Put components in a fridge?

aeonrevolution

aeonrevolution

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So um....could I do this? Buy some sort of mini fridge and just nail in all my parts and turn on the fridge?

I'm totally not joking either.


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One of a online friend and [H] member too did this once. Ill get him to answer any questions you have ;)
 
if its air in that fridge. then yes. there will be condensation water crystals in the air will freeze and stick to the mobo and heat from the mobo will melt and BOOM... nuclear winter
 
Linked said:
if its air in that fridge. then yes. there will be condensation water crystals in the air will freeze and stick to the mobo and heat from the mobo will melt and BOOM... nuclear winter
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lol. Well he did drill holes for it, but then got rid of the fridge. It was just for an experiment.
 
Well darnit.

I'm sure this thread has been made like a jillion times too. :D



What if I just stick my case on top of the air vent when we have the air condition on? :D

Or stick it sideways sot he 250mm intake fan on the side of the case can suck up all the nice cool goodness. :cool:
 
nah. The fridge can't keep up with an object producing its own heat. You might have luck with a deep freezer though. Try it out and get back to us. :p
 
aeonrevolution said:
So um....could I do this? Buy some sort of mini fridge and just nail in all my parts and turn on the fridge?

I'm totally not joking either.


:confused:
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Almost imposible, I tryed my self. the damn thing wont keep up, and still if you made holes in the fridge it would do the work well anyway...

HomerRulez said:
the member wont be able to answer the question. His computers dead!
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What? Im still here xD

w1retap said:
nah. The fridge can't keep up with an object producing its own heat. You might have luck with a deep freezer though. Try it out and get back to us. :p
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Agree the mimi fridge cant keep up at all :( Now a deep freezer I need to try :p
 
If you are looking for extreme cooling you could always take the route of making a Plexi glass case and fill it with oil.

They did it one site I think it was tomshardware but not positive.
 
Meat and vegetables don't produce heat.
Computers do produce heat.

A fridge is meant to cool meat and vegetables, ergo the computer is a nogo ;)
 
get it cold enough, and condensation is not that big of an issue...when the fridge is closed that is. I've done this.. let me fill you in

first of all remember.. localize the temperature drops.. the more surface area you have exposed to the cold, the more surface area exposed to condensation... well if your computer is in a fridge.. that went right out the window.

run all your lines through a loom hole, and seal it, computer in the freezer operating as normal, everything is fine (and cold as hell) .. looks great... life is good... oh wait.. I forgot to throw the clip down on the PCI-E card - open fridge door, hot air rushes in, condensation almost instantly forms on your hardware, computer wasted. See for yourself, go open your fridge and leave it open for about a minute and observe... there are ways of getting around this, but it mostly revolves around entirely passive HSF's and the entire computer sealed in a plastic vacuum bag, or dipped in sealent... when it's all said it done it falls in the same category as submerged systems... cool at first, but not a realistic solution to cooling.
 
A friend once built a water cooled system with the cooling loop going through a mini fridge. The water stayed at about 3C idle, 10C load, but as has been stated before in this thread, a refrigerator is not designed for 100% duty cycle. It cycles on and off as needed. Since we were demanding 100% duty cycle out of it, we ended up having to cool the heat exchanger on the back of the fridge with 4x120mm fans to keep it from melting. Ultimately, it's a fun experiment that in operation is fairly clumsy and really not worth the trouble.

There was a guy at quakecon a few years ago that built a system in a wine cooler fridge. It only took the internal temp down to 45ish degrees so condensation wasn't much of an issue.
 
[RCKY] Thor;1030840779 said:
A friend once built a water cooled system with the cooling loop going through a mini fridge. The water stayed at about 3C idle, 10C load, but as has been stated before in this thread, a refrigerator is not designed for 100% duty cycle. It cycles on and off as needed. Since we were demanding 100% duty cycle out of it, we ended up having to cool the heat exchanger on the back of the fridge with 4x120mm fans to keep it from melting. Ultimately, it's a fun experiment that in operation is fairly clumsy and really not worth the trouble.
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I've tried this as well, except I was't using a fridge/evaporator, I used a TEC system on a large surface area exchanger, same premise though, chilled water. As long as you are experienced with cutting neopreme gaskets for the cooled regions, you should be okay.. for a while.
 
[RCKY] Thor;1030840779 said:
A friend once built a water cooled system with the cooling loop going through a mini fridge. The water stayed at about 3C idle, 10C load, but as has been stated before in this thread, a refrigerator is not designed for 100% duty cycle. It cycles on and off as needed. Since we were demanding 100% duty cycle out of it, we ended up having to cool the heat exchanger on the back of the fridge with 4x120mm fans to keep it from melting. Ultimately, it's a fun experiment that in operation is fairly clumsy and really not worth the trouble.

There was a guy at quakecon a few years ago that built a system in a wine cooler fridge. It only took the internal temp down to 45ish degrees so condensation wasn't much of an issue.
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Yeah I remember that system... did you see the phase cooled submerged system a few years back? '02 or '03? the ambient temp on the mobo and processor was like -18*C.. and that was EVERYWHERE... almost no temperature fluctuation on any hardware

it lasted for the first day of quakecon, and those crazy kids managed to return the mobo to fry's (after it was submerged in mineral oil?!) and get a new one!
 
Linked said:
if its air in that fridge. then yes. there will be condensation water crystals in the air will freeze and stick to the mobo and heat from the mobo will melt and BOOM... nuclear winter
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false. water condensates onto surfaces that are below the dew point. if the air is cooled off, then something warm is placed in cool air, there will be no condensation.. if there is, then the air in the fridge will be have suspended water in it (fog/cloud) from the water condensing out.. ;)
 
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