Need help building chiller.

[Clintonthelegen]

I am pretty sure that I am going to make a water chiller instead of going for direct die cooling. I like to oc my entire system and running chilled water through my current h20 system seems like I better idea to me. If anyone has links to information on building one or pictures of ones people have made it would really help me a lot. I plan to start something this weekend if everything works out.

[TheDude]

Originally posted by Clintonthelegen
I am pretty sure that I am going to make a water chiller instead of going for direct die cooling. I like to oc my entire system and running chilled water through my current h20 system seems like I better idea to me. If anyone has links to information on building one or pictures of ones people have made it would really help me a lot. I plan to start something this weekend if everything works out.

Hi Clintonthelegen,

Bowman is currently working on a perfect solution that you might be interested in....here
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7040
It would be great not to have to choose direct die or chiller, but to have them both! Also I will see if I can dig up some links and pics that I have backed up somewhere. I know MrIcee and Oppainter were using chillers before they got prommies and setting all kinds of records as usual.:D

[TheDude]

Anyone got any chiller pics out there that they wouldn't mind sharing with Clintonthelegen to give him some ideas?:D

[bowman1964]

Originally posted by TheDude
Anyone got any chiller pics out there that they wouldn't mind sharing with Clintonthelegen to give him some ideas?:D this is the chiller i am using in my new cooler.

[TheDude]

Thanks Bowman...sweet!

[Charles Wirth]

$156 woody 5.7cu Freezer from Best Buy
http://fugger.netfirms.com/woody.JPG

I have installed hard lines since.
http://fugger.netfirms.com/installing.JPG

Brrr cold, months of seasoning ice layer around the inside.
http://fugger.netfirms.com/frozen.jpg
Thats a high school chili pot made of aluminum 10 gallon approximate. iirc Chong puts the water in the freezer without a bucket. I know my freezer can hold water when I had to dethaw it.

I need to update my pics as everything has changed.

I had these handy.

[aenigma]

Yeah filling the whole freezer with antireeze/alcohol/liquid of your choice, will help because then you will get direct contact with the evaporator.What kind of temps do you get now?Cpu temps, liquid temps, do you use a pelt etc.

You can also make a heat exchanger for the evporator.Way back when I used a chest freezer, it never worked right, well after i stopped using it I tie strapped copper pipes to the evaporator pipes and that worked much better.You might try that.Although in order to do that I also ripped the sheet metal off the side....