesome.

[nflesher87]

It was fun, just pointless since the cpu overheated because it melted a hole and none of the ice touched the core. Fun while it lasted. Oh and heatsink+alot of ice....ehh idk you'd have to have a waterproof heatsink at the bottom. We had to wipe up the water that got onto the mobo. And watching ice boil while part of it's still ice, that's awesome.

right, picture a heatsink similar to a food can with only one end off :)
for example:
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/419995/2/istockphoto_419995_empty_can.jpg
:)

[kwchang007]

right, picture a heatsink similar to a food can with only one end off :)
for example:
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/419995/2/istockphoto_419995_empty_can.jpg
:)

Lol, yeahh, of course dry ice is leaps and bounds better than normal ice. It's also quite accessible I think there was one in like a food lion by ocean city in MD. But once again, there's nothing quite like watching an ice cube boil.

[ex_reven]

It was fun, just pointless since the cpu overheated because it melted a hole and none of the ice touched the core. Fun while it lasted. Oh and heatsink+alot of ice....ehh idk you'd have to have a waterproof heatsink at the bottom. We had to wipe up the water that got onto the mobo. And watching ice boil while part of it's still ice, that's awesome.

You could try the way they do it with the LN2.
A conductive reservoir on top of the HS, filled with ice.
All you'd need to do is put insulation aroud the reservoir so that there is no condensation.
The only uninsulated area would be where it makes contact with the HS.

[nflesher87]

You could try the way they do it with the LN2.
A conductive reservoir on top of the HS, filled with ice.
All you'd need to do is put insulation aroud the reservoir so that there is no condensation.
The only uninsulated area would be where it makes contact with the HS.

exactly! (ie my tin can idea just explained in much better detail ;))

BYAH!

[ex_reven]

exactly! (ie my tin can idea just explained in much better detail ;))

BYAH!

If by better you mean causing condensation and detroying your motherboard/cpu, then yes :laugh:

[a111087]

lol, i posted the topic "Crazy Cooling Idea" a while ago :D
and i had the idea of cooling an air inside the case...

[nflesher87]

lol, i posted the topic "Crazy Cooling Idea" a while ago :D
and i had the idea of cooling an air inside the case...

huh>?

[DrunkenMafia]

I have seen a pc completely immersed in a non conductive oil... that would be kinda extreme.. I guess...

Just don't knock the f'in thing over

[nflesher87]

o0o0o cool mafia, i wonder if it did any good at cooling?

[ex_reven]

o0o0o cool mafia, i wonder if it did any good at cooling?

Nope. The system sits at a temp above ambient room temperature.
The only thing its good for is a silent system, and then again its not really silent since the moving parts (i.e. hard drive) cant be submerged anyway.

[mandelore]

it was crappy at cooling, since it had no flow in the oil, at least the 1 i seen on tpu a while back

[ex_reven]

What about immersing the system in a small tub filled with a liquid they use in Water Cooling systems (small enough to keep the movement of the fluid high) and adding a water cooling loop to it to circulate the water through a few radiators to keep the fluid at room temp.

[nflesher87]

if you're doing that much you may as well screw the room temp idea and have the radiators hooked up to something that will cool the liquid a lot more

[sneekypeet]

http://reviews.pimprig.com/cooling/waffer_tech_pc_aircon_pac_400.php

AC FOR THE PC....been done by profesionals

[Oliver_FF]

Next time your watering your garden, cut your hose in half and mount a waterblock in the middle XD turn the hose on, give it 5 mins to get the real cold water flowing :toast:

[nflesher87]

Next time your watering your garden, cut your hose in half and mount a waterblock in the middle XD turn the hose on, give it 5 mins to get the real cold water flowing :toast:

it's crazy, I'll give ya that ;)

[kwchang007]

http://reviews.pimprig.com/cooling/waffer_tech_pc_aircon_pac_400.php

AC FOR THE PC....been done by profesionals

That's awesome, but it's huge.

[zCexVe]

Well,one of the dumbest ideas.lol no offence.Better u put ur PC in oil without the PSU+HDD+Optical+floppy(If you got those bastards).That'll be a good idea and its actually being done.Even deionized water will be ionized while goin through the normal air.

[nflesher87]

Well,one of the dumbest ideas.lol no offence.Better u put ur PC in oil without the PSU+HDD+Optical+floppy(If you got those bastards).That'll be a good idea and its actually being done.Even deionized water will be ionized while goin through the normal air.

not that I intended to try DEI, but I figured a decently air purified room that is very clean would be fine, the DEI wouldn't pick up enough particles to make it conductive