Beyond water cooling. (Was Re: Peltier devices for cooling)

[The Proteus]

Batz,

	There are plenty of resources out there for overclocking your CPU.
The following URL's might give you some good information on how to
bar-fridge rackmount your computer. :-)

http://www.hardocp.com/
http://www.overclockers.com/

There are even companies that make computers with cryo-tanks in them to
chill the CPU(s) down to -36C. All of the types of cooling are discussed,
from forced-air systems to standard condenser refrigeration techniques,
all the way down to double-peltier junction cooling with a big honkin'
heatsink and a freon refridgeration unit (with a light that goes blink).

One of my main servers is a dual 366MHz celeron overclocked to 550, so I
have an effective clock speed in the 0.9-1.1GHz range, and all I had to
use to cool my systems off was a bigger fan. As a warning, please note
that if you run your CPU's at higher frequencies and voltages, you will
begin to erode the etching on the die of the chip, and decrease the life
of your CPU. 

Hope This Helped,

The Proteus

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Batz Goodfortune wrote:

> Y-ellow Y'all.
> 	Ok I'm out on a limb here but this is something I've been thinking about
> doing for a long time. There is a big hurdle to overcome but I'll get to that.
> 
> I saw as a joke, on some site or other, about a guy who stole his
> neighbor's fridge to run his over-clocked machine in. Ok Har har very funny
> etc.
> 
> But then I got thinking. A mate of mine had this little bar fridge. It was
> quite quiet. Certainly a lot quieter than my server with 2 main fans, CPU
> fans, A bunch of Hard drives etc.
> 
> So I got to thinking. These little bar fridges are about the right height
> for a server case. In fact you could probably fit 2 servers side by side.
> Maybe on little slide-out runners etc. And the added advantage is that even
> if the fans were running inside, it pretty much dampens the sound with all
> that insulation round it. You could go so far as to mount all the drives in
> the door of the thing. Or cut holes so they can poke through.
> 
> And of course, over-clock to your heart's content. :)
> 
> The only problem is that of Frost. I don't know enough about refrigeration
> to know how to re-design a small fridge so that moisture didn't accumulate
> and do damage. But you get the idea. You could keep the computer's
> environment on ice as it were. And of course the fridge would only have to
> be on while the computer(s) were on. 
> 
> My figuring is this. Find a cheap second hand bar fridge (but a quiet one)
> and then cut holes in it or what ever it takes to keep it from frosting up.
> Then bolt the computers inside it some how and shove it in the corner where
> the server would have stood anyway. It's the kind of idea that sounds less
> and less silly the more you think about it.
> 
> Anyone known anything about refrigeration?
> 
> Be absolutely Icebox.
> 
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