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Titan151 · 06-01-2004, 01:08 AM

So I got the unit up and running. I bypassed the thermistat in the chiller and set it to full operation. Finished filling and bleading out all of the air. That was a pain in the ass as usual. So at the present moment with all of the insulation on (excluding the pump as I wasn't sure if it would be better to leave off) my temps are at 20 C. I was hoping for more but with the heat capacity of this unit that is what I get. The one thing I notice is that the chiller temp will always be much lower then that of the socket temp. I only have the cpu on board temp sensor at the moment so I would gather that the chiller is at something like -10 or -20. In the past there was a temp diference between the chiller temp and the socket temp of about 30 to 40 C. Is this what other people find as well or is it closer together? I supose the socket temp may not be to accurate, but feeling the tubing it seems close if nothing less.

On a more interesting note, I came extremely close to waxing my vid card and mobo. Luckily, the piece of plexi I placed above the vid card caught all the water and it dripped onto the agp socket then off to the side. I made a stupid mistake while I was filling a line. I allowed some fluid to seep into the insulation which made it's way to the socket then dripped straight down onto the plastic above the vid card. By the time I killed the power there was a good size puddle on the bottom of the case. I wiped everything down then hit up the mobo with the heat gun and so far so good.

I got my hands on a mini fridge so I will be working on that in the near future. It's actually almost twice the size of a standard dorm fridge so it should be fun to play with. I may see if I can squeeze a few more degrees of the existing setup.

Oh one more question. How would quanity of water impact a chiller setup. Right now I have the aquarium chiller, a fairly large amount of tubing, the pump, and block. I am curious if I added a reservoir and sealed it (say a small lunch cooler). Would something like this allow for more heat reduction or less? I guess it wouldn't be that hard to give it a try. I have a junky styrofoarm ice chest at work that would work well for this and will give it a try tomorrow just to see. I will post pics tomorrow of the setup.

06-01-2004, 01:08 AM	#8
Titan151 Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 116	So I got the unit up and running. I bypassed the thermistat in the chiller and set it to full operation. Finished filling and bleading out all of the air. That was a pain in the ass as usual. So at the present moment with all of the insulation on (excluding the pump as I wasn't sure if it would be better to leave off) my temps are at 20 C. I was hoping for more but with the heat capacity of this unit that is what I get. The one thing I notice is that the chiller temp will always be much lower then that of the socket temp. I only have the cpu on board temp sensor at the moment so I would gather that the chiller is at something like -10 or -20. In the past there was a temp diference between the chiller temp and the socket temp of about 30 to 40 C. Is this what other people find as well or is it closer together? I supose the socket temp may not be to accurate, but feeling the tubing it seems close if nothing less. On a more interesting note, I came extremely close to waxing my vid card and mobo. Luckily, the piece of plexi I placed above the vid card caught all the water and it dripped onto the agp socket then off to the side. I made a stupid mistake while I was filling a line. I allowed some fluid to seep into the insulation which made it's way to the socket then dripped straight down onto the plastic above the vid card. By the time I killed the power there was a good size puddle on the bottom of the case. I wiped everything down then hit up the mobo with the heat gun and so far so good. I got my hands on a mini fridge so I will be working on that in the near future. It's actually almost twice the size of a standard dorm fridge so it should be fun to play with. I may see if I can squeeze a few more degrees of the existing setup. Oh one more question. How would quanity of water impact a chiller setup. Right now I have the aquarium chiller, a fairly large amount of tubing, the pump, and block. I am curious if I added a reservoir and sealed it (say a small lunch cooler). Would something like this allow for more heat reduction or less? I guess it wouldn't be that hard to give it a try. I have a junky styrofoarm ice chest at work that would work well for this and will give it a try tomorrow just to see. I will post pics tomorrow of the setup. Last edited by Titan151; 06-01-2004 at 01:18 AM.