MSI "powerless" fan

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: Nathelion
Here is a new concept for the water cooling types: Make a steam engine out of your quad core!!!111!!11!!

Ah but you'd need to have your processor running at 100c, by then it'll have shut off 😉

That's a really neat idea. A steam generate to create electricity to run the processor, that generates heat, that runs the steam engine. Energy recycling!

With a staggering 10% efficiency!

vs the zero % that you're getting now! 😉

ok but, with 10% efficiency on even a 120W TDP processor you're saving 12W, how long at 12W would it take you to make your money back given that you'd have to run your processor at 100% load constantly and keep it above 100C which is wayyyy above being remotely safe in the first place, then you'd have to tap a water source into your computer, keep in mind it'll have to be distilled or the stack will clog up, plus, with 120W right at boiling you should be able to boil off about an ounce of water every minute, give or take, and that ounce of water will evaporate and expand and create about .25psi a minute, fed through an insulated tube to a generator where you'll have to build up about 3.5-4 psi to even get it moving and you may be able to generate 12v and what, half an amp so total that would be 5% power regeneration assuming the boiling could be complete contained and isolated and insualted to the point that it had 0 condensational loss.

Nobody stated anything about getting money back. I simply stated vs the zero that you're getting now. The devil is always in the details! 😀

If we had some of the damn unobtainium, we would have this problem licked and have an indestructible cpu heatsink while at it! 😛

yeah, some unobtanium would work well here.

 

[zorrt]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: Nathelion
Here is a new concept for the water cooling types: Make a steam engine out of your quad core!!!111!!11!!

Ah but you'd need to have your processor running at 100c, by then it'll have shut off 😉

That's a really neat idea. A steam generate to create electricity to run the processor, that generates heat, that runs the steam engine. Energy recycling!

Considering how CPU nowadays uses less and less power maybe one day it'll be possible! Only problem is someone has to sit there and spin the fan to give the CPU and kick start until it heats up enough to be able to turn the fan.

 

[nerp]

Steam engines are typically big, loud, dirty, require lots of oil and grease and are a bitch to maintain. You could make a really tiny steam engine I guess but unless it was a closed loop system, are you ready for steam exhaust in your computer room? 😀

 

[bigpow]

I'm willing to bet that some people would "mod" that powerless fan with 12V DC 🙂

 

[Modelworks]

There are some small stirling engines that will actually run off the heat from your palm.
Pretty useless but fun to watch.

 

[RallyMaster]

Interesting marketing gimmick. I should buy one just for the lulz.