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Unread 10-01-2005, 06:29 PM   #6
baron_iv
Cooling Neophyte
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Misery...er, Missouri
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Yeah, the main reason I'm DOING this is for fun. I already have a VapoChill XE2 that cools my main system down to sub-zero temps. I'm just looking for something to burn up a little bit of time. Plus, I love experimentation. A couple of weeks ago, I went to walmart and bought 40 feet of dryer hose. I ran it from the air conditioner in the kitchen, to a computer I conveniently set up in the dining room. Needless to say, the little lady wasn't very happy about this at all, but it did cool my CPU (via watercooling) from 40C at 100% usage to 28C at 100% usage. So it was certainly a success, at least a cooling success...not a domestic success in any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I'm pretty sure if I had left it up one more second, I'd have been single again...which WOULD be condusive to more experimentation...
No, that wouldn't work...I'd have wires, hoses, cables, computer parts, etc strung out all over the house so that nobody could walk through if someone wasn't here to keep me in check. I'd also probably forget to eat and starve to death. A body can't survive on Mountain Dew and pop tarts.
Anyway, thanks for the ideas guys. If you think of anything else, please post. I'm going to go ahead and buy everything I need to see if I can get this working.
By the way, someone told me that if I got the radiator to cool the water down sub-ambient, that the tubing would be working against me...I'm not quite sure I understand the meaning of that... If someone could clear that up, I'd be greatly appreciative.
Have a great weekend!
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