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Chilled water cooling?

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topcaliber

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How good would cold water coming out of my fridge and going into my loop be?

Would you describe the improvement to be minimal, worth doing, or great?

Also I know water condensation will be a problem... Does anybody have any ideas besides insulating the motherboard?
 
Another refrigerator thread.... fail idea. Use the search function you will find many topics.
 
topcaliber said:
Lower temps?
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Lower than what?

Are you trying to keep your CPU at 5C for some reason? Are you OCing and running into thermal issues and hoping that adding refrigeration can bring you from 80C to 60C?

Be specific.
 
So you just want your CPU at 20C instead of 40? Is that the point here?

What will that accomplish for you?
 
topcaliber said:
Disappointing video.
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What's cooler than cool???

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cortexodus said:
TL;DR: Compressor on fridge burns out

/thread
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Part of me wonders if a peltier cooler array would work for chilling down water some.
Would be rather expensive and has a decent chance of doing absolutely nothing though.
 
FnordMan said:
Part of me wonders if a peltier cooler array would work for chilling down water some.
Would be rather expensive and has a decent chance of doing absolutely nothing though.
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I think this guy's video shows a way of doing what you're talking about. imho it doesn't make a lot of sense because you'd just wind up needing another cooling loop just for the hot-side of the peltier. It doesn't seem like a particularly efficient cooling methodology since you could just use the additional cooling loop for the PC's hot components instead of for the chiller. I imagine that someone more versed in WC loops than I am would have a better perspective on this.
 
cortexodus said:
I think this guy's video shows a way of doing what you're talking about. imho it doesn't make a lot of sense because you'd just wind up needing another cooling loop just for the hot-side of the peltier. It doesn't seem like a particularly efficient cooling methodology since you could just use the additional cooling loop for the PC's hot components instead of for the chiller. I imagine that someone more versed in WC loops than I am would have a better perspective on this.
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You can use peltiers to do sub-ambient cooling, provided you have enough cooling for the hot side. Peltiers are notoriously inefficient for the amount of cooling they provide though.
 
Tsumi said:
You can use peltiers to do sub-ambient cooling, provided you have enough cooling for the hot side. Peltiers are notoriously inefficient for the amount of cooling they provide though.
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That was really what I was getting at. Also, however much (or little) it would help your cooling loop for the water to be chilled in that manner, you still have to dissipate that heat from the space in which the system is physically located. There goes the AC bill... :p
 
cortexodus said:
That was really what I was getting at. Also, however much (or little) it would help your cooling loop for the water to be chilled in that manner, you still have to dissipate that heat from the space in which the system is physically located. There goes the AC bill... :p
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Yep. In short, there is no simple way to cheat physics.
 
So much hate for something that used to be so [H]ard. Peltier on a CPU with water cooling was very popular way back, but I think the heat generated by the CPU's over time outpaced Pelt's abilities to move the heat.
 
I think OP left this site 2 years ago. This necro won't bring him back.
 
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