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Topic: I'm badass.... are you?
started by: miNus

Posted by miNus on Jul. 20 2001,01:33

Who here owns a computer that is cooled by water?

*looks around*

/me raises hand

Wish me luck!

Posted by TheTaxMan on Jul. 20 2001,01:48

That is hella' cool. What do you have in there that requires so much cooling, anyway (or is it just for |337-ness)?

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Posted by miNus on Jul. 20 2001,01:53

Just leetness.

It's a duron 750 (cause my tbird took one for the team while installing the waterblock... d'oh.)
But it's nice not to have to hear my cpu fan going VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... So the only fans now are the power supply fan (quiet) and the 120mm fan undervolted to 7v so it's nearly silent. And 86F full load even...

133t

Posted by shifter on Jul. 20 2001,01:55

I once water cooled a computer. Well actually, I threw it in my pool, but hey...

Posted by Dysorderia on Jul. 20 2001,03:03

quote:
Originally posted by shifter:
I once water cooled a computer. Well actually, I threw it in my pool, but hey...

ROTFLOL!

Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Jul. 20 2001,03:22

j00 are way l33t, dude.

i mean that. i'll mean it even more if you post pics

Posted by miNus on Jul. 20 2001,04:11

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And yes, I was very frightened in one of those pictures.

Posted by Vulu on Jul. 20 2001,16:41

quote:
Originally posted by shifter:
I once water cooled a computer. Well actually, I threw it in my pool, but hey...

And you people say n00bs suck...

Posted by satch on Jul. 20 2001,17:47

Lots of l33t people water cool their computers when they overclock their Athlon.

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Posted by miNus on Jul. 20 2001,17:51

You're only leet when you crush your tbird then swap it out for a duron and try agian

Posted by shifter on Jul. 20 2001,22:54

Well I actually did throw it in the pool. From my roof, no less! If someone can explain a way for me to get VHS video into my computer, then I will upload the video my brother made when I did it! I just sort of heaved it off of the section where my window opens up. I didn't throw the monitor in though, I've heard those retain a lot of electricity and can shock the hell out of you...then again, I think that would make the video a lot cooler.

Posted by Non on Jul. 20 2001,23:05

This message has been edited by Non on July 21, 2001 at 06:07 PM

Posted by Non on Jul. 20 2001,23:05

MiNus; so you totaled your T-bird?

So a water cooling system just has a pipe system filled with cool water in front of a fan?
Can you use a mini-fridge and take the pump and frion system and use that?

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Posted by miNus on Jul. 20 2001,23:32

Non:
Yep, may my tbird RIP. (oh well I wanted a 1 gig anyway

)

Take a closer look at the pics. Here's how it goes:

Tupperware contains water and the water pump. The pump pumps cool water from the tupperware (reservoir) to the waterblock (copper thing on CPU), which heats up the water, losing it's own energy. From there it's onto the radiator (it's actually a tranny cooler) which the fan blows on, removing the heat from the radiator, and moving it into the surrounding air. The cool water then again enters the reservoir.

Neat, eh?
And with a refridgerated system, you can get below room temperature, but you have to worry about water condensing on stuff, so it's not worth it to me right now. Maybe down the line

-miNus

This message has been edited by miNus on July 21, 2001 at 06:32 PM

Posted by shifter on Jul. 21 2001,00:22

Mine still works better:

1. Turn down pool temperature
2. Get on roof (optional)
3. Run
4. Heave computer
5. Watch in satisfaction

Oddly enough, the processor stopped working =(

Posted by miNus on Jul. 21 2001,00:23

That is odd. You might want to contact the manufacturer, see if they'll warranty it for you. That's obviously a manufacturing defect.

Posted by RenegadeSnark on Jul. 21 2001,03:50

Posted by shifter on Jul. 21 2001,06:20

........wtff is with the chalupa thing?

Posted by Spydir on Jul. 21 2001,06:26

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Posted by miNus on Jul. 21 2001,14:29

It's all yours snark.

Posted by miNus on Jul. 21 2001,17:18

Umm... riiiiiiight. And if you edit this post I'll hax0r your ass.

y0u @r3 n0w h@X0r3|)!!!

This message has been edited by miNus on July 23, 2001 at 09:18 PM