walker450

I am planning on trying to use geothermal cooling for my CPU. I have compiled a list of other's threads on this:

"Simple": (what I plan to do): http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=135691

"Simple #2": http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ghlight=trench

"The Hole": http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=207565

"The Bomb": http://www.dwpg.com/content.php?cont...77&orgartid=57

Here are some other helpful links for this project:

Bending Tubing: http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-wo...ml#post6719040

Geothermal Info: http://www.nyserda.org/programs/geot...mal_manual.pdf

More Geothermal Info: http://www.geo4va.vt.edu/A2/A2.htm

Thermal Paste: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=1

Overclocking 780i: http://www.overclock.net/intel-mothe...ml#post6809531
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=...55449;�
Q9550: http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...ml#post7096023

Cable Sleeving: http://www.overclock.net/case-mods-g...mpany-kit.html

Holy Grail of RAM: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=320351

DuckieHo

It works.... but requires a lot of work.

Do you at least have watercooling experience?

__________________
To answer most of your questions: (1) a fridge cannot cool a PC (2) 64-bit OS for over 3.4GB (3) If a PCIe card fits, it should work (4) Resolution, not screen size (5) If you have a question, it is not news (6) Report, not respond to Spam (7) Single-Rail/Non-Modular PSUs are not always better than Multi-Rail/Modular

gnolnats

I would think that cost would be prohibitive. Don't you need to drill several wells as part of the initial setup? And you'll need a lot of tubing/pipe. Sounds interesting, though.

Take pictures!

__________________
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P15,434::17022:12059(stock, no PhysX)
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P24,155::20817:46545(690|1466| 1073MHz,PhysX on)
3DMark06v1.1.0.Pro(PhysX=disabled)=22,564::8526.11 642.5660@1280x1024

Q9650 Club

walker450

No water cooling experience. And yes, it won't be all that cheap... I think it's a neat concept and when I have some spare time I may experiment a little....

walker450

I was thinking about something more along the lines of just simply pumping water from through your CPU water block, down into the ground, and back to the CPU block in a closed loop fashion.

H3||scr3am

I heard of a guy who uses his old septic tank as a reservoir under ground, and runs a radiatorless loop, but I think you'd need a good pump...

__________________

I am 91% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?
OCN CS:S GG: overclock.nuclearfallout.net:27015
OCN TF2: 68.232.173.130:27015 BRAND NEW 500FPS!!!

My Role in this community is to make your gaming experience on our gameservers enjoyable
please feel free to PM me with your suggestions and issues.

gnolnats

Yes, that's geothermal cooling (as already stated).

__________________
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P15,434::17022:12059(stock, no PhysX)
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P24,155::20817:46545(690|1466| 1073MHz,PhysX on)
3DMark06v1.1.0.Pro(PhysX=disabled)=22,564::8526.11 642.5660@1280x1024

Q9650 Club

walker450

LOL sorry. I was referring to the thread "the hole"... He has a much more elaborate setup than the one I am talking about... he has radiators incorporated...

gnolnats

If this is like the large military building mechanical systems that I have seen around virginia, then in this case the septic tank contents will be the heat sink and the water circulates in a closed loop to transfer heat to whatever liquid may still be in the septic tank.

__________________
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P15,434::17022:12059(stock, no PhysX)
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P24,155::20817:46545(690|1466| 1073MHz,PhysX on)
3DMark06v1.1.0.Pro(PhysX=disabled)=22,564::8526.11 642.5660@1280x1024

Q9650 Club

gnolnats

I can't imagine why you would need radiators since the water/soil underground will be the heat sink. So, he buries radiators to make the heat transfer to underground more efficient? Or do you mean he uses some sort of hybrid system with fans+radiators to transfer some heat to the air at the surface and also the underground loop to transfer more heat underground?

__________________
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P15,434::17022:12059(stock, no PhysX)
3DmarkVantage.v1.01=P24,155::20817:46545(690|1466| 1073MHz,PhysX on)
3DMark06v1.1.0.Pro(PhysX=disabled)=22,564::8526.11 642.5660@1280x1024

Q9650 Club