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Mini frige case

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stevedave

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I have a mini fridge that I no longer use and I'm thinking of created a sealed PC and putting it in the mini fridge to keep it crazy cool.

Has this been done before and will the condensation find a way to seep into a sealed case?
 
Im not sure that would work. If its sealed it should be ok.
What i would recommend is having a rad outside the casing but still in the fridge, should keep ure temps in the low figures
 
A mini fridge can't compete with the heat of a computer.

Oranges and banannas don't generate heat. A computer does.

The fridge is made to keep oranges and banannas cool... Thus we have a problem ;)
 
Also, a mini fridge is not designed for continuous operation. I am assuming this is a compressor based refrigerator. A peltier system might be ok.
 
A mini fridge, or hell, a fridge period doesn't have the ability to get rid of 300+ watts of heat continously that a normal computer now gives off. If you're looking for that fridge to actually cool your components, it won't. However, it'll make an interesting looking case for lanparties.
 
you could have the pc submerged in oil... that'll stop condensation problems, but like people have said, a mini-fridge isn't designed to stay on constantly; it's designed to keep cool things cold, not things that stay 40c+ cold.

if you're serious, look into phase change cooling.
 
Teknokid said:
wouldnt it help with a water cooling rad?
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Probably for a short time, but i'm thinking that all the heat that the rad produces will end up getting trapped in the fridge and since it can't dissipate it fast enough, your temps will just steadily continue to rise.
 
Well if putting my pc in it is a no go what the hell should I do with the mini fridge. Maybe I'll do something crazy with it like fill it up with sodas or even better I can put two milk jugs of gas in it and drop some powdered chlorine and brake fluid in a soda bottle throw it in the fridge close the door and stand back for the boom.
 
even better fill it with aluminum and iron oxide3or4 (rust) in a 1to3.2 ratio by weight, respectively. light it with magnesium or potassium permaginate+a drop of antifreeze. you will have a puddle of refrigerator in a small crator in about 30 seconds. this is how i get rid of unwanted hard drives :)
 
Um, why don't you put a throw pillow on the top of it, fill it with beer, and use it as a beer-filled ottoman in your living room? (like any other red-blooded american man would do... or am I the only one that does this?)
 
turn it into a kegerator. All you need to do is use 5 gallon mini kegs, a tank of co2, and a tap. Run your lines with a pull tap on top and there you go.
 
that's not a fridge, that's a vertical styrofoam cooler... there's no actual refridgeration hardware. I'm assuming the OP is actually talking about a mini[beer]fridge that has a compressor, radiator and heat exchanger, which don't work well as a computer cooling device.
 
hmm yeh but you could simply put the pc in the fridge/freezer then have fans still on inside to keep it cool... the fridges thick case would keep it silent!
 
G66 said:
hmm yeh but you could simply put the pc in the fridge/freezer then have fans still on inside to keep it cool... the fridges thick case would keep it silent!
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but the heat from the heatsinks has to go somewhere, and since the freezer is a sealed case the heat would be trapped inside. this way the inside would get hotter and hotter until the point the freezer would have to run permanent and burn out aswell :(
 
I built one of these years ago and used it for around a year. It was able to keep the PC around 80F continuously but it had to run constantly to do this.

It was actually pretty nice other than that. It had a clear front and pull out racks with room for 6 Cd drives, 2 floppy and 6 hdds on a pull out rack. There was also 2 motherboard mounts, room for 2 power supplies and my own custom moisture trapping system to keep it nice and dry. The water trap would fill up about every 1-2 weeks and require emptying.

I've always meant to swap out the cooling hardware for A/C parts. 8000BTU should be more than enough to chill a PC. It's been in storage for several years now waiting for that upgrade.
 
I think it will work, but not well. Refrigerators are designed to KEEP stuff cold, not COOL heat sources.
 
This thread is getting really pointless right about now. The same thing has been mentioned over and over. It won't work. Not only will heat be trapped, but the fridge will run 24/7 and die out. Little searching would have answered a lot of questions...

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1174350

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=986090

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=101902 <-- I would recommend this before putting a pc in a fridge.

There are a lot more threads about this subject. But most of them are just repeats... I wonder why :rolleyes:
 
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