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vonkaar said:That depends on the ambient room temperature. If you are running a PC in an igloo in the Yukon, the condensation point will be a *little* lower than my puter room in Dallas.
if u be using a lot of ice, you're looking at close to 0C water temp and will stay cold for a while if you're usin' large volume of liquid in your res/ice chest/ or other source type. You might be able to get away with the condensation for a very short time upon starting your machine.. after that, it'll create condensation, greatly. It'll be unbearable. If you be running for more than 5 mintues and will be running series of benches(reboots and re-run etc..), you've better be prepared in insulating the block and hoses and apply dialectric grease/or similar source type, sealent, foams etc.. fully protecting the cpu socket and the circuit board nearby the socket. If the water gets in any circuit on the board or the cpu socket pins, not only it could shut your system down but also could kill your system... so if you gonna be doing this very quicky... it'll be do-a-ble without insulation, but be careful...mikesta said:i was gonna use a lot of ice. i'm not quite sure of the mechanics of a water chiller. it's not gonna be for everyday use, just benching.
you can get dielectric grease from many online places.. crazyPc, cooltechnica, etc.. yes.. neoprene foam/gasket can be bought from the same place.. i use both neoprene and other type of insulation foams(which can be bought in some hardware store) to insulate my circuit board, socket, and hoses.. depending on how cold your waterchilling power is going to be, you may also need to apply grease & foam on the backside of the board socket.SpaceRangerJoe said:what dielectric grease do you recommend, as well as insulating material (do you use neoprene?) and where do you get it? i got my fridge for my chiller today, so im gonna start getting the rest of the stuff i need. know the big stuff, but i was wondering about some of the little things i will need. this will be my first time water cooling (im going all out ).
sorry for the semi thread jack mikesta. but i figured if you end up insulating everything (which is very advisable), then those questions would help you as well.
edit: [OC]this. do you have some pics of your insulation setup by chance. if you do, i would love to see them.
my setup is just plain waterchilled.. no pelt.mikesta said:don't worry about any thread jacks, this is an open thread
[OC]This: with neoprene insulation do you also need a peltier or are those just add on recommendations, but not really necessary?
thorilan said:make sure your foam is closed cell foam