well i am poor, and i have decided i'm not going the way of watercooling. but i came up with an idea thats very cheap and may not work, thats why i wanted to ask you guys what you thought about it as a way to bring down my temps a few C. here goes
what if i had an ice chest with ice in it, and i cut a hole in the side near the top or top of the chest the size of a 90mm or 120mm fan, then i got tubing at the same diamter and attached it(and sealed it) from the ice chest opening to a hole in the side of my case. and then i put a fan inside the tubing inside the icechest. so its sucking air out of the ice chest and into my case. and then i would make another hole on the side near the bottom, and put tubing through there and seal it so no water comes out when it melts. so then the fan near the top would sucking air from outside via the bottom tube, it would go through the ice(or melted water eventually) and go toward the case.
and maybe i could put another fan at the point where the tube connects to the case? but i dont know much about condenstation and all that, would i get condensation in the case? if so, doh! and even if it worked, id have to change the ice every day, but it seems like it would make my case nice and cool. and the cost would be small since im using cooling power from my refrigeartor and it makes ice anyway.
so.. any advice on how this wouldn't work? i know it sucks compared to water cooling your cpu and vid card, but if i could lower just a few C it would be worth it
edit: also if there would be a lot of condensation would it matter to make little pockets of ice in the icechest it self then have the tubing suck air from the core of the chest where theres no ice? sorry for my uneducatedness on cooling stuff.
what if i had an ice chest with ice in it, and i cut a hole in the side near the top or top of the chest the size of a 90mm or 120mm fan, then i got tubing at the same diamter and attached it(and sealed it) from the ice chest opening to a hole in the side of my case. and then i put a fan inside the tubing inside the icechest. so its sucking air out of the ice chest and into my case. and then i would make another hole on the side near the bottom, and put tubing through there and seal it so no water comes out when it melts. so then the fan near the top would sucking air from outside via the bottom tube, it would go through the ice(or melted water eventually) and go toward the case.
and maybe i could put another fan at the point where the tube connects to the case? but i dont know much about condenstation and all that, would i get condensation in the case? if so, doh! and even if it worked, id have to change the ice every day, but it seems like it would make my case nice and cool. and the cost would be small since im using cooling power from my refrigeartor and it makes ice anyway.
so.. any advice on how this wouldn't work? i know it sucks compared to water cooling your cpu and vid card, but if i could lower just a few C it would be worth it
edit: also if there would be a lot of condensation would it matter to make little pockets of ice in the icechest it self then have the tubing suck air from the core of the chest where theres no ice? sorry for my uneducatedness on cooling stuff.