imoz said:
I just bought an Aquagate watercooling system last week that cools the CPU. I started thinking about upgrading it, but now I'm thinking maybe it makes sense to just go all the way.
What I was wondering is if the phase change units available are reliable enough to run 24/7? I leave my pc on 24/7 and hardly ever shut it down or reboot unless I'm installing something. Is this do-able with phase change?
Also, the Vapochill and Prometeia units appear to be designed solely for CPU. Can you implement phase change for the other major components in the pc simultaneously as well? Does this require additional core units or can it all run off of the same "box"?
How cold can you cool a CPU on a continuous basis?
There is nothing wrong with running phase change cooling 24/7 as long as everything is insulated properly.
As for the possibility of cooling all components via direct die with multiple evaps in a nutshell; in theory yes but not in practice.
Logistics wise yes you can have one compressor do all this work, however it will have to be a big compressor if you want good temperatures, which would entail a lot of heat, vibrations and noise. Not something you will want in your room. Also the reality of balancing multiple evaporators is not pretty, nor realistic. The physical orientation will throw off the restriction of metering devices as gravity plays its game.
If you want to understand what all this means you will have to do a lot of self education to understand exactly how phase change based refrigeration works. I sugest a few months reading and lurking at
xtremesystems.org and here, and some books.
Important point, there is no benefit in putting things like ram and nb under phase.
What is realistic is a chiller. You can use phase change to cool a coolant through a heat exchanger and then pump the fluid through water blocks mounted on whatever you want.
Also while some things may be doable this is not a hobby for the cheap or the uneducated as you can get hurt or kill yourself. If you want to be safe and make a decent unit I suggest you do some serious self education, get books on refrigeration etc, read xtremesystems.org and ocforums.com here. It seems simple but there are a million little details and nuances. Depending on how much time, money and desire to learn you have you might want to consider having someone more professional build you a unit. I am sure NoL here wouldn't mind and there are plenty of people on xtremesystems that do this for a living now.
someone1029 said:
does anyone make a vga block for phase change units?
Yes. Chilly1 as well as a few other people on
xtremesystems Also Runmc from XS runs an online store and he can get you anything. Might want to email him though the store or pm him on the forum.
http://www.under-the-ice.com/
Also might want to ask NoL here, he might be willing to put something together for you but I don't know what type of equipment he has access to.
we pulled that trick up at TXGF w/ a x850xt 
condensation was forming on the edges of the card and a memory chip was frozen over 
