Why cant you put your tower in a freezer? Think ..

Guest · Mar 19, 2001

Think about it

it will be very cold and with the pc on which makes heat it will not freeze

i wouldn't put the power supply in there but i mean the board and tower yes

Think about it
Why can't it be done?

Guest · Mar 19, 2001

condensation

itll last about 30 seconds in there, unless you create a pure vacuum inside the freezer or fill the tubes will alcohol....and even then itd condensate when you opened the thing up

i think everybodys had this idea once, but no one does it, because of CONDENSATION.

if you have access to a vaccuum maker doohickey, (your local university probably has one), then go for it

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Guest · Mar 19, 2001

Arent the motherboard and baords covered with some kinda of sealer?

So any water at all will do damage huh?

Guest · Mar 19, 2001

No sealer, no need. That is why static electricity can damage the chips too.

Guest · Mar 19, 2001

no sealer indeed...since computers were dont built to be put in freezers.

thats why usually they recommend the ambient temps be about 5C at least...not because the computer cant work in temps colder than that, but because of evil Mr Condensation and his nasty sidekick, Mr Tooth Decay...wait...no, thats from something else...

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Grizely1 · Mar 19, 2001

i know what you mean. my waterblock is sweating like crazy and i have to tape towels to it. (LOL)

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Guest · Mar 19, 2001

It would be a bit of a waste to put a nice new/hot computer in a freezer... It would be pretty good, but it'd only be possible if you could TOTALLY insulate every part, so that water wouldn't affect it..
Of course you couldn't do this, but if you're that obsessed with it being cool, but don't you spend some cash and get a Vapochill system?!

Note to self: Never buy anything without checking with Tom first...

steinbr · Mar 19, 2001

This link point to a very interisting experience: submersion on a special non-conductive liquid from 3m and liquid nitrogen cooling.

http://www.octools.com/articles/submersion/submersion.html
http://www.octools.com/articles/submersion2/submersion2.html

The experience is not more "cool" due an capacitor failure.
Look at...

noko · Mar 19, 2001

If you have an available Air conditioning duct near by route some air to one of your case fans. 3 inch hose or larger with some make do fittings from the hardware store would be easy. Just an idea which I am planning to do shortly. The benefits seem to good to pass up. How cold is the air coming from an A/C duct? I believe it is around 8F colder if not more.

AmdMELTDOWN · Mar 19, 2001

this is how I'm cooling my super duper duron 750 @ 2GHz.(it's pretty fast in all my office apps!, note pad rips!!!)

I've built a special rig and turned my small fridge into a super cooling case that would put the vapochill to shame, it also doubles as my oven! (yeah!)

why ask here? this is a well know tech tip, you should definitely try it. I believe your standard fridge will work.

"Amd cpu...Gone in 2 secs flat, it truly is a fast chip!"

Guest · Mar 19, 2001

as usual we're having a discussion about a topic, and amdmeltdown has to coem along and be a fricken retard.

hey! look at me everybody! i dont have anything useful to say but i crave attention!! so i'll just be a dick!! yay!

fsck off

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dhlucke · Mar 19, 2001

At least wusy and fugger can say something intelligent. What's your malfunction? Stop screwing with people. Some people might not understand that you are being a retard!

This is a forum, not a chat room. You aren't going to find a date here.

Grizely1 · Mar 19, 2001

i think just about everyone can see his lame attempt at humor. even my little cousin said he sucks.

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"648kb is all the space anyone will ever need!"

Bill Gates, 1980s

slvr_phoenix · Mar 19, 2001

There is another way to do it. Get a deep freezer. Drill some holes for cables. Put the system in. Put in a dry air filter. Splice in external power switches for the system and the dry air filter. Do an airtight seal on the whole freezer. Kick on the dry air filter. Wait a long while. Turn on the freezer. Wait another long while. Then turn on the system.

I had a friend do this with an old (early Celeron I beleive) system overclocked to Mz. Hellen Bak. I don't know much more on the specifics because at the time I wasn't in to overclocking. It was about five or so years ago...

But I do know that dry air filters are pretty easily available for scientific purposes because we have a number of them where I work for our nitrogen airstream cooling systems for X-ray crystalography.

-Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage.

Guest · Mar 20, 2001

someone mentioned this post so I had to read it

if your going to all that trouble, just buy a vapochill or something like that? freezer+sealed+vaccuum+holes+hassle>cost of vapochill

Old addage: "Users never prosper"

) Long live the tweakers

dhlucke · Mar 20, 2001

Hey, I just ran my computer in the freezer for an hour. Worked great. Didn't try overclocking though...

Oh wait....we had a rolling blackout....

--so close

This is a forum, not a chat room. You aren't going to find a date here.

Guest · Mar 20, 2001

class

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Grizely1 · Mar 20, 2001

not as cool (no pun intended) as cooling it with a freezer!

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"648kb is all the space anyone will ever need!"

Bill Gates, 1980s

pat · Mar 20, 2001

Griz, for your waterblock, have you tried to insulate it with
urethane foam sold in spraycan in hardware store?

Instead of putting the whole system in freezer, try to drill
2 holes in the side of the freezerto pass hose and install a
heater radiator like those found in cars. Install a fan to
force cold air throught the radiator.

Put antifreeze instead of water and run it with a waterpump
from the freezer to the cpu's waterblock to get max cooling.

I dont know if it would work...just another good idea I just have.

->And this is...................ACTION!

Guest · Mar 20, 2001

I think it was on MaxiumPC's forum back in the summer some guy had a system he put in one of those small fridges. He put everything in there except the floppy drive I believe. Worked really good. The fridge was about $180 of plus the PS. Pretty darn cheap for a air-conditioned case. It was an intel processor and he had no problems with condensation...

"Yesterday's solutions are Today's problems...."

Grizely1 · Mar 20, 2001

that's what i was going to try. either that or that rubber stuff.

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"648kb is all the space anyone will ever need!"

Bill Gates, 1980s

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