- Joined
- Nov 19, 2004
- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hey everyone, it has been a while.
Anyways I am looking to upgrade soon. I am probably going to upgrade to something like the AMD FX 9590. I am in a bit of a dilemma with how I want to cool it.
A few years back I built a SS Phase out of window AC and charged it with r-290. Worked great, too great for my cold bugged cpu so I never saw its full potential, had to tune it to do no less than about -10C or the proc would cold bug.
I used it 24/7 for about a year when I finally upgraded and put the SS aside, disgusted with cold bugs, what sounded like a small diesel engine running in my room, and the heat.
But I still long for it, and think it would make the 9590 a whole hell of a lot of fun but I am still weary about the noise. I think I could reduce the noise by replacing the rotary compressor with a hermetic or scroll type and putting it in a case. Danfoss makes a r-290 compressor which may be quieter as it is designed for r-290 characteristic. Or pick a different refrigerant. It seems the phase change boom and all of their useful websites has ended (or I can't find where they are all hiding at) and I have lots of questions about proper tuning, cooling capacity, etc, if I decided to rebuild my Redneck Refrigerations SS into something a bit more respectable.
I don't mind some noise but the rotary was god awful loud when charged with r-290.
Anyways I am looking to upgrade soon. I am probably going to upgrade to something like the AMD FX 9590. I am in a bit of a dilemma with how I want to cool it.
A few years back I built a SS Phase out of window AC and charged it with r-290. Worked great, too great for my cold bugged cpu so I never saw its full potential, had to tune it to do no less than about -10C or the proc would cold bug.
I used it 24/7 for about a year when I finally upgraded and put the SS aside, disgusted with cold bugs, what sounded like a small diesel engine running in my room, and the heat.
But I still long for it, and think it would make the 9590 a whole hell of a lot of fun but I am still weary about the noise. I think I could reduce the noise by replacing the rotary compressor with a hermetic or scroll type and putting it in a case. Danfoss makes a r-290 compressor which may be quieter as it is designed for r-290 characteristic. Or pick a different refrigerant. It seems the phase change boom and all of their useful websites has ended (or I can't find where they are all hiding at) and I have lots of questions about proper tuning, cooling capacity, etc, if I decided to rebuild my Redneck Refrigerations SS into something a bit more respectable.
I don't mind some noise but the rotary was god awful loud when charged with r-290.