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Ken Maltby typed:
> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
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>> Ken Maltby typed:
>>
>>> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
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>>>> Spencer typed:
>>>>
>>>>> Ok, this might sound a bit daft but hang in there with me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Simple water cooling system with the obvious blocks (CPU and VGA).
>>>>> Most WC have a fan system and radiator but as we all know that the
>>>>> idea of a silent PC is no fans right!
>>>>>
>>>>> So here is an idea of sorts. A small mini fridge/freezer with the
>>>>> radiator installed either with or without fans. The pipes coming
>>>>> out of the side and sealed to prevent loss of temp.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone done this?
>>>>> Stupid Idea?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have my setup in the Garage so noise is not a problem due to a
>>>>> fridge/freezer already in here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking on the bonus side, you could also keep the beers in there
>>>>> too!
>>>>>
>>>>> Spence
>
>>> Actually this comes up over and over again. I've done
>>> it myself. A refrigerator even a large refrigerator can't
>>> handle the continuos heat load. Now the air conditioner
>>> is another story.
>>>
>>> Luck;
>>> Ken
>>
>> I guess you're right about it. Some kind of forced cooling would be
>> still necesarry.
>> Maybe a man could get long and narrow block, so it will fit just
>> before air condition blower, but it would have to be with tiny
>> pipes, so that air would still be able to blow through them in the
>> room. But, then it's possible that air would be hot again...while
>> getting AC just for PC purpose would be very expensive...and we're
>> again at non-quiet system, since first idea of this thread was to
>> build totally quiet, non-fan system.
>>
>
> Actually you can often pick-up a new 5000BTU window
> unit on sale for ~$85. Perfectly good window units are
> thrown away all the time, just clean & oil, straighten the fins
> and it's good as new. I got a 10,000BTU for $5, and the
> guy I got it from thought he had cheated me.
>
> One of these days I'm going to find a good sized
> broken refrigerator, gut it and mount a 19" rack.
> I'll seal the back of it to a wall of the garage and
> mount an airconditioner through the wall. With all the
> insulation and the airconditioner mostly outside, it
> should be fairly quite, even in the garage.
>
> Or I could build an imitation "Tardis" (from "DR Who")
> outside, nearer where I have my computer setup.
>
> KMV distribution and USB2 should allow me to remote
> the I/O. I use Virtual Drives now, so all I need the drives
> for is the initial making of virtual disks. Most new games
> run off the hard drives anyway. DVD burning and video
> work in general is half duplex (one way, at a time) in nature,
> and remoting should not be an insurmountable problem.
>
> To veer back to the subject, you could build a simple
> box on the front of a window airconditioner that directed
> the cold air past your water system's heatercore/radiator(s)
> before it is recirculated through the AC. Your pump could
> also be located with the AC. You could have all these noise
> producing components outside, or in the attic, or basement.
> Then just use 1/2" PVC plumbing to bring your cooling fluid
> to and from your computer. ( I use flexible vinyl tubing from
> the wall to the computer parts)
>
> If you put it outside, you could make it appear as an
> airconditioned dog house, or garden tool shed.
>
> Check out www.surpluscenter.com for less expensive water
> pumps that can provide ~300-600GPH at whatever height
> you may need.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
Nice indeed...