A 'Sneaky' idea for those who don't have air conditioning

[dennilfloss]

I was just thinking about what our prehistoric ancestors used to do by making a circle of stones around their fire. Even after the fire had died, the stones kept and radiated heat for hours in the cave. Now put that idea in reverse and move forward 30,000 years. Buy 2 or 3 ornemental stones or bricks and put them in your freezer. When they are cold, take one out and place it in half a hamburger styrofoam container millimeters in front of your intake vent. That stone will take a lot longer to get warm than, say, a bag of ice would. When it gets warm after a few hours, simply bring it back to the freezer and replace it with stone #2, which will cool your intake while stone #1 is getting cold again. Since your freezer is working anyway in your fridge (or if you have a separate freezer), you won't be consuming much more energy if that is a concern (eg. if you live in California).

Might be worth a try to get a few more MHz in the summer heat and not have to *ack* underclock your Tbird.

I don't know if condensation might be a problem but I think it could be avoided by placing the stone a couple of mm further away.

So Sneaky that cold from your freezer to your PC.

 

[Swanny]

That's a pretty good idea. Just a little bit of a hassle. I might try that if the Iowa summer starts cramping my style

 

[dennilfloss]

Maybe your significant other might help.

"Honey! Don't forget to replace the stone!"

 

[Poof]

Now THAT'S a good idea.

But I wonder if it'll work for caseless mobos...

 

[Train]

why not just stick the rig in the fridge?

have nothing but the power cord and the cat 5 cable coming out, would OC like mad too

 

[Mobster]

Dennil you're sick
And I mean that in a kind way

 

[Wiz]

heheh... buy a small fridge - one of those short 2.5 - 3 foot tall numbers.
Build your crack rack inside. You could probably get 6 systems in there.
The newer fridges are all power misers too. Mine has a setting for "more or less condensation" so that also seems to be adjustable.
I've thought of this before, as I've considered modding one of these to store a brewkeg.
It wouldn't be hard to mod one to house several mobo's & power supplies.
I think I'll take this over to CPU/OC and see what those guys think, maybe someone has already done it.

 

[Sukhoi]

LOL, good idea!

 

[dennilfloss]

You could also have Hillary Rodham Clinton standing beside your computer.

 

[RaySun2Be]

lol@dennilfloss.

Just don't do what this guy did. Hooked up a 120 watt Peltier to a water cooling system, got his 600 to OC to 975. Went to sleep, water pump stopped, Peltier performed a meltdown. :Q

Ouch! :Q

Warning, takes awhile to load, look at the pics near the bottom of the page. :Q

 

[Wiz]

ooh dennilfloss, that's cold!

 

[Train]

hmm, using bricks of good material is a good way to keep cool, but transfering the cold (or absence of heat) from the block to the CPU using AIR is the leat efficient way of doing it, perhaps getting a water cool setup and just using the stones in a bucket of water that has the radiator from the water cooled setup would be a good way to keep your CPU cool.