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FooTemps · 03-02-2005, 02:13 AM

I figured this idea would be highly impractical and costly but it's been bugging me lately...

Heatpipes + phase change = full system cooling using one off the shelf cpu cooling system (like prometia or vapochill)

Since Zalman already has a fully passive heatpipe cooled case someone could go the extra step and cool the whole system to low temps using a heatpipe system that junctions at the cold plate of the cooling unit.

Not sure about the effectiveness of the idea though since the heatpipes would have to be fairly long and that is a lot of heat going to one cooling unit. But since the compressor units can already achieve below freezing temperatures on just the cpu the combined heat of the system should be managable. In the end it may just be as effective as good watercooling but I'm just tossing around a crazy idea.

It also wouldn't be very cost effective for us DIYers since you'd have to basically buy and bend your own heatpipes for the whole unit and that may result in buying anywhere from 10 heatpipes for effective cooling on larger units (the number varies due to number of hard drives and how many pipes you want to use for the cpu, gpu, psu)

03-02-2005, 02:13 AM	#1
FooTemps Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WA, USA Posts: 49	Impractical idea I figured this idea would be highly impractical and costly but it's been bugging me lately... Heatpipes + phase change = full system cooling using one off the shelf cpu cooling system (like prometia or vapochill) Since Zalman already has a fully passive heatpipe cooled case someone could go the extra step and cool the whole system to low temps using a heatpipe system that junctions at the cold plate of the cooling unit. Not sure about the effectiveness of the idea though since the heatpipes would have to be fairly long and that is a lot of heat going to one cooling unit. But since the compressor units can already achieve below freezing temperatures on just the cpu the combined heat of the system should be managable. In the end it may just be as effective as good watercooling but I'm just tossing around a crazy idea. It also wouldn't be very cost effective for us DIYers since you'd have to basically buy and bend your own heatpipes for the whole unit and that may result in buying anywhere from 10 heatpipes for effective cooling on larger units (the number varies due to number of hard drives and how many pipes you want to use for the cpu, gpu, psu)