hehehe...my water block formed frost...in about 3 minutes of use....0o0o0o0o this is gonna be fun!
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hehehe...my water block formed frost...in about 3 minutes of use....0o0o0o0o this is gonna be fun!
Ewwwww... Nasty ugly white stuff everywhere.
Frost is the enemy. Insulation is our friend. :D
time for neoprene and seal string action.
Just as a point of interest, some may be wondering why the condenser fan blade has a ring around the edge. This is called a "slinger ring". The air conditioner dehumifies the air. The water moves to the condenser section, is picked up by the slinger and sprayed onto the warm condenser coil. This gets rid of the water and helps to cool the condenser at the same time.
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Originally posted by Gary Lloyd
Just as a point of interest, some may be wondering why the condenser fan blade has a ring around the edge. This is called a "slinger ring". The air conditioner dehumifies the air. The water moves to the condenser section, is picked up by the slinger and sprayed onto the warm condenser coil. This gets rid of the water and helps to cool the condenser at the same time.
OOo coool, i soo want the aircon above me. Its mine i said!!
wow....more then 14 hours since i shut the unit off ans the ice has barely melted....the liquid is still VERY cold
Got the pump running? Circulation will help melt the ice.
yea it was running since early this morning..i just took it out a little while ago because i am setting up the water cooling kit and lines...think im gonna try to see what kinda temps I can get a CPU down to. Im also looking how i can modify a AMD water block to fit on a Pentium 4 Chip...grrr...i have already maxed out all of my AMD computers using air( -40F air)...so i wann see what my Pentium 4 machines can doQuote:
Originally posted by Gary Lloyd
Got the pump running? Circulation will help melt the ice.
Just wondering , what was your cpu temp with the -40f air ? What chip, volts and clock?
CPU temp was measured by Motherboard montior and was around 11F at FULL load.
Chip was a AMD 3200 i am rather new to overclocking so i am not sure about the exact number the volt was at...it was as high as possible. And i was able to get it to post at 2970 something...I could bench with 3d mark at 2800+.
Sweet,
just think now you don't have to freeze yer @ss of to clock.
You get a temp guage yet? and some kinda alcohol?
i never had to freeze my butt off before either...i just stuck the computer on the roof.Quote:
Originally posted by jamaljaco
Sweet,
just think now you don't have to freeze yer @ss of to clock.
You get a temp guage yet? and some kinda alcohol?
Nope..i can;t afford a guage or alcohol yet
Well im not sure exactly how correct this thermometer is but i took the front grill off of one of my computers because it has a thermostat on there. I went downstairs and grabbed bout an inch worth of coolant from the cooler and ran upstairs to test it..when i first put the temp probe in it said -27C...by the time in had the camera ready to record this is what she showed
After an hour of running the machine thats not too bad
The weird thing is...all of the ice i had form yesterday...well more then 24 hours later it was still -5C in there....this is truly extreme cooling...wow...less then an hour to cool 5 gallons of fluid more then 20 degrees..pretty xtreme! Im gonna leave it running over night and see what i can get
thats probably 1000 btu/hr..
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Originally posted by chilly1
thats probably 1000 btu/hr..
if i let this run all night long what do you think my temps will be...
I just insulated the cover of the cooler with the neoprene insualtion you sent me..made it so there is no other air getting in there when the cover is shut..i also insulated the lines from just off the compressor all the way to the cooler.
Im hoping for -40C by morning
Well the fun begins...fluid temps down to -34C. I just built a computer too see what kinda of overclock i can get. Because I overclocked my 3200 as far as it could go on extremely cold air..this time i decided to use a AMD 2000+ to see how far it will push...i am freezing the chip for a few hours right now...and then time for some fun!
Well im not satisfied completely...it isn;t cold enough for my needs....when i used the cold air outside the chip was never above freezing...now it is hovering around 11C. I have contact problems and there is nothing i can do about it at this time..i think it is maybe the springs on the waterblock.
I am sooo interested in cooling now i want to make it into a direct die!
You haven't tuned it yet, so you don't know how low it can go.
Next you need to get a piercing valve and a set of gauges.
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Originally posted by Gary Lloyd
You haven't tuned it yet, so you don't know how low it can go.
Next you need to get a piercing valve and a set of gauges.
Is there a poor person overclocking refrigeration fund...lol....
We are not talking bigtime expenditures here. Piercing valves are cheap, and you will need gauges for whatever you want to do next. You will need to learn how to tune the refrigerant charge before you even think about going direct die. And you can eventually transform the system you have into direct die, too. First you need to acquire a few basic skills.
Just because it makes the water cold doesn't mean it is working right. Not even close. It can make that water a LOT colder.
Ok, there seems to be an issue here...is it possible that due to the ince of frost...lol..yea seriously an inch....on the pipes before the cooler that I am losing alot of cooling power. Yesterday I had temps of -34C. Right now I have temps of -15C. The CPU has been on but there is no way i lost that much temperture due to the CPU. Especially since i have 5 gallons of fluid in there.
Does frost on the lines take away from the end result coolness?
If something feels cool to the touch, it wants insulation. If it feels cold, it needs insulation. If it frosts, it is screaming for insulation. Frost is the enemy. Insulation is our friend.
You are probably having oil problems as well, because the system has WAY too much refrigerant in it.
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Originally posted by Gary Lloyd
You are probably having oil problems as well, because the system has WAY too much refrigerant in it.
Well, how do i go about telling. I spoke with chilly1 and explained to him how everything is set up and sounded good. We were worried about liquid refrigerant making it back to the compressor but no probs with that....
How do you tell if there is WAY to much refrigeratn in it.
I turned the unit off and once it all melts off the lines i am gonna insulate the he!! out of it.
I want this as cold as possible!
How do you know that?Quote:
Well, how do i go about telling. I spoke with chilly1 and explained to him how everything is set up and sounded good. We were worried about liquid refrigerant making it back to the compressor but no probs with that....
Me too. Get a piercing valve and a set of gauges. Then after you get it tuned, we will talk about changing the cap tube to make it even colder.Quote:
I want this as cold as possible!