Air Condintioning

[chaoflux]

Just wanted a reply or two from someone that has used an air conditioning unit to cool their comp or just if ya think it's a "kewl" idea

Ok this is my first attempt at overclocking and my first overclocking
experiment. My equipment includes as follows:
Test Rig
Mobo- Epox EP-8K7a+
CPU Amd 1.4 GHz 266Mhz
RAM (2) - 256 MB DDR 2.5 CAS
Drives Western Digital 15.2 Gb ATA/66
" " Western Digital 10.3 Gb ATA/66
Video GeForce 2 Ultra 64 DDR Mb
OS Windows 98se
Accessories
Thermal Take Super Mini Orb
2 12v. Intake Craft fans 3"
2 12v. Intake Craft fans 2 ½ "
1 Zerus Slot fan
2 Zerus Hard Drive coolers
1 AC 3" 65 cfm fan
1 Emerson Air Conditioning unit (12,00 BTU?s)
6 ft. of dryer duct
cardboard box


Ok I don't really have much experience in OC'ing but I'll just give everyone a run down on what I did and what my results are.

I have currently been at an overclock of 196 Mhz for 2 days with no errors. I'm kind of wondering if anyone has any suggestions or flaws to my experiments here. I've never really heard of anyone using and AC to cool a computer. insdie the case anyway

11.0x clock multiplier
.02 + voltage
143 FSB

see pic

Sorry about the quality of the pictures. One side of the air conditioning unit blasts cold air inside of the case while the dryer vents chills the CPU. With condensation such a big deal here the ambient temperature out side the case must remain within 10.0 C. That's why I have the other A/C port cooling the entire case.


chaoflux@hotmail.com

Robert M.

I'm running at a temperature of 21.3 C
this is taken from a Atkins Thermal Thermometer placed between the heatsink and cpu

I have other pics..but was only able to upload one

[Krome]

I'm not an expert, but wouldn't the air from the A/C have too much humidity for these fragile compu-parts? I don't know the normal operating range for 'puters, i'm just making a point.

[RedDeathDrinker]

As long as the air is dry, there shouldn't be a condensation problem.........

Basically, cold won't adversly affect your PC........

[sfa ok]

It should be fine, there may be some condensation forming on the outside of the case, but the inside should stay nice and dry.

[cool_hand_joe13]

:cool: Yeah its been done before, only one problem you must over come the condensation it generates.:eek:

[Kingslayer]

I have hooked mine up to one of my AC ducts with dryer exhaust hose. It works fine. No condensation, but I used about 6 feet of hose and the air coming in was cool, not ice cold like what was coming out of the vents. If you are going to pump it in real cold, then protect from condensation. If not, you'll be ok.

[sfa ok]

If you seal the case except for air in from a/c and exausting into the room, I don't see how condensation in the case could be a problem. I think I remember surlyjoe saying this before when someone asked the same question....yes, it will work, and it will kick ass, or something like that.

[chaoflux]

thanks for the feed back..

Just had a couple questions...

I have got temp readings of 18.5 C. in the bios. And a surprizing 9.8 C. reading from the atkins thermocouple thermometer I have placed in between the heatsink and cpu. (not in the center..don't worry)

And the Via HWM gives me a 20 C. reading. I'm assuming the rise in temperature is due to the load of the operating system on the cpu but only a 1.5 C. rise from the bios reading. If anyone could tell me how accurate bios temps are versus software temps.

the other question being is how far I should push this cpu. It seems unstable after about 10 mins at 1728 Mhz. My current settings are 1.4 @ 1.1.716 Ghz
12 x1.43 +.03v ..