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- San Luis Obispo, CA
Ok, so I don't want to upset anybody. I DID read the "Why a mini fridge won't work" thread. I have a slightly different approach that I would really appreciate some input on. This is more of an extreme water cooling rig than anything but I'm open to advice.
My plan would be to pick up a freezer in the 3-6 Cu. ft. range. I would drill through the side and mount thru-ports for my hose 1 in 1 out. Inside the freezer I would build a mounting system for 2 140mm quad fan radiators and the resevoir.
The resevoir would run to a thru-port and then back to the computer and into the pump. So it would go Res-Pump-CPU-GPU-Rad-Rad-repeat ad-nauseum. I would think that moving up to a larger unit as well as the radiators would help disperse the heat a bit better, they could be set up with a push/pull setup pulling from the cold air vents from the freezer.
So far this is 100% speculation and in the future. I don't even have the GPU's I would want to cool. The idea on this kind of hinges on the fact that I can replace the freezer cheaply and easily if it dies. All that would be needed is to pull the thru-ports and put them in the next freezer. I would design some kind of stand alone racks for the radiators.
I would think after a bit of experimenting I could figure out a happy medium as to the freezers best cooling ability. I would say the freezer, fittings etc. wouldn't run over $200 more than just a standard 2 rad watercooling build. (I would Craigslist a freezer as I've found them for under 50$ in my area in good shape)
Don't flame me too badly please, just a cooling noob
My plan would be to pick up a freezer in the 3-6 Cu. ft. range. I would drill through the side and mount thru-ports for my hose 1 in 1 out. Inside the freezer I would build a mounting system for 2 140mm quad fan radiators and the resevoir.
The resevoir would run to a thru-port and then back to the computer and into the pump. So it would go Res-Pump-CPU-GPU-Rad-Rad-repeat ad-nauseum. I would think that moving up to a larger unit as well as the radiators would help disperse the heat a bit better, they could be set up with a push/pull setup pulling from the cold air vents from the freezer.
So far this is 100% speculation and in the future. I don't even have the GPU's I would want to cool. The idea on this kind of hinges on the fact that I can replace the freezer cheaply and easily if it dies. All that would be needed is to pull the thru-ports and put them in the next freezer. I would design some kind of stand alone racks for the radiators.
I would think after a bit of experimenting I could figure out a happy medium as to the freezers best cooling ability. I would say the freezer, fittings etc. wouldn't run over $200 more than just a standard 2 rad watercooling build. (I would Craigslist a freezer as I've found them for under 50$ in my area in good shape)
Don't flame me too badly please, just a cooling noob