Xtreme Overkill - 48 TEC Build

[malkiewicz]

New build will include 6 x Custom Freezone Elites & Boreas Unit. Hotside of each TEC will be liquid cooled.

Internal View of Main Case - Black Anodized Brushed Aluminum



External View of Main Case (L 24" x W 18" x H 18")



Pedestal Attachment - Base of Main Case (L 24" x W 18" x H 9") - (Will House Boreas, Hard Drive Bay, 2 PSU's)

[flak-spammer]

Why don't you just get someone to make you an 8 or 12 62mm TEC chiller block. It'd have much greater performance and probably still cost less. Unless you are ripping the Boreas units out of your old computer. Anyways I'll look forward to future updates.

[Ultrasonic2]

why don't you just get someone to make you an 8 or 12 62mm tec chiller block. It'd have much greater performance and probably still cost less. Unless you are ripping the boreas units out of your old computer. Anyways i'll look forward to future updates.

i totally agree

[malkiewicz]

flack-spammer & Ultrasonic 2 - Yeah I'm sure I could but thats not the look I'm after... Most of the parts for this build have been donated.... This will way outperform my last build and I've been experimenting with a few modifications that have shown good results.

Why don't you just get someone to make you an 8 or 12 62mm TEC chiller block. It'd have much greater performance and probably still cost less. Unless you are ripping the Boreas units out of your old computer. Anyways I'll look forward to future updates.

[[XC] Oj101]

The floating motherboard is an interesting design, one which I quite like. What made you decide on that?

[malkiewicz]

Oj101 - Thanks, I love the design and the horizontal tray makes it easier to install additional / heaver components.

The floating motherboard is an interesting design, one which I quite like. What made you decide on that?

[NaeKuh]

oh dayam 48 tecs... :O

You trying to compete against the city of Tokyo on power draw?

[zalbard]

oh dayam 48 tecs... :O

You trying to compete against the city of Tokyo on power draw?

Good one!

[malkiewicz]

Yeah this thing should pull approximately 1200watts under a full load... That’s why I’m going to build a controller that will allow me to limit the amount of TEC’s needed… No reason to have them all fired up when the computer’s running at idle speeds….

oh dayam 48 tecs... :O

You trying to compete against the city of Tokyo on power draw?

[NaeKuh]

AHAHAHAHA this will be epic!

But your cooling system will draw more power then 3 GTX480's in TRI SLI loaded...

[TheGreenFoX]

#10
And we all know how that will turn out:
http://www.ngohq.com/news/17574-nvid...li-review.html

ROFLMAO

Sry OT... Looking forward to some results

[The Shooter]

Do you allready have the case or you will be making it, post pics of procedure. BTW nice renders!

[malkiewicz]

NaeKuh,
Epic would be nice… I had 24 TEC’s in my last system with 3 8800’s and the power consumption was around 713 watts idle and 926 watts under a full load w/ the CPU @ 4.2… Dual PSU is a must on this build….

Not sure how practical of a build this will be but I'm sure it'll keep me busy.





The Shooter,
The anodized panels are being shipped from the US and I should have them within a few days… I wish I could take full credit for the renderings but most of that belongs to MM… They will be making most of the primary cuts and I’ll be making the rest.

[malkiewicz]

All the panels arrived today and it only took about an hour to put together... The only thing I’m not too happy about is that it has razor sharp edges… I cut my fingers a few times - Nothing too serious...

[malkiewicz]

Today I installed the motherboard w/ EK block

[jcool]

That sure is one extreme project! I really like the look of that case.
I'm not really familiar with TEC chillers - where are the 48 individual TECs going?
I do know my custom made waterchiller is more power-efficient

[NaeKuh]

?
I do know my custom made waterchiller is more power-efficient

not over 48 tec's which he is gonna cycle.

His CoP will be much greater then yours jcool, he's actually using TEC's properly, thats why.

Your unit will be better then a conventional tec unit, but this guy is way beyond conventional.

[jcool]

Really? My waterchiller can cope with ~1KW heatload at 400W electrical power draw, while keeping the water at 10C below ambient. Hard to beat that efficiency really.

[Ultrasonic2]

you can have a TEC chiller run at 7 to 1 if you want . That's in theory at least.

in theory as long as the delta is kept low a TEC chiller can be mind blowingly "efficient"

[jcool]

I see.. so the main factor here is how far below ambient one goes?
Interesting. I'd still like somebody to explain how to mount 48 TECs in one loop - or why you need that many in the first place?
Can't you just use 24 TECs that are twice as strong?

[Ultrasonic2]

you could use 24 but then the efficiency will drop

[ilkkahy]

Oh my, thats really beatiful case. I like it a lot!

[NaeKuh]

I see.. so the main factor here is how far below ambient one goes?
Interesting. I'd still like somebody to explain how to mount 48 TECs in one loop - or why you need that many in the first place?
Can't you just use 24 TECs that are twice as strong?

yeah when you have that many tec's you can really milk the effiency, so at that point even a standard phase compressor cant keep up with the CoP.

Trust me i know how both work, and unless your going something this massive, you'd be correct in your unit being more efficient.

However the moment u reach the mid double digits in TEC's, he has you beat.

[malkiewicz]

Currently working on the chiller with a few projected delays…

Unfortunately I’m missing a few crucial parts needed to complete the chiller. Hopefully I can resolve this issue within the next few weeks.

Originally Posted by jcool
That sure is one extreme project! I really like the look of that case.

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Originally Posted by ilkkahy
Oh my, thats really beatiful case. I like it a lot!

ilkkahy & jcool,

Thanks for the kind words – I love the size not to mention, how easy it is to access different parts of the case...

[skeyo]

I love this build. Keep up good work man. Subscribed