[babyboosdaddy]

, ok i have achieved great temps cooling with my swimming pool
see : would this be too EXTREME ... now i am getting alot of condensation , i am afraid it is gonna cost me a mobo or cpu or somthing.. any ideas ?

[stockhatch]

Unsulation? Sounds like a PITA. Better watch out, cuz like you say, things are gonna fry if you dont fix the problem.

[crimedog]

you have to stop everything that gets cold from reaching the air. foam to wrap around the water lines, dielectric grease for the cpu socket, neoprene (air tight foam) for around the cpu, etc.

[rhino56]

yes explain what you have

[sunrunner20]

You could also probally do a system where you adjust how much "new" water from the pool gets added to your loop.

[babyboosdaddy]

my cooling is in a closed loop , i am just using the pool to cool my "rad" besides i can't adjust the flow on my pump

[Keiron]

ell, you could seal the entire case, install a small rad inside the case (before the cpu), and deal with condensation that way. Or you could do as crimedog said (a far better idea).

[sunrunner20]

In that case, I gues thermally insulate part of the rad so it doesn't have so much poolwater surface area.

[kayl]

how cold it the cpu getting to.
unless it negative ya going to be ok min insulation

[Diggrr]

I have a heatercore inside my case to stop condensation. It's in parallel with my cpu waterblock, but it's fed by a large pump on 1" ID tubing coming up from the big basement radiator...no flow problems in parallel.
I'd recomend you place it in series after your waterblock if you're using 1/2" tube.

Drop the case air temp, and the condensation risk goes away. My Prescott and my case air are both around 17C in a 23C room.

My custom case is built like a fridge, but you may have to watch for condensation on the outside of it, especially around the IO plate.

[ZL1]

babyboosdaddy - stop, insulate, restart
if you dont you may loose more than just the mobo or the cpu

Diggrr - WOW, pics ?
by the way you get condensation on the outside of the box ? odd, small diff between room and case

[Diggrr]

Originally Posted by ZL1

Diggrr - WOW, pics ?
by the way you get condensation on the outside of the box ? odd, small diff between room and case

Follow the "further" link in my sig for my case thread. It's insulated because I built it from foam core fiberglass panels.
A steel case may not get much condensation because the air would be cooling the case metal from the inside, and the room air is warming it from the outside, thus the case metal itself would be somewhere in between. I just recommend watching the IO plate because of the electrical passing through.

The temp difference is plenty. It would only take 70% humidity for condensation to form, something we can see regularly here in Michigan, surrounded by lakes.
Those temps are my mobo thermisters (acurate as lawn darts), but the waterblock top itself is colder still because the water is colder than cpu temp shows, like in any watercooling system.

[ZL1]

Originally Posted by Diggrr

Follow the "further" link in my sig for my case thread. It's insulated because I built it from foam core fiberglass panels.
A steel case may not get much condensation because the air would be cooling the case metal from the inside, and the room air is warming it from the outside, thus the case metal itself would be somewhere in between. I just recommend watching the IO plate because of the electrical passing through.

The temp difference is plenty. It would only take 70% humidity for condensation to form, something we can see regularly here in Michigan, surrounded by lakes.
Those temps are my mobo thermisters (acurate as lawn darts), but the waterblock top itself is colder still because the water is colder than cpu temp shows, like in any watercooling system.

WOW, amazing build man !
I myself always wanted to separate the hdds and opticals (for better airflow, for improved temps, for easier access, etc etc), but I was thinking vertical, have the psu/hdds/optis on top and a bottom compartment for mobo and cards

yep the dew point is 17deg with 70%@23, I was off for some reason, sorry

by the way you mentioned the fan blows chilled air into the case, how are you chilling the air ?

Thanks
Dan