ae804

If one fan drops temps 10C, and two fans drops 17C....3 fan may be more like 21C, 4 Fans 22C 5 fans=22C

These numbers are made up, but basically what "Diminusing Returns" menas is too many fans will just increase noise with out giving any extra performance.

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schoeds

I think this is one cool idea (bad pun), practical no, but I think anything beyond air isn't very practical.

Tell me you wouldn't be impressed going over to your buddies place to find a 6' acrylic tube glowing red with bubbles being pumped through water in the bottom... cooling his computer .

If you do it right it could probably be a dual purpose bong.

DuckieHo

You don't have a 250w OC-ed Quadcore then.

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ae804

Would there be any benefit to having a dehumidifier in the room?

I'm very tempted to try this out. Heck, it's only a $30 project! I couldn't get much more than a Optical Drive for that.

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NoL

Also if you look on ebay, acrylic is very cheap, I've been thinking about doing something similar. Theres tower evaporators, and theres high surface area evaporators. I want to combine them with the magical properties of acrylic!
A 4-5" diameter acrylic pipe, inside that a ton of 1/4" acrylic pipes with a bit of room between em, water flows up thru a center 1/2" pipe, fills a top resevoir of sorts, which has anchors for the 1/4" pipes, but lets water dribble down the outsides of those, then fans would blow across that creating a huge surface area for evaporation. Plus acrylic would "hold" the water in place pretty well so it would probably create quite a lot of evaporation!
Dehumidifier will help if it doesnt get overloaded. My main suggestion is, run a pipe from the top to the outside world with a fan in it. Yes the outside world, don't be afraid, they've removed most of the pointy objects and bright sun light from there so I hear!

Heru

What kind of a cooler is that?
Oh, es a heavy-duty cooler, mayn..

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schoeds

Your sure are right about that, wish I did though.

BTW...how pratical is a OC-ed 250w Quadcore.

NoL

Practical enough to make a bong for it

MrBungle

personally, i go to LAN parties several times a year. if i saw a friend's computer looking like that, that would just mean he'll never go to another LAN with me . i'd be bummed.


equally impractical.

BugBash

Very Nice guide,
Its a mini watercooling system just like you have at powerstations!!!
presumabley you could/would vent the Humidified air out of your room, can have a waterlevel detector that tells you when you need to top up or even an automated system with a little tap from a resoviour or even the mains system!

+REP!