Opinions/Help on my cooling idea

[russm]

i had this idea.. maybe someones already done it, and Vapochill has something similar.

But here it is, i want to use the side of my case with the window and the hole for the fan, and take another case the same size, and weld, or fix them together, so i can just slide the cases together, and inside the 2nd case i want to have a compressor (a/c or fridge) to pump the cool air in through the hole in the window.

i got some questions to
is there alot of moisture problems with this?
do i have to take any special precautions when pumping cool air into my system? and what would be the best way of creating the cool air, a/c or fridge? i alrady have a mini fridge that i dont use. and i might buy a new a/c so i could use my old one.

any ideas? help?

[toocooltorun]

you almost have the same idea i made but with the pump

why dont you just use the compressor and weld it to the block you will have less condensation to worry about and a quiter system also

but to answer your question you will have to insolate every hose and the block or it might drip on something

[russm]

um... you may have misunderstood me... or im missunderstanding you, im not using any water cooling, or anything like that, im just going to be pumping the cool air from the compressor, into the case, so instead of the air coming into the case being like 65-80f, it will be like 0-25f, and cooling all of the parts in the case, instead of just processor cooling, and that should allow me to go up more then 200mhz.. cause im running my 2000+ (1666mhz) at 1850mhz, at a temp of 110f. but i also have to get some faster ram, and probly unlock the chip, the ram is only pc2100

[Digital_Cowboy]

What if you modified the condenser to include an extension to the CPU and then blow cold air in addition? Then the condensor will act as a Prommie-like cooler with the additional cool air blowing. Might be very difficult to do though. But sounds cool.(literally ;))

[squeakygeek]

cool air from the compressor
modified the condenser to include an extension to the CPU and then blow cold air in addition?

I think you guys mean the evaporator.

[toocooltorun]

but even that would not work

[russm]

but.. back to my main concern.. moisture? if its subjected to outside airflow am i gonna have alot of condensation, and the only way to make sure of that is to have it sealed?

[toocooltorun]

yea you will have to make both boxes air tight
condendsation only will be on the coldest parts of the system
but as you know cold air falls to the lowest part of the box so keep that in mind

[dreammmatt]

I'm not exactly sure what you guys are talking about...correct me if i'm wrong, but it sounds like you want to use a phase-change system...to cool air...to be blown over your componentry?

this idea, tho interesting, is kinda...wasteful... because the thermal energy would have to transfer through air, and that's going to severely drop the effeciency.

Neither of my proposed ideas are simple, but: If you are going to go through the trouble of making the unit, making it air tight and insulating it, to me, it would make more sense to either use that phase-change unit in conjunction with a watercooling circuit ~a la waterchilling~ or just go direct-die. Using water as the carrier for the thermal energy is more effecient than air, and using a cpu-style evaporator in direct-die is the most effecient. I'm just mentioning this, because compressors dont exactly operate on a penny's worth of electricity... so if ur gonna be having one sucking on your wallet, i just want you to get the most from it! ^_^

[toocooltorun]

that is true that is what i did

[russm]

its a good point, and its a good idea, but im not paying for the electricity.. and i already have the compressor, maybe in the future ill invest in the watercooling setup, and have the waterchilled setup, but wouldnt the cool air atleast be better then the hot or room temp air coming in? and allow for a few more mhz of clocking, with a room temp of about 70 f, my cpu stays around 108f, and the chipset around 75f, in the summer when its like 80-90f inside... i dont wanna know what my cpu is going to run at :( . maybe its time for water chilling... lol ill see what i can do.

[dreammmatt]

nobody's trying to stop you from doing anything - a willingness to experiment is one of the most valued---uhh---'things' about overclockers, lol, so go ahead, try things out, see what happens; it's the only real way to learn - - AND BE SURE TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENS! lol, spreading the knowledge is the second most valuable things about the character of overclockers, heh