REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post - Buying, Setting up, and Using a Water Chiller/Cooler for PC cooling?

Keiichi · 08-15-2013, 09:59 PM

My 2 cents...
Not really worth it for the payoffs your looking for.

When your talking about using some sort of "chiller" i'm getting idea your referring to some sort of cooling system like a refrigerator. Basically it will require you to have some sort of compressor and pump in the system. (really noisy, probably uses up lots of power too) Also you would have to have some controller to prevent the system from running too cold, or risk condensation build up. This is probably why most of the off the shelf liquid cooling systems, like the stuff Corsair sells is just a heat sink, lines, radiator and a fan. This method ends up really simple and just moves the heat away from the CPU.

With regards to you wanting to pump the heat into the closet, there is a point where cooling system will be less effective as you pump all that heat into your closet. The heat has to go somewhere... as the heat in the closet rises it only gets harder to pump that heat in there. Think heat gradients. You are better off pumping it out your window.

$400 is pretty expensive for a cooling system considering you can buy off the shelf water cooling systems for ~$100 and if noise is an issue just replace your case fans with good low noise fans (ie some nice Noctua fans ~$15 a piece).

Anyways, probably the easiest and probably cheapest way to solve your problems is buy off the shelf water cooling system from corsair and buy good low noise fans. And finally for moving the heat somewhere else all you need to do is just buy some cheap flexible ducting on the exhaust of your case and lead it to the window. You may need a fan on the other end for better air flow.

08-15-2013, 09:59 PM	#2
Keiichi I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Richmond Posts: 519 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts	My 2 cents... Not really worth it for the payoffs your looking for. When your talking about using some sort of "chiller" i'm getting idea your referring to some sort of cooling system like a refrigerator. Basically it will require you to have some sort of compressor and pump in the system. (really noisy, probably uses up lots of power too) Also you would have to have some controller to prevent the system from running too cold, or risk condensation build up. This is probably why most of the off the shelf liquid cooling systems, like the stuff Corsair sells is just a heat sink, lines, radiator and a fan. This method ends up really simple and just moves the heat away from the CPU. With regards to you wanting to pump the heat into the closet, there is a point where cooling system will be less effective as you pump all that heat into your closet. The heat has to go somewhere... as the heat in the closet rises it only gets harder to pump that heat in there. Think heat gradients. You are better off pumping it out your window. $400 is pretty expensive for a cooling system considering you can buy off the shelf water cooling systems for ~$100 and if noise is an issue just replace your case fans with good low noise fans (ie some nice Noctua fans ~$15 a piece). Anyways, probably the easiest and probably cheapest way to solve your problems is buy off the shelf water cooling system from corsair and buy good low noise fans. And finally for moving the heat somewhere else all you need to do is just buy some cheap flexible ducting on the exhaust of your case and lead it to the window. You may need a fan on the other end for better air flow. __________________ Wut da fuk?