Be Right Back, Uninstalling

I got a letter from my Grandmother today. Her messages are getting shorter. I'm worried about the both of them.



It's been a long time since I've seen them in person.

Just got back from Minneapolis. Apparently there was a sci-fi convention at the hotel I was staying at.

An idea just occurred to me, now I only wish I had the funds to assemble it.

Water cooling system for PC >> Fish tank chiller in system after radiator.



Not sure about heat dissipation though. My X4 980 is a 125W CPU,If I were to get a chiller rated for 130-150 watts.. I wonder if I could get away with a radiator-less system?

Algae and scale will clog up your pcs water block. Any anti-algae and anti-mineral stuff will kill your fish.

(04-07-2012, 09:00 PM)k0ala link Wrote: [ -> ]Any anti-algae and anti-mineral stuff will kill your fish.

It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

use mineral oil instead of water...

(04-08-2012, 12:10 AM)Dr. Zaius link Wrote: [ -> ]use mineral oil instead of water...

use beer and have a keg instead of a fishtank

beer would get warm though; you would have go English style.

(04-08-2012, 12:05 AM)at0m link Wrote: [ -> ]It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

There's no fish tank or fish involved in this plan.....


Just a chiller.

(04-08-2012, 11:40 AM)«('«) link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242642#msg242642 date=1333861526]
It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

There's no fish tank or fish involved in this plan.....

Just a chiller.
[/quote]Ah, I get it. Instead of sinking your heat into a fishtank, you want to use a fish tank cooling system to cool your computer. You know a fish tank chiller is essentially just forced-air radiator, right? So you'd be introducing a point of failure without really getting rid of your radiator.

(04-08-2012, 12:56 PM)at0m link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=«(''«) link=topic=2632.msg242653#msg242653 date=1333903259]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242642#msg242642 date=1333861526]
It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

There's no fish tank or fish involved in this plan.....

Just a chiller.
[/quote]Ah, I get it. Instead of sinking your heat into a fishtank, you want to use a fish tank cooling system to cool your computer. You know a fish tank chiller is essentially just forced-air radiator, right? So you'd be introducing a point of failure without really getting rid of your radiator.
[/quote]

i'll post a video this time
http://youtu.be/Eub39NaC4rc

(04-08-2012, 01:04 PM)Dr. Zaius link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242656#msg242656 date=1333907786]
[quote author=«(''«) link=topic=2632.msg242653#msg242653 date=1333903259]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242642#msg242642 date=1333861526]
It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

There's no fish tank or fish involved in this plan.....

Just a chiller.
[/quote]Ah, I get it. Instead of sinking your heat into a fishtank, you want to use a fish tank cooling system to cool your computer. You know a fish tank chiller is essentially just forced-air radiator, right? So you'd be introducing a point of failure without really getting rid of your radiator.
[/quote]

i'll post a video this time
http://youtu.be/Eub39NaC4rc
[/quote]you're even further from what he wants to do, zaius

(04-08-2012, 01:13 PM)at0m link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Dr. Zaius link=topic=2632.msg242657#msg242657 date=1333908288]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242656#msg242656 date=1333907786]
[quote author=«(''«) link=topic=2632.msg242653#msg242653 date=1333903259]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242642#msg242642 date=1333861526]
It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

There's no fish tank or fish involved in this plan.....

Just a chiller.
[/quote]Ah, I get it. Instead of sinking your heat into a fishtank, you want to use a fish tank cooling system to cool your computer. You know a fish tank chiller is essentially just forced-air radiator, right? So you'd be introducing a point of failure without really getting rid of your radiator.
[/quote]

i'll post a video this time
http://youtu.be/Eub39NaC4rc
[/quote]you're even further from what he wants to do, zaius
[/quote]

caused me to reread, error identified

doesn't make the video any less cool

no fishies? okay.  :-[

(04-08-2012, 12:56 PM)at0m link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=«(''«) link=topic=2632.msg242653#msg242653 date=1333903259]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=2632.msg242642#msg242642 date=1333861526]
It would work if he was just using the fishtank as a heatsink though, with a closed system going to the computer <-> a condenser coil in the fishtank

There's no fish tank or fish involved in this plan.....

Just a chiller.
[/quote]Ah, I get it. Instead of sinking your heat into a fishtank, you want to use a fish tank cooling system to cool your computer. You know a fish tank chiller is essentially just forced-air radiator, right? So you'd be introducing a point of failure without really getting rid of your radiator.
[/quote]



Correct. I wasn't aware of the construction of them though, although after investigation it seems you're right. =/  

I did find a number of smaller, thermoelectric chillers that are designed to be installed in a sump or similar reservoir through a plug hole but the most powerful of them I could find was 50 watts of dissipation. I'd need at least 3 of them, and at $100 a pop, building a vastly superior traditional water cooling system for less overall cost would be easier.


Maybe if I get a mini-fridge and put a large multi-gallon reservoir and radiator in the fridge... lol  



On another note, what do you do when you're trying to download a 3.3GB .iso image but the server on the other end is limiting your download to only 250KB/s?



You download it on a really fast server then download it from there when it's done. Apparently the server the .iso was on is only on a 100Mbit port, too.


God I wish I could download 3.3GB in under 4 minutes...

(04-09-2012, 03:11 AM)Didzo link Wrote: [ -> ]A comic thing I found on the internets.

I have a voice over and soundtrack that follows me. Only the soundtrack is Dwight Yoakam and the voice over is Vince Vaughn

(04-09-2012, 07:43 AM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Didzo link=topic=2632.msg242687#msg242687 date=1333959087]
A comic thing I found on the internets.

I have a voice over and soundtrack that follows me. Only the soundtrack is Dwight Yoakam and the voice over is Vince Vaughn
[/quote]

Did the voice start out kind of funny at first but then slowly became more annoying over time?

dumb bitch of the day award goes to

http://gawker.com/5902145/michele-bachma...wn-choices