Custom OC Case Designs

MiDri · Jul 5, 2006, 09:51 AM

I was wondering if any one has thought up any case designs they think would be cool for OCing.

I thought up one that involves the motherboard and all the PCI/PCI-E cards to be sumerged in a non conductive liquid and pumped through a radiator. All wires needing to be run out from the motherboard and pci/pci-e cards will have custom design external components so it will be as mobile as a normal system.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 5, 2006, 04:28 PM

THG did that.... it was more for silence than OCing

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/..._out_the_fans/

I had a cool idea. It involved a 1600 CFM furnace blower and some big heatsinks...

MiDri · Jul 6, 2006, 05:20 AM

Wonder if there is a lighterweight liquid that would conduct heat but not electicity just as well, they used like 8 gallons of oil... that would be heavy as sin.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 6, 2006, 07:09 PM

Well they used cooking oil for simplicity... motor oil would work better for that, a better conductor of heat... but any amount of liquid like that will be heavy.

My furnace blower idea would be pretty ownage if I could find a case to mount it to....

Or I could create a hard drive farm inside my new furnace's blower cabinet... when that thing gets going its 3000 CFM

And its DC too so the AC/DC conversion is there too! Just gotta run some LAN out to the crawlspace...

NUCLEARWINTER · Jul 6, 2006, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

Well they used cooking oil for simplicity... motor oil would work better for that, a better conductor of heat... but any amount of liquid like that will be heavy.

My furnace blower idea would be pretty ownage if I could find a case to mount it to....

Or I could create a hard drive farm inside my new furnace's blower cabinet... when that thing gets going its 3000 CFM

And its DC too so the AC/DC conversion is there too! Just gotta run some LAN out to the crawlspace...

only problem though is that so much air can only remove so much heat when u factor in ambient temp. same for water cooling. as ambient air passes thru rad, rad dissipates heat from water, water dissipates heat from components. now refridgeration/deepfreezer!!!

i'd like to try that. if i could find a way around the whole condensation thing for every day use. "PLEASE INSERT DISK CONTAINING FILES D:\EVERYTHING.STUFF" pop open the ol trusty maytag and voila. disk 2 while installing black & white 2

Scargo · Jul 7, 2006, 10:54 AM

Why not a mini-fridge near the computer and keep your water cooling reservoir in it, along with the Smuttynose and Dogfish Head IPAs? It could go in the ice compartment as long as the pump was running.
In the winter, a duct off the power supply could keep your feet warm.
All these "helpers" could be integrated into a single PC case/portable fridge.

"Please pass me a beer from my 'pooter". "You want hot coffee? No prob!"

Seriously, I have a Sears dehumidifier that is about to become a PC chiller.......

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 10, 2006, 01:56 AM

I've heard about those mini fridge ideas... usually too much of a PITA to get to work.

Dehumidifiers don't chill things, the compressors aren't powerful enough. You'd want an old fridge/freezer compressor or an old air conditioner compressor, that'll chill things plenty.

@NUCLEAR: I know air only removes so much heat but with that much air, the parts will be at air temp all the time!

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Jul 5, 2006, 09:51 AM	#1
MiDri DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 930 Rep Power: 0	Custom OC Case Designs I was wondering if any one has thought up any case designs they think would be cool for OCing. I thought up one that involves the motherboard and all the PCI/PCI-E cards to be sumerged in a non conductive liquid and pumped through a radiator. All wires needing to be run out from the motherboard and pci/pci-e cards will have custom design external components so it will be as mobile as a normal system. __________________ [COLOR=Red] [COLOR=black]He is so happy, I just don't have the heart to tell him...[/COLOR][/COLOR]

Jul 6, 2006, 05:20 AM	Thread Starter #3
MiDri DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 930 Rep Power: 0	Wonder if there is a lighterweight liquid that would conduct heat but not electicity just as well, they used like 8 gallons of oil... that would be heavy as sin. __________________ [COLOR=Red] [COLOR=black]He is so happy, I just don't have the heart to tell him...[/COLOR][/COLOR]

Jul 7, 2006, 10:54 AM	#6
Scargo DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	A beer spigot on my PC! Why not a mini-fridge near the computer and keep your water cooling reservoir in it, along with the Smuttynose and Dogfish Head IPAs? It could go in the ice compartment as long as the pump was running. In the winter, a duct off the power supply could keep your feet warm. All these "helpers" could be integrated into a single PC case/portable fridge. "Please pass me a beer from my 'pooter". "You want hot coffee? No prob!" Seriously, I have a Sears dehumidifier that is about to become a PC chiller....... __________________ ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo: 2,600+ Mhz on air- Thermalright XP-90C with 92MM Thermoflow temperature sensing fan 4 Gig of OCZ Titanium DDR400 (PC3200) dual channel, unbuffered RAM MSI NX6600-TD256E video card & dual 21” CRT screen setup 2X - WD 250Gb 7200RPM SATA main drive, w. 16Mb cache 2X - Fujitsu MAU3036NP (15K RPM drives running SCSI 0 [striped]) in their own (optional) bay Lian 7077A - full tower case with optional 120mm fan in top and 120mm added in side, facing MB Antec TP2 550 (watt) power supply Windows XP Pro/Windows X64 Pro MS Digital Media Pro Keyboard Wacom Intuos II Tablet

Jul 5, 2006, 04:28 PM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	THG did that.... it was more for silence than OCing http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/..._out_the_fans/ I had a cool idea. It involved a 1600 CFM furnace blower and some big heatsinks...

Jul 6, 2006, 07:09 PM	#4
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Well they used cooking oil for simplicity... motor oil would work better for that, a better conductor of heat... but any amount of liquid like that will be heavy. My furnace blower idea would be pretty ownage if I could find a case to mount it to.... Or I could create a hard drive farm inside my new furnace's blower cabinet... when that thing gets going its 3000 CFM And its DC too so the AC/DC conversion is there too! Just gotta run some LAN out to the crawlspace...

Jul 10, 2006, 01:56 AM	#7
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	I've heard about those mini fridge ideas... usually too much of a PITA to get to work. Dehumidifiers don't chill things, the compressors aren't powerful enough. You'd want an old fridge/freezer compressor or an old air conditioner compressor, that'll chill things plenty. @NUCLEAR: I know air only removes so much heat but with that much air, the parts will be at air temp all the time! !