intriguing mod? or crazy!

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:21

hi all.
I was wondering if i could mod a water cooling system to add a couple extra feet hose feed it in a mini fridge (through glands) on the outtake of the cpu so it cools it down a little before returning out the mini fridge and into the radiator.

Would this work for extra cooling?

Call me crazy if you will but i have a mini fridge sat around and its never going to be used ever!!!!!!!! so was wondering if anyone has seen or heard of this before and i could keep a couple bears in it when im gaming too. double bonus!

Hyburnate · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:22

Troll or stupid?

SeraphX · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:23

I wouldn't recommend it tbh

fridges cool below ambient, so any tubes running through it might drip moisture through onto your computer parts and pop!

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:24

Hyburnate said:
Troll or stupid?

why stupid though you need to say why? im not messing around im an engineer by trade so like coming up with mods

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:25

Seraph said:
I wouldn't recommend it tbh

fridges cool below ambient, so any tubes running through it might drip moisture through onto your computer parts and pop!

I understand that but it wouldnt drip through proper industrial glanding. I have good electrical glands and good seals at work i can rob. i mean use

Captain Chaos · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:25

As above you would get moisture due to the piping being below ambient temps. You could lag them i suppose

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:28

but if its say 48degrees coming out cpu then into 2 coils in mini fridge its only going to get to ambient temp not really going to cool it to 5 degrees in that time is it? theyre not that strong the fridges

Hyburnate · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:28

The sudden change in temps would freak out aswell like 10 Degrees C to about 20 "/

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:30

Hyburnate said:
The sudden change in temps would freak out aswell like 10 Degrees C to about 20 "/

do you mean expanding and contracting the hose? end up splitting?

SeraphX · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:31

regardless of moisture or not, there is simply no point in even trying, if you want your machine to run that cool, don't water loop, buy a decent mid to top end waterchiller and go that way

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:31

Seraph said:
regardless of moisture or not, there is simply no point in even trying, if you want your machine to run that cool, don't water loop, buy a decent mid to top end waterchiller and go that way

but they are expensive arent they. this is sat around the house probably going to the tip when i can be arsed

SeraphX · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:35

like most things regarding computers, you get what you pay for

reiyushin · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:36

Do it for the project value

It might knock some degrees off and it might kill your fridge but it'll be fun

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:38

Seraph said:
like most things regarding computers, you get what you pay for

true but it cant hurt to try can it. so long as moisture isnt getting into pc then cant hurt it

Jokester · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:38

Fridges aren't designed for continuous heat output, you'll end up overloading it pretty quickly I would imagine.

SeraphX · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:39

Steviep3488 said:
true but it cant hurt to try can it. so long as moisture isnt getting into pc then cant hurt it

Don't let me put you off, If you really want to do it, then do it lol

Steviep3488 · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:40

reiyushin said:
Do it for the project value It might knock some degrees off and it might kill your fridge but it'll be fun

I think it will be a good project. definately kill my fridge sooner rather than later but hey its useless as it is. if it works i will take pictures and post on here. never know it might drop cpu by 5-10 degrees which means higher O/C

reiyushin · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:44

Yea, post it in the project logs section

Jokester · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:48

I would at least recommend a fan on the fridge radiator.

Zefan · 22 Oct 2011 at 17:56

Choo choo, all aboard the nostalgia train! It's the "watercooling with a mini fridge" idea again!
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I had this idea a good 10 years ago when I was first getting in to computers, and since then I've seen the idea come up countless times.

It won't work, even "proper" fridges aren't designed to do what you're suggesting.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17861414

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17558836

Just the ones I can find.