Has anyone built a computer inside a referigerator?

[ECUHITMAN]

I was just curious if anyone has attempted or actually done this. I was wondering what kinds of problems (other than getting power inside to the computer and how you would get to your CD/DVD rom) you would run into. Would there be a moisture problem? I wouldnt think so. Also would you even need a fan for your HS? Now I am not talking putting a computer that is in a case into a refrigerator, I litteraly mean build it inside (well, maybe you could use the metal frame from a standard case).

Just wondering...I know if I have thought about it, someone out there has actually done it....

 

[Overkast]

Hmm... I would think there WOULD be a moisture problem because the cold air meeting the hot CPU air inside the case might result in some condensation issues.

But I'm not 100% sure about that.

 

[ECUHITMAN]

Yea that is what I was originally thinking, except unless there is some source of moisture (I am not sure there is enough in the air) I don?t think it would actually condense.

 

[Tash]

you could put your motherboard in the fridge and have cables leading outside of it to the power supply, the cdrom, diskette drive. The power supply is the source of a lot of heat, so keep that outside the fridge.

 

[Kenny1234]

Yeah there was a thread about that at overclockers.com like 8 months ago.

 

[Kenny1234]

Here's a link to the thread

 

[ECUHITMAN]

Why do hard drives not like to be cold? They were saying in that thread that you should keep the hard drive on the outside of the refrigerator. I wonder why.


Anyway, so I guess the air from the outside does actually contain enough moisture to be a problem. I guess from reading that thread, it could work and you may not have any problems with condensation, but I am not going to risk it.

 

[Kenny1234]

hard drives are not made to operate at temps below 50 degrees F i believe

 

[Davegod]

It's probably easier to put the fridge, or better yet the freezer in your PC.

 

[pineapples10]

a computer is constantly putting out heat, a refrigerator is simply meant to cool stagnant, non-heat producing items below room temperature. Unfortunetly, a CPU is constantly generating heat, so the firdge would be constantly running, and eventually it would warm up inside...............I think....

 

[klaatu51]

Greetings,
A few weeks ago I was at Best Buy and saw Haier(sp) wine chillers with
glass doors and wondered the same thing. The units were about 100 dollars
and were temperature and humidity controlled. As for humidity control,
the type of products you are looking for are called desiccants, one of which
is silica gel. Another way to absorb moisture is rice. The older among us
remember when salt shakers had rice in them to keep the salt dry and the
salt from clumping.
If you put the PS outside the box it would appear that the main heat source
would be the CPU and a wine reefer just might handle that. Putting the HDD
and Optical drive outside would keep you from opening the door much, but at
that point you have gone to a lot of effort to basically put a MOBO
inside a wine chiller. Might be fun but the wife might not want a wine chiller
without wine in it. Good luck.

klaatu51

 

[kamper]

I know I've seen a bunch of pages chronicalling this sort of adventure so I went googling and came up with this first.

but more googling should turn up the right thing

 

[conehead433]

Just buy a Prometia cooling unit or case. Prometia Cooling Unit

OK it's not cheap and might not cool your beer for you, but if you had wanted to overclock to the max, then it's your ticket.

 

[lenjack]

I tried, but there was no room for me in the fridge.