I’m starting this thread to share my experience of building a custom cooling system and hope with the help of some of the expert builders on this site, I can accomplish this difficult task. I’ve been a member for a long time and I’ve read many threads that inspired me to put my skills to work. My primary skills are in metal work, welding, electronics and I’m learning about refrigeration, which I hope the members on this site can help me through some troubled times during the build. So, I decided to build a mixture of systems that are discussed on this website. There will be documented pictures throughout the build and I ask that members be patient, because this system will not be built in a few days. I have been planning this for about a year and purchased many parts during that time.
Now, its time to put it all together!
I’m sure some of you are wondering what will be involved in this build. Let me say this…. Everything will be custom made, all metal work for the case will be fabricated from stock aluminum metal, all water blocks, distribution manifolds and reservoir will be made from copper stock. The only thing that will not be custom, will be the compressors and electrical components. With that said, here is a list of things to look forward to in this build.
1. The custom case is fabricated from aluminum and will be designed to house three cooling systems. This case is very large 48” W x 48” H x 18” D. This will not be something you can put on a computer desk.
2. There will be two ½ HP compressors with R507 refrigerant cooling two different systems. I’m hoping to get the temps down to around -40 for each system.
3. The first cooling system will cool down a low temp heat transfer fluid to -40 that will remove heat from the CPU and two video cards. Each component will have separate cooling loop.
4. The second cooling system will cool down a custom air tight chamber, which the motherboard, CPU and video cards will be mounted. The idea is to keep the air inside down to -40 and not have to insulate any of the components. Also, the ram and chipset will be cooled by the circulating -40 air in the chamber.
5. The third cooling system will be a water loop outside the cooling chamber that will cool four hard drives, due to hard drives do not operate well under low temperatures.
6. The cooling blocks will be designed for maximum flow of heat transfer fluid under 150 PSI. The high pressure fluid will move through the cooling blocks rapidly removing heat from the components. Needless to say, there will not be any rubber hose and clamps in this build.
These are the highlights of the custom build and there will be a lot more to come. I know similar systems have been done on this website and others, but I’m sure everyone will be interested in knowing how “Goliath” will turn out.
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