Chilled Water Cooling

Right here`s my system i made :

Chilled water (compressor & refrigerant feeding alu coil in 12"*8"*8" tank)

Wet and chilly chips block

Current temps :



BTW : Sys temp doesn`t work properly so ignore it.

Under load, running super pi :



I have borrowed this block for the test. I am making my own currently. All i have left to do is mill the base down so i have a 1mm base between water and cpu.

Blocks :




Reservoir:

CPU is a tbred b XP2600 btw...

Standard clock etc..

So far have managed to get it running 14*mult, 180fsb and 1.910V running at 2520Mhz

Very nice man... impressive, to say the least.

That's a beautiful setup. How low does the block get in reality? Any risk of condensation?

Very impressive. VERY good job. If anyone hasnt told you... Welcome to the forums!

Holy shi* man that is a shweeet set up!! I cant wait to get my h20 set-up. Good job man!

Gautam said:

That's a beautiful setup. How low does the block get in reality? Any risk of condensation?

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I ran the "fridge" (lol) for full belt for about 4 hours at its lowest setting and got a little bit of condensation - not enough to drip or anything.

The block gets damn cold tbh. I reckon this is as close to a TEC system you can get without using one.

So, i left it off overnight to allow the water to return to room temp, and ran it this morning from warm.

The pc now runs at 18oC and won`t get any hotter once the "fridge" is running.

Good enough for me. And with out the risk of condensation.

Whats the best plan for stopping condensation anyway?

i`ll post more pics once i get it all in the case and setup properly. I`m only testing atm.

AFAIK, there isn't a way to 'stop' condensation... besides sealing the whole box in an air-tight container. The best thing to do to help with a condensation problem is to learn how to *deal* with it. Insulation and waterproof sealing are the typical methods people employ to keep the insulation at bay.

http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=articles/socket_condensation/intro.html

a good article on the topic ^_^