chumpy
08-14-01, 12:41 AM
Been reading this forum for a while, this is my first post...
I have been dreaming of this computer cooling system for a while now (ever since I heard about overclocking). This system is built inside of a small fridge (one of those apartment sized units). I m planning on using water cooling (with coolant to handle sub-zero temps) to link the freezer coils to the cpu. I have already worked out the details of avoiding condensation on the cpu. My main question is...
I know that these cpu's put out ~100 or more watts of energy ( I am planning on using a peltier aswell). Will the small freexer coil in an apartment sized fridge be able to cool the water coming from such a heat source? Will I need a larger dedicated freezer? I have no idea how to figure out from the specs of a fridge how much wattage they can handle on a constant basis (I have seen fridges say they can handle use 14-16 amps of current under surge...how does this relate to the basal >100 watts of power?)
If this works I will write a faq of how I did it using all homemade parts ...or details of the meltdown and freezer burn :eek:
I have been dreaming of this computer cooling system for a while now (ever since I heard about overclocking). This system is built inside of a small fridge (one of those apartment sized units). I m planning on using water cooling (with coolant to handle sub-zero temps) to link the freezer coils to the cpu. I have already worked out the details of avoiding condensation on the cpu. My main question is...
I know that these cpu's put out ~100 or more watts of energy ( I am planning on using a peltier aswell). Will the small freexer coil in an apartment sized fridge be able to cool the water coming from such a heat source? Will I need a larger dedicated freezer? I have no idea how to figure out from the specs of a fridge how much wattage they can handle on a constant basis (I have seen fridges say they can handle use 14-16 amps of current under surge...how does this relate to the basal >100 watts of power?)
If this works I will write a faq of how I did it using all homemade parts ...or details of the meltdown and freezer burn :eek: