Better Cooling Build Ideas

[MongerVog]

Im looking to build a better cooling system or a cooling assist system.
Needing ideas that do not involve liquid or a lot of expensive material.
and Something that most can do.

Lets see what we can develop here to share with others?

[8pecxstudios]

Well get yourself a nice aftermarket cooler like

there are better brands this is just quick example.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5MW10tgC4

I my self prefer water over air i have a H100 with 4 fans in push pull

i have hear the H100i is doing well

i will switch to full custom water kit one day but H100 has given excellent results

[Harvey Sewdin]

For a good air cooler i would go with the Coolermaster Hyper212, its very cheap for its performance. If you're willing to pay a little more you can take the Thermaltake Frio, which has a bigger heat spreader and performs better. At last as toady's reply, i would suggest a corsair H100 or a H80. Both of them perform well. Another liquid cooler that's performing good is the thermaltake water2.0 series of coolers, but they are more expensive. Its your choice.

[MongerVog]

Has anyone got any material on safe build it yourself cooling mods?
Not kits but build your own cooling system from whatever stuff?
Im looking to spark some ideas :P
Need a project

[8pecxstudios]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHNFhTAvvBA

watch these on watercooling he has some good info and a few of his other vid's you will like

[I Hunt Demons]

Here are some starting points:
1. Air cooling - believe it or not, air cooling can provide cool temperatures close to a very basic water cooling system. I have a few pages that feature custom made heat sinks for air cooling:

http://benheck.com/12-02-2008/new-xbox-360-portable
http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/portable/inside_2.jpg


http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/25/how-to-make-an-xbox-360-laptop-part-2/

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/04/cpu8_engadget_howto.jpg

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=24279

http://i28.tinypic.com/felboi.jpg

http://hackaday.com/2012/12/17/silent-htpc-build-is-an-art-piece-for-the-livingroom/

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/passively-cooled-pc.html

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=164675&viewmode=author&page=2

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?174177-Custom-Heatsink-thread

2. Liquid Cooling - water cooling via a closed loop, or submerging your hardware in mineral oil will cool your OC'ed builds


http://benheck.com/xbox-360-laptop-original
http://www.benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/basic_water_circuit.jpg

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/hardcorepc_reactor

http://photonics.engr.uga.edu/watercooling/part3.html

http://rog.asus.com/90792012/news/rog-watercooling-system-by-myworks/

http://rog.asus.com/69542012/news/theory-mod-by-hannes/

http://rog.asus.com/65352012/news/l3p-full-cover-mars-ii-waterblock-first-look/

http://rog.asus.com/32302011/news/rog-rampage-mod-by-ban-nguyen/

3. Phase change - much like your refrigerator or air conditioning unit, phase change uses pressurized gases changing form liquids to gases. This is a brand new way to cool computers and is very expensive, but it can be done, and can achieve the highest overclocking/cooling output. To build your own system from scratch, a lot of knowledge of AC units/refrigerators, or chemistry/physics would benefit you:

http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l1/g49/Phase_Change.html

http://turbo.paulstamatiou.com/uploads/2006/04/gomeler-phase.jpg

http://www.colinsun.com/Pictures/Computers/Cooling/Prometeia Mach I/System_Front2.jpg

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-01-13/bhthreephas2.jpg

One thing to note about phase change is that the hardware requires insulation. Because the gases are reaching temperatures well below the freezing point of water, condensation can build up on the hoses/pipes and drip into your system causing utter catastrophe! That is why they are wrapped with multiple layers of heat shielding and neoprene.

4. The last is thermoelectric cooling - think of a hotplate used to warm candles, or a warm stove top. It is the same concept, but the plate uses electricity to move heat away from sources. Plates are bought and then placed on hardware, powered on, and heat is dispersed through the law of thermodynamics.

http://www.hothardware.com/articleimages/item928/big_Cooling_TEC.jpg


http://www.arieselec.com/products/data/24002-thermoelectric-cooled-high-frequency-test-socket-dwg.jpg


Here is a page with a list of the most ridiculous cooling systems:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023752/the-biggest-baddest-most-utterly-ridonkulous-pc-coolers-of-all-time.html


I hope this helps/gets your creative juices flowing! Please let me know if you have nay questions! Good luck with the modding. : )

[Daveozpc]

Wow some amazing ideas here. Plenty of reading to do thank you :tu:

[I Hunt Demons]

Not a problem, my friend! From one modder to another, happy modding!! :icon_cheesygrin:

Wow some amazing ideas here. Plenty of reading to do thank you :tu:

[Originalganjaman]

I've noticed Youtube users cooling their pc with liquid nitrogen and others submerging their board into mineral oil for cooling