Re: "fans seems to work fine" & "It's not enough that they spin".. Try building your own water cooling from junk...
Re: "fans seems to work fine" & "It's not enough that they spin"...
"I've not really wanted to get into the expense of trying a liquid cooled system. But the idea of a silent system, one using heatpipes and massive heatsinks appeals to me, because I miss having a silent workroom."
I think the personal computer is a bit of a bad design (in may ways), but just regarding the cooling aspect of it."
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"Liquid cooled"..?
Umm?.. thin 1/4" soft copper pipe wrapped around hot things like how a still is made, but not touching anything..
Run a tiny 12 volt pump with plumbing antifreeze in it.. Cool the pump, and a coil of copper near the pump with a small silent case fan.. Be sure to filter the air that touches the fan..
Or use the business parts of a small air conditioner or dehumidifier.. Extreme caution with cooling devices.. Freon is safe in a peaceful environment, but when freon meets flame, it turns the freon into an extremely deadly poison, is why car and house fires are so dangerous..
What if someone built a tower in a cylinder shape..? Properly placed fans might set up a turbo effect for better cooling.. Plus, round towers could be decorated such to be hidden/disguised, or part of a room's décor..
Take a looksee at the bathroom and kitchen fan covers in your home.. Are they totally plugged with dust..? Have you looked at the fans inside your tower yet..?
On 09/26/2011 04:38 PM, Linda McLeod wrote:
What if someone built a tower in a cylinder shape..?
There's a company that specializes in doing exactly that, but I think you'll find their products to be a tad pricy: Cray.
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 16:38 -0700, Linda McLeod wrote:
"Liquid cooled"..?
Umm?.. thin 1/4" soft copper pipe wrapped around hot things like how a still is made, but not touching anything..
Heatsinks with a coolant pumped through them to external radiators. Essentially the same sort of thing as used in car engines, more than how a fridge works (which relies on compression and expansion of gas).
A simple device, but often stupidly overpriced, for what it is.
Or use the business parts of a small air conditioner or dehumidifier..
The troubles with a refrigeration approach, rather than just improved heat dissipation are overcooling, condensation, and ice.
What if someone built a tower in a cylinder shape..? Properly placed fans might set up a turbo effect for better cooling.. Plus, round towers could be decorated such to be hidden/disguised, or part of a room's décor..
Not so sure that'd be a good idea. There are probably better options about internal design, than playing with cylinders. Such as making sure that cards are vertical (like in desktop cases) rather than horizontal (as in towers), so that they can radiate heat away from themselves better. With a vertical card, getting hot actually creates an airflow.
Take a looksee at the bathroom and kitchen fan covers in your home.. Are they totally plugged with dust..?
Probably not such a great comparison, as they tend to have large vents, large airflow volumes, and can still operate effectively even with large amounts of clutter splattered through them.
Have you looked at the fans inside your tower yet..?
'twas another poster that started this... But my computers tend to get checked out annually. Past experience has shown that it takes two or three years before I'd need to worry about dust clogging heatsinks.
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