Guys I saw the coolest thing

[AMDHyp]

Its really cool in two ways... its cool in that its awesome and its cool in that it freezes a CPU. I saw a case mod with a circular window with a diameter of about 2 inches. They took a window aircondition and used like molded plastic and sent it through the hole in the case sort of around and through the cpu's heatsing and out the back. The temp was in the high teens like 17! I want to take it away and use it for myself :cool:

[serotone9]

sounds like a Saps winter mod, but in the summer. :cool:

[|_053|2]

17c? or 17f?

[AMDHyp]

17c ... 17f would be insane. Its at 17c and thats only on setting 5 of ten. I think he can get it down to 10 or 11. These are at stock speeds of course.

[Ashpool]

Originally posted by AMDHyp
Its really cool in two ways... its cool in that its awesome and its cool in that it freezes a CPU. I saw a case mod with a circular window with a diameter of about 2 inches. They took a window aircondition and used like molded plastic and sent it through the hole in the case sort of around and through the cpu's heatsing and out the back. The temp was in the high teens like 17! I want to take it away and use it for myself :cool:

Seen it.

[AMDHyp]

Back off! I just thought it was a good idea.

[XP1800]

Originally posted by Ashpool


Seen it.

Then post a pic for us...

[schultz]

Originally posted by XP18004life


Then post a pic for us...

yeah...that would be great. or a link...

;)

[Ashpool]

http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158851&highlight=Winter+Mod

Albeit, he doesn't have any ACTUAL photos. But I think someone else has done it too.

[schultz]

alright...thanks! :)

[vertices]

You can get condensation on your internal parts blowing cold air from an AC into your PC.

If your gonna run a compressor, may as well just run a direct die setup giving better energy efficency as well as colder temps.:)

[jamesavery22]

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jtorres/Pics/Pic00003.jpg

[Ashpool]

Originally posted by jamesavery22
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jtorres/Pics/Pic00003.jpg

THAT would be the picture I was talking about.

[XP1800]

Sweet there she is:)

I don't think condensation would be that big of a problem if you didn't have the AC set to the coldest temps.

[northface999]

lol, man that looks horrible

[jamesavery22]

Originally posted by northface999
lol, man that looks horrible

Definitely not pretty but I wouldnt go as far as saying she's ugly ;)

Im in blacksburg and its hot for summer here but about a good 50% of the school year its cold as &@))$. I could keep my fans at the lowest voltage that makes them spin and my CPU max load temp was 32c on an AVG day. Durring winter it would never get above 29c. And yeah one time I was trying to OC my ti4600 and put the fans on full. I had a HUGE problem with condensation. It crashed while playin GTA3 and I didnt know why. I shut it down and looked inside and there was literally a puddle about the size of a penny on the back of the card right behind the GPU..... If I had the fans on low it worked fine though. Man I miss those days of quietness =( I took it off since its nice and hot in VA...

[XP1800]

Originally posted by northface999
lol, man that looks horrible

You don't make a mod like that in hopes of it turning out "pretty". I gaunantee the guy who made that was simply worried about the performance gains from the duct, not if it will be aestetically (spelling?) pleasing.

[angomeka]

I wonder what happends when it rans :D

[AMDHyp]

Nothing would happen when it rains the airconditioner is in the window.

[ptamim]

Looks el-crappo... Really what's the point ?!

Dr. T

[XP1800]

Originally posted by ptamim
Looks el-crappo... Really what's the point ?!

Dr. T

Well it's an air conditioner...obviously it makes the PC cooler. Cooler temps can mean better performance and higher overclocking potential. Any other great questions?

[Fenderous]

do you prefer peanut butter and jelly or bologna?

[GLScooby]

Actually, I have the same unit here at the house. I recognize the knobs. It's not even an AC, just a window fan. It's actually 2 fans, both individually reversible for supply or exhaust. Nice window fan, not an AC unit though. Still a great cooling idea.

[sapasion]

Believe me I've considered doing just what jamesavery has done to enable 365 days of super cooling

[AGERSTONE]

For some ppl performance is more important than looks :)

[mjg]

I remember when i first had my tbird 1.3 ghz, and I saw how hot it was. I almost talked myself into doing something similar to that, making a vent inmy ceiling though with a fan to suck out rising heat.... I'm very glad i never opted to do that... I can imagine waking up to a nice pile of bird **** on my pc hahah.

[kpxgq]

Originally posted by vertices
You can get condensation on your internal parts blowing cold air from an AC into your PC.

If your gonna run a compressor, may as well just run a direct die setup giving better energy efficency as well as colder temps.:)

yup.... i used to use a window 5,000 btu a/c unit to cool my proc.... had temps in the 15-25c range.. after about a week my comp stopped working.. looked inside and saw that my mobo and psu was fried and there was water droplets on all over the place.. learn from my mistake

i actually did this mod a long time ago and made a post on SF... http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132937 (pics are gone though)

[jamesavery22]

When I did that it was purely about performance. Yeah I know it looked like crap but hey, for the money I spent Id like to see someone show me a better cooling setup. But that old tbird is now my Mom's system and Im doing the finishing touches on my Xeons =) And those even at 3.2ghz don't need as much cooling as my old tbird did =)