Ironically just after posting this I found a similar thread at HardForums. As a read the posts I relized that a fridge-mod is very inefficent and basically the opposite of what you should do if you were gonna go spend that much time.
A fridge-mod works by cooling the air which then in turn cools the hotspots(CPU,NB,GPU) by fans or by water cooling. So your cooling air then water then the hot areas. Plus you can't go too cold or else your coolant will freeze.
My idea was to take an insulated/sealed container(old fridge) and put the guts into it. Water cool the whole system(CPU, NB, GPU, Mem, Mosfets, HDs,etc) withs pelts. Then instead of insulating the pelts insulate the tubing. This way your cooling the hottest parts directly. The 'cold' will spead ******d from the pelts. The key is having enough total pelt power to cool everything in the container. You'd have to purge the container of water vapor(easily done with some silica-gel or drop a block of dry ice in the bottom and the CO2 will displace the air). After its sealed there shouldn't be any condensation or frost because theres no water to freeze. The system will probobly stabilize subzero and can go very low because your coolant is 'hot'. The hardpart is having enough radiator to cool an entire sytem plus all those peltiers.
I'm not planning on trying this anytime soon(unless someone wishes to be a sponser). My original post was to make sure my math/idea that a computer with a 420W PS basically acted like a 1500BTU heater in my room. And that I'd need at least that much in an AC to cool my room off.
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