Putting my PC in a fridge

[CraKaJaX]

I knew it's been done

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: BW86
"Fridge Adventures"

I missed that one but there is another at OCers. A guy in Turkey used the evaperater in an
insulated tub as a heat exchanger for the PC's radiater. His CPU temps at load were 2C.
He did manage to get it down to -21C but the whole plot froze up. A real FrozenPC.
There is such a thing as diminishing returns. LOL. It's in the misc section.

Galvanized

 

[Shenkoa]

Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
NOT a good idea . . . lol . . . also drilling holes in a fridge? Can anyone say "wasting electricty?"

Can any one say, it will destroy your fridge??

HDD's are the biggest worry, condensation on the platters can cause the needle to slip. You dont want that happening.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: Shenkoa

Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
NOT a good idea . . . lol . . . also drilling holes in a fridge? Can anyone say "wasting electricty?"

Can any one say, it will destroy your fridge??

HDD's are the biggest worry, condensation on the platters can cause the needle to slip. You dont want that happening.

I think the best solution is water cooling with the resevoir / radiator in the fridge, and have your tubings insulated with some grade A stuff, and your golden.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator

Originally posted by: Shenkoa

Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
NOT a good idea . . . lol . . . also drilling holes in a fridge? Can anyone say "wasting electricty?"

Can any one say, it will destroy your fridge??

HDD's are the biggest worry, condensation on the platters can cause the needle to slip. You dont want that happening.

I think the best solution is water cooling with the resevoir / radiator in the fridge, and have your tubings insulated with some grade A stuff, and your golden.

I wonder if anyone has tried doing peltier cooling on the radiator of a WC setup...

 

[xanis]

Hard drives do not like condensation and cold temperatures. They are not friends.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

If you could get your cold-plate(s) and heatsink(s) inside the water reservoir, with the hot-plate(s) and heatsink(s) outside the reservoir, then you only need to find a way to vent the air through the hot-side heatsink(s).

And you probably wouldn't need a radiator, or you would've turned your reservoir into something like a radiator, anyway. . . .

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
If you could get your cold-plate(s) and heatsink(s) inside the water reservoir, with the hot-plate(s) and heatsink(s) outside the reservoir, then you only need to find a way to vent the air through the hot-side heatsink(s).

And you probably wouldn't need a radiator, or you would've turned your reservoir into something like a radiator, anyway. . . .

Well it's possible to be done, all you need is a resevoir made out of stainlesssteel, attach the cold peltier to the stainless steel, and the hot side could be cooled with some of your own creative ways. maybe have have another water setup cooling of the peliter, now have the tubes near the mobo insulated and that should be that.

 

[imported_Stew]

Thanks for the link, BW. Interesting.

After hearing all of this, I've decided it's not as good of an idea as I thought. But cool in theory, still.

 

[ShadowBlade]

Originally posted by: Bushman5
their are stuff u can spray the motherboard ect with that would protect it from water. 2nd idea would be to submerg all the part in oil

ive seen both, cant remember where i saw either of them

 

[TheoPetro]

alrighty condensation gurus why would condensation form on a mobo in a fridge when it doesnt form on a bottle of skyy thats been in mine since the begining of the simester (its a moster one )

 

[Greenman]

Condensation will only form on a surface that is COOLER than the air. It won't form on WARM computer parts in a fridge. I can't understand why so many people can't grasp that. When you run the AC in your house does condensation form on the walls and ceiling? Go try it, I'll wait .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
See, the house gets cool, and water doesn't run down the walls. If you go look outside you will find a little tube with water driping out of it, that's condensation that formed on the COLD AC coils.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Greenman
Condensation will only form on a surface that is COOLER than the air. It won't form on WARM computer parts in a fridge. I can't understand why so many people can't grasp that. When you run the AC in your house does condensation form on the walls and ceiling? Go try it, I'll wait .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
See, the house gets cool, and water doesn't run down the walls. If you go look outside you will find a little tube with water driping out of it, that's condensation that formed on the COLD AC coils.

Condensation forms on the ceiling or walls of the fridge, collects into large and larger droplets, forms an actual drop of water which drips onto your PC and we all know what happens next.

By all means, try if your way, preferably on an older machine and see what the results are but I think you are the only one on your side of the fence in this situation.

 

[alimoalem]

has anyone thought about MINIMUM TEMPERATURE??? cooler is better but freezing isn't. some parts can't go to near 0 degrees C or they'll be nonfunctional

 

[TheoPetro]

Originally posted by: Elcs

Originally posted by: Greenman
Condensation will only form on a surface that is COOLER than the air. It won't form on WARM computer parts in a fridge. I can't understand why so many people can't grasp that. When you run the AC in your house does condensation form on the walls and ceiling? Go try it, I'll wait .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
See, the house gets cool, and water doesn't run down the walls. If you go look outside you will find a little tube with water driping out of it, that's condensation that formed on the COLD AC coils.

Condensation forms on the ceiling or walls of the fridge, collects into large and larger droplets, forms an actual drop of water which drips onto your PC and we all know what happens next.

By all means, try if your way, preferably on an older machine and see what the results are but I think you are the only one on your side of the fence in this situation.

i have never seen condensation on the walls of my fridge. if it was there but allready "formed lagrer droplets and fell" why the heck isnt there a puddle of water in the bottom of my fridge? even saying this IS true its not some crippling hurdle just mount everything so it wont get touched by any condencing h2o.

as for minimum temp. i know my minifridge sure as heck doesnt get anywhere near to 0C. the minature freezer in it bairly gets that cold.

im thinken itd be fine to shove it in there. as long as you take some minor precautions.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: BW86
"Fridge Adventures"

I was going to post the same link.

 

[Xyo II]

or you could run a dehumidifier in there...............if you have the room, lol. wow.........taking a full-size fridge and making one monster set-up...........forget leds, this is bigger than leds.......... just wait, in the near future, the newest cases will have refridgerator-grade cooling thingies in them with some protection or the other against condensation.