Re: [OT] Water or refrigeration PC cooling

["Musashi" <simonr@xxxxxxx>]

Ian, I would love to see your project, if you can pull it off (it has been
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tried in various media, by different people with limitted success), please
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let me know how it goes on. On a slightly sour note on liquid cooling, i
am=
just rebuilding a friends rig, which was liquid cooled (processor and gpu)=
and one of the silicone pipes failed, water and PCs dont mix (that is =A31=
200 he just lost) it took out every component in the case. The best liquid
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cooled rig is owned by a friend of mine, who has a mini radiator bolted to
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his outside wall as a heat exchanger, and a pair of braided hoses running
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hrough the wall connected to it (suffice to say he doesnt use it in
winter)=
. If you want to see pretty though, the new perspex cases look sweet, with
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cold cathodes, illuminated fans and neon string in them.
Personally I am now getting into small form factor PCs, like shuttles and
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he VIA Epia boards (ideal for HA applications). I am just building a PVR
an=
d MP3 server in SFF at the moment. I know it wont be upto TiVo standards,
b=
ut i will be able to stream my divx movies of my main server to it and
usin=
g showshifter pro i can burn my archived programs onto DVD in either MPEG
o=
r DiVX and i dont have to pay a subscription for an EPG.

Simon
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ian Lowe=20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Water or refrigeration PC cooling


----- Original Message -----
From: "Musashi" <simonr@xxxxxxx>
> Sorry for my rant,
>
> Simon

That's not a rant Simon, that's 100% quality info!

I'm personally sitting at the very tame end, with a 1700XP clocked up fro=
m
it's native 266 FSB to 333.. enough to shave a good forty minutes off of =
a
Divx encode, and (of course) return about 12500 on the all important 3DMa=
rk.

I do think that the whole performance/overclocking scene is a hobby to be
enjoyed as a past time, rather than a means to the fastest PC around.. I
routinely say to people asking for advice in a professional capacity (I d=
o
support for a living) that the best way to get a really fast PC, is to *b=
uy*
a really fast PC, just from a reliability point of view..

I have a good reason for watercooling though! It just looks sooooooooo co=
ol
:) especially if you have a fluorescent cooling liquid, and add a couple =
of
blacklight CCFLs into the case....

Can you tell that, at heart, I'm more of a modder than an overclocker?

My latest project (after Phil providing the catalyst) is a complete liqui=
d
immersion using a non-conductive coolant liquid called Midel 7213... I'm
aiming to have a completely silent totally transparent case full of
"goop=
"
as my PC. It'll be fun if it works :)

Ian.