View Full Version : Better Cooling Build Ideas
MongerVog
April 23rd, 2013, 07:43 AM
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
April 23rd, 2013, 10:31 AM
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
April 23rd, 2013, 04:59 PM
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
April 23rd, 2013, 05:17 PM
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
April 23rd, 2013, 10:32 PM
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
November 14th, 2013, 03:08 AM
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
December 25th, 2013, 09:34 AM
Wow some amazing ideas here. Plenty of reading to do thank you :tu:
I Hunt Demons
December 31st, 2013, 04:47 AM
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
January 10th, 2014, 11:37 AM
I've noticed Youtube users cooling their pc with liquid nitrogen and others submerging their board into mineral oil for cooling
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