I finaly got my comp in a fridge

[Default]

as i type this my computer is getting a cold shower of air from my fridges evaporator:D it took three days but my fridge/comp is finaly done. It has my M/B tray mounted in the back, a self contained watercooling system, 5 connected cooling coils in the ice box and a dual faned PSU to move some air around:cool: (just typing this far my temp went from 48C to 40C :D ). i'll update once the fridge has had some time to cool down:)

[jbslow]

Originally posted by Default
as i type this my computer is getting a cold shower of air from my fridges evaporator:D it took three days but my fridge/comp is finaly done. It has my M/B tray mounted in the back, a self contained watercooling system, 5 connected cooling coils in the ice box and a dual faned PSU to move some air around:cool: (just typing this far my temp went from 48C to 40C :D ). i'll update once the fridge has had some time to cool down:)

Could you post some pics :).

[Default]

sorry not everyone has a digital camera:(

[mEKbOY]

i would get a digital camera before i spent any money on overclocking goods.:rolleyes:

[flounder43]

No need for a dig camera, just get a good web cam, that is what I use, an Intel, and I get good enough res to post pics of mods...

[CrystalMethod]

How you getting by the condensation issue? I'm just curious.

[Fightingpiper]

make sure you get a good web cam. Mine really sucks-very poor resolution- but I got what I paid for -free after rebates from Best Buy

[Default]

alright then i'll ask my nieghbor to order me on of those chepo monitor cams, but in the mean time i got to get my temps down before i can continue. seams that starting the comp when you start the fridge isn't the best idea:eek: gets warm (40C) and stays there:mad:

[mEKbOY]

a fridge cant handle all that heat...thats why its not very practical unless your cooling one part like a radiator.

[Yodums]

Good experiment but I thought sticking your comp in the fridge would kill down to sub zero temperatures.

[Default]

well i'm sitting at a nice 30C right now and it is much quiter so i'm happy for now

[KeyboardCowboy]

Originally posted by CrystalMethod
How you getting by the condensation issue? I'm just curious.


me too i was thinking about doing this but i am worried about condensation killing my computer

i have also heard though that the only way that there would be condensation devloping is if you kept opening the door to the fridge?!?!

i don't know how much truth there is in that

[AntmanMike]

When you open the door, it lets warm, moist air in, which cools, and condenses. When you start cooling the fridge, tohugh, there alreay is warm, moist air in there. What I did when setting up a fridge cooler (which works, however) is I blew the air through the ice thing to freeze it, removing the water, then blew it directly into a box inside the freezer containing the motherboard, then blew it out (one side to the other). The cold air hits the CPU heatsink first. I did this on a dead board, thogh it did work (i cant load windows and stuff) but everything else works.

[Tiger]

I tried this and the unit did not cope with the heat load. There are too many thermal transfers going on for it to be efficient.
Would suggest that you mod it so that the ice box(evaporator) is actually sitting in the res. This way you eliminate the inefficiency of the transfer of heat through the metal of the coils.
As you can see from my sig it's been a success but my system is outside the system and all the other heat generating components are air cooled.