February 14, 200422 yr for my college PC, money will be no issue. Sooooo....Vapochill or this other thing thats like prometria or something.Both are on frozen CPUAlso, anyway I can use the refrigerator cooling on VGA and northbridge as well as on CPU? Most are just for CPU
February 17, 200422 yr Man that things a beast. Looks like a nice system, but i havent seen anything on price and from what i have read the retail versons of it are hard to find.
February 17, 200422 yr I would do what I did.Use a Mini fridge to chill the water and use it just like a vapochill / watrer cooling unit. Not quite as cold but darn close.
February 17, 200422 yr Abit BE62 with a Slot "T" adapter for a Celeron 2 (Technically a Pentium 3).It is a 1.1 gig Cel 2 oveclocked to 1650mhz at 150fsb. I have 1.85 volts going in. The default is 1.5 Ibelieve.The processor is at 45deg when warmed up.It stays that way too.I did this mod in around an hour. Fridge conversion that is.It is a homemade waterblock insulated with spray foam.Simple pipe foam insulation wrapped with duct tape is around the coolant line/hoses.What you see in the fridge holding the coolant is a 6 pack cooler that is around the Freezer tray for the fridge. Coolant inside gets chilled at whatever temp you want! I do not know how low it can go. I never maxed it out.I keep the coolant at around 25deg on idle. I have had the coolant down to 10deg no problem. Just turn the fridge temp down!!!!!!!Condensation is your enemy so be carefull.!!!!!!!Vapochills cannot simultaneously cool Coke's and Beers.Now what COLLEGE Dorm room or roommate for that matter wants a Vapochill when you can have something like it that does double duty:)B)
February 18, 200422 yr Simple pipe foam insulation wrapped with duct tape is around the coolant line/hoses. Umm yes it is. Macgyver remember. No computer project is complete without it.
February 18, 200422 yr wait i dont get it. whats the point of cooling?? it cools down naturally so whats the pt. of a fridge??
February 18, 200422 yr The fridge has an insualted 6 pack cooler around the freezer tray. It contains the coolant and pump. (Water and antifreeze). The pump cirrculates the chilled coolant to the CPU making it colder so you can put more volts into the cpu getting a higher overclock.The Mac-fridge is an inexpensive way to get really low coolant temps without the bother of a Peltier or Phasechange system.And as to Why?Because you can.
February 18, 200422 yr Oh Flak by the way.Yes you can cool the VGU and Chipset but do not expect a lot of overclock.You cannot really up their respective voltages a lot so they do not respond as well to overclocking.Not worth the hassle imho.
February 18, 200422 yr Ky is just jealous.He did not think of that simple way to cool your cpu. :wink: :wink: :wink:
February 19, 200422 yr HA! You wish... B)Soon i will start work on superconductors (maybe- i hope it wont be semiconductors, which they probably will), and THAT is better than any fridge cooling
February 20, 200422 yr Author hmm, well Mac, I like your idea and so do many of my friends, but I dont think my roommate would spring for it, especially with such limited dorm space. My one college provide a mini fridge in each room and I dont think they would like it if we tooled around with it
February 20, 200422 yr So buy another. They are around $70 or less on sale. Put it on top of the other one.Mine still holds a case of cans of your favorite beverage after the mod.
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