(this is completely accurate, i agree.)you say you lost a vcard from condensation, well bud, dielectric jelly is something you didn't use because that would have saved you the trouble of getting a new one. With your experience you should have known this I have been water for 3 years and chilled to the bone picks are in this topic.
ok. i DID THIS.
and while 9c was my BEST at IDLE, the norm was 22 for operating a few progs
have any of you that are trying to say i'm stupid and don't know what i'm talking about done it? please, before you make me give up the burden of proof, why don't you show some screen shots of it NOT working?
If you would, please define working.
(running few app's w/o gaming. 24/7 yes, 24 g/damn 7)
Is it A: the fridge gets the res cold enough to do a few benchmarks and then I shut down so I can do it again later. (no)
Or B: I can run the computer on a game and the water stays subambient for a while. (no, i dont game that much, i WILL graph that if i do it in the future.)
Or C: the fridge keeps my water freezing cold 24/7 under a dual prime load.
(no. i did not stress test it to the max, i was happy with my oc and stable operation of: IE, morpheus, media player, 4 instant messengers, and ONE prime95. northwood celeron 2 gig, not dual core, nor hyperthreaded. old school. averaging 22-24c)
You can see where "working" can lead to a lot of misinderstanding.
(Yes. clarified. you begin to see where its also easy to bash and be negative towards people you dont agree with without having tried it yourself. or offering any of your own proof of doing so.)
Did you do any mods to affect the cooling ability of the fridge, or did you just put a res in a unmodded fridge? (no. i put the "res" TOUCHING the evap)
What size is your 'mini' fridge. (
http://www.gadgetbargains.com/leh-hse02wnaww.html)
And lets not forget: What is your water cooling? (heat load)
(whatever a northwood celeron 2 gig OC'ed to 3.2-3.0 is on an is7e. sorry, i didnt get technical on this one)
let's just say im fricking tired of people trying to bash on things that i have done and talk about without contributing anything worthwhile themselves, i imagine it's why some people leave this forum over time.
in the end, using a dorm room fridge is probably not very economic as far as pg&e bills, but i was hot to try it for awhile and got it going , with success to boot.
i only used it to chill water in a res that was physically touching the evaporator, and then only through a waterblock to the CPU. once i got condensation and nearly lost a videocard due to insufficient insulation, i stopped until such a time as i could do a proper job of it.
If i ever do take it up again, i have a camera now to document it with.
stop and think one time before you naysay something. If you do a search of my posts, you will find very little "bashing" or negative posts. there is at least one i know of, not much more, i'd like to keep this place positive.
can't we all do that? i'd like to think so.