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Convert refridgerator to cooling system?

SeaFoam

SeaFoam

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Is it possible to cut up a small refridgerator and use the components to build a cooling solution?
 
It's better to use an air conditioner as a water chiller and then to water cool your PC.

Better than that, just use all the money for all that and buy the faster CPU that you want. :D
 
I had an extra fridge laying around so I figured I would see if it's feasible.

Actually I just wanted to make sure I wasn't giving something away I could play with.
 
According to the thread above and other sources, the heat load will easily overpower the refrigerator's heat pump. Refrigerators are not designed to run 100% duty cycle. They normally only have to overcome the heat leaking through the insulated walls.
 
Its been done but seldom works well. Fridges are made to suck out the heat of normal temp increases of the normal cool down and occasionally opening the door but just do not do well with the constant heat generated by a high performance CPU. They just cant handle it and the compressor will run all the time if it can even keep up at all.
 
SeaFoam said:
Is it possible to cut up a small refridgerator and use the components to build a cooling solution?
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Yes a phase change cooling like system. I built one 2 years ago using the main cooling unit of a mini Wine Refrigerator and it worked quite well, temps to that of a phase change system (-15 to -30'C range) I will try and dig up some photos later if I can.

You just got to make sure that little roundish spheric tank at the back of your fridge has all the "uhmfff" to cooling and is the backbone of a phase change system, damage one of those and you won't have a chilled system then. If your going to build one for everyday use, as mentioned by Billperish already, you have to do some extra modding to the unit so it keeps up with everyday usage and you might need to spend in some money too, but hey, $400-500 of work well done and planned out is more worthwhile then a phase change system off PCPowerCool for a 1G.

Also, theres couple of mods done like this as I've seen them around on modding sites, as always google is your best friend.
 
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