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post #1 of 10
12/7/12 at 12:29pm
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I was given a small water bottle cooler that sit in an abandoned house for several years. After about an hour of cleaning (mice had made a nest inside it....) I am ready to start testing its ability to cool an i7.

Here is what the production model looks like:


Here is the nameplate of mine:


I took off the top, front, and back panels. I will be using a submersible pond pump to pump water from the reservoir to the CPU, and back. (open-loop)

If it can keep up with a fully loaded i7, I will build a front panel for it and install a fan. The fan will push air around the compressor and then into the condenser. Hopefully this will keep it from dying early. smile.gif

We had several coolers like this at the power plant where I used to work. The area they were in would reach 130F when the generators were online in the summer time. The water was always ice cold, and they got plenty of use.

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I am currently running it with the intel burn test... will post results here and at my build thread, here:[Build Log] i7 Phase Change Chilled H2O
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post #2 of 10
12/7/12 at 6:58pm
WOOOO nice dont mind if i get my hands on one of this smile.gif
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12/7/12 at 7:01pm
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Interesting idea. Temps should be decent! thumb.gif
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post #4 of 10
12/8/12 at 5:29pm
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Temps will suck, mainly because these aren't designed to hold any kind of a load.
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post #5 of 10
12/13/12 at 9:12pm
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Temps are great for what I'm wanting to do. Water temps stay between 4.5C and 6.5C. I haven't had time to OC my i7.

I'll post up graphs when I have time.
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12/14/12 at 5:46pm
Looking forward to seeing the OC temps on this one!
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post #7 of 10
12/14/12 at 6:00pm
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Me too!! I have family coming in from out of town and they'll be here all weekend so it will probably be next weekend at the earliest.

The concept of this is very simple: My water temperatures will decrease below ambient when I start my system. Temperatures with regular water cooler radiators go up from ambient until they settle out.

I am trying to strike a balance between traditional water cooling and traditional phase change. I don't want to insulate my socket/board.
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post #8 of 10
12/14/12 at 6:04pm
I would be leery of possible condensation in time with weather changes.
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post #9 of 10
12/14/12 at 9:10pm
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Me too!! I have family coming in from out of town and they'll be here all weekend so it will probably be next weekend at the earliest.
The concept of this is very simple: My water temperatures will decrease below ambient when I start my system. Temperatures with regular water cooler radiators go up from ambient until they settle out.
I am trying to strike a balance between traditional water cooling and traditional phase change. I don't want to insulate my socket/board.

Hmmm, sounds like a good experiment!
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post #10 of 10
12/18/12 at 8:23pm
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I have a smaller one which I might use as well on my h100.

This should be interesting.
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