Yo dudes,

I got bored yesterday and I made myself an air cooled cooling system direct from my aircond.. hehe..

The temp's around 38 - 39 celsius from the pervious 60 - 62 celsius...

It's just temp though until I get my new water cooled system.. Thought of getting oil based cooling system but gotta see how it goes..

Oh well, take care..




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you don't wanna go the oil based way...messy, icky and it doesnt do much help in airconitioned environments.

Nice DIY, but is it in your office ?

Hi.

Yep, it's in my office... haha.. I'm running a 3D software most of the time so had to cooled down the cpu..

10/10 for creativity and originality!!!

Not bad but not practical for home personal use

Unless your home aircond is directly above your pc if not then don't think can use besides, office aircond on all the time so it's okay lah ., hehe..

60 in an aircorn environment?
walao...lost of bottles..nice work dude !!

wow... that cool man...

yes, 60C in an aircond enviroment... My pc's running at 4ghz now so all the time hot.. now at least the temp's dpwn to 38 C....

Now with the new cooling system, it doesn't hang anymore.... hehehe..

ghetto dude... VERY ghetto....

hmmmmm......

i think this should help minimize dust at the heatsink too right??

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Aug 3 2006, 12:41 PM

Watch for condensation though..

I guess it does minimises dusts.. yeah, good point, have to watch out for condensation but since it's so far up, don't think it'll be much of a hassle.. hehe..

'powerhouse' cooling

Thanks for that..

Well, here's my cell core showing my temp at 36 Celcius... haha..




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lol....really a nice one hahaha...but i think wif abit more effort u can get it lower down ...btw....it doesnt condensate ah if u not running anything?

W00t!Creative work with recycle items.

Wow!! That's fantastic...

I just thought of installing water cooling for my PC which will cost me a lot..but when i look at your's cooling system..cheap and creative..

maybe u can maximize ur air con n let see what will happen?
p/s:put more bottle on it....

my brother wanted 2 do something like this

his PC and aircond placement similiar like yours

looks like u executed it b4 he did

nice job

Yup..i wanted to do this...but it still does not solve my high pitched PC fans...but great job..I am goin to try.

maybe u can add 3 more pipeline to it ...4-1 piping....

throw away fans liao after doing that

just need a hell lot of bottles, cut them using blade
use duck tape, connect together, walaaa

lOl...

Dont think it will work, there aint any flow. If the rooms cools down it then has the same effect.

Thanks for the feed back guys,

hehe.. I guess if the pc's on all the time, it's okay so no worried about condensation,.. hehe.. And still need fan though cos it has to have something to force feed air into the cpu...

Well, I'm not sure if can put the temp even lower or not cos at the moment my aircond is runnning at 24 Celcius and very sejuk already ( I mean me ) hehehe..

The lowest I went was 30-31 Celcius and that was with the aircond running at max 16Celcius... I guess unless I put in more recycled bottles and yeah, 4-2-1 piping and an extra mid muffler with a S-Flow exhaust sure can bring the temp down.. hahaha...

I think by putting in a better fan at the cpu will do the trick.. haha.. Hey, total cost for the entire system : 2 ringgit ( inc tap and bottles ).... Cheap oh.? haha....

Bro i seriously respect u man. I might try it myself too

Good Idea ... Like the good old days were Bottle and little things can make to good use

Editors ChoicE Golden Award from ME

Lastime I use water cooling sampai the water tube high up the Aircond with the radiator just next to the opening ... Always mess with the Useless 12V pump that cant Pump water so high ... argh ... i use Three Water Pump atach parallel just can get the water flowing smooth ... Haha , Kinda Three Phase Cooling ?

In the end , i found me a better way using Industrial graded Server 12CM aluminium fans to cool my Prescott . just now i mess up with all the noise

In an Non-aircond room , while loading , can get 42Celcius max with Stock Heatsink with that big Fans around

Since you had a splendid ideas , Maybe it is time for me to move to Quite Computing

True, once the temp goes down, the fan starts to spin silently... very nice, no more those iritating " woooooooooo " sound.. hahaha..

Well, gonna cool down my Graphic card next. Just gonna connect a smaller bottle from the main duct to the fan at the card... haha.. It's just below the cpu so it'll be easier to make it... hehehe...

put some fan in the bottle to draw more air... just my 2cent...
btw, nice work...

i think your home made cooling works well..
can use LARGE flexible plastic tube instead of bootles... i think.

Sweet malony that's horny...

Damn, that's a really creative way to cool down those hot processors...

But like what bro sniper says, watch out for the condensation though..

maybe best cooling method is migrate to temprate country??
those ppl dont need 2 much coling for their pc??

bro 200% repect man....
neway ur boss dun get mad ah...or are u the boss
dude tryto use thos flexi pipes man..u get beter airflow... u knw those ceiling aicon ductings? bt smaller? also put a fan on the croners so the air flows beter throgh the pipes

Salute... nicely done... cheap and effective

recycling method...cool dude...

not necessary
cause the cooled air would be directed towards the processor
so it will have much more coole/fresh air
instead of the room cooled down (which might take a while, unless he sets the A/C to north pole cold )

aiyor.....dun need gua...

Hi all,

Thanks so much for everyone's feed back..... It's inspiring...

Well, at the moment the cooling is great. And the best thing is I've just installed a CPU water cooler. But I still direct the " bottle cooler " cold air from my aircond to the radiator fan.. hehe.. and the temp goes down to between 27C - 30C.. cool isn't it.? hehee..

Oh well, will post up pics once I get around it...

Cheers..

Caveman...

Lol, in those countries sometimes they leave the PC on all the time in winter and don't turn on the heater except when it gets really cold. PC serve dual purpose..also save on heating bills if using gas heaters..

waaaah so creative hahaha
nice job

wow, i wonder if there's another one that came with idea like kept their PC in freezer, lol

This shows man is willing to go the distance to get the things that they wan .

For love , computer cooling or money

Blessed if I have the courage to do the cooling like him .

It really cools the system down none the less albeit a hard and overdone one .

Bro , what 3D software that you used ?
I m a CAD user also . Do you do the rendering all the time ??

I am doing ID & modelling most of the time . but my CPU's not getting that hot .

he overclocked his proc to 4GHz...

Hi all,

Some latest pics of my home made cooling.. hehe... I've directed the cooling bottles to the radiator fan and thus making the temp go down even more..!!! hehe...

I'm using Cooler Master at the moment, but I'm still speculating on using oil as the cooling agent... hehe... Now experimenting with submerging the motherboard in oil.... any takers..?!!!!

hehehe..

cheers.. and thanks all..




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fuh, nice one, can add more fans in between sections of bottles to increase airflow.....wiring gonna be a mess tho....how is the temp now?

Hi there,

The CPU temp has gone down to about 26Celcius - 28Celcius with the CPU fan set at auto and the NB fan set at 1200 rmp or so. The air cond is set at 25C with the fan blowing at low.. So haven't really set the system to max cooling yet..!! hehehe.. but will do so .. I'm hoping for the CPU temp to go down to about 20 Celcius if I can help it.. hehe..

The running speed for the above readings are based on my CPU clocked at 4.9GHZ...

Cheers ...

Hi dude,

I'm using 3D Max 9 at the moment.. hehe.. but still have some issues on the usage of some of its newer function like web broadcasting .,. etc etc...

Well, cheers...

wow.... 4.9Ghz @ 26Celcius - 28Celcius with a CM AQUAGATE cooled by Air Conditioner ?

true ?

damn creative but any screenie for the OC?? thanks..

Hi there,

I'm in the midst of upgrading a few parts in the pc.. will post the result as soon as it's done...

Gonna take a screen shot of the temp so you all can see.. heehe..

cheers all..

good job bro....

Man.. this is awesome. But I think getting proper plastic pipes will be better... cos the air is lost at the joints where the tape is.... nice work tho 2 thumbs up

get the aluminium foil pipe will be great. Nice for industrial enviroment feel.

Hi there,

I did tot of using that, but I was actually trying to keep the cost down.. hehe..but yeah, it'll look like an industrial piping though...

Thanks for the feedback dude....

Cheers...

Hi all,

Just wanna ask, I bought a couple new Kingston Hyper X but my pc only registers half of the memory.

Any idea why that is..?

waaaa..... good job dude...

u mean another slot cant detect the ram??

Hi there,

I bought 4 pieces of 1G hyper X by Kingston but when I put them on, the system only registers 2G instead of 4.

My question is, why does it do that..?

Maybe my mobo doesn't support it... need to upgrade my mobo i guess...

cheers..

erm, you can check your mobo's spec at their official webpage. wat happen if u only use 2 stick instead of 4 stick of hyper-x? how much memory does it give?

Ohoy there,

It gives me 1G.. funny right....?

if worried bout condesation...i got an idea for u...not sure how well it works thought....

u kno those silica bags...or watever they called...u get them in like mayb Medicine bottles (Vitamin C and stuff)...the one that say "bukan utk di makan"
wel...mayb that would work till an extent

understand jor... 99% you r using an old mobo that only support 512mb max/slot. time to move on dude

Hi there,

Better still, I am using one of those moisture absorbent thing that I got from Giant... It absorbs all the drippings.. hehehe...

Cheers..

haha...arent those big? well...my idea was for the budgetized ppl... =) anyhow cool mod

Oh no, just take out those stuff from the container and put it in an old unuse panty hose.. if you put in the whole thng, it will not fit at all...

Cheers..

nice bro.. nicely done.. this give me an idea of placing the whole rig just beside my aircon, if the cables are long enough.. haha.. ^^ nice.

But the bad part is, if ur having the air cond blowing too cold, it might just condense at the hsf there.

why not 'pimp' it up abit.
get some uv paint n uv light!

i think it will condense a bit.but will not effect the hsf...it will vaporize quickly.

And when condensation happens, be worried, u might get a "Fried Kentucky Hardwares"...

sHäwTY(tm)

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Nov 19 2006, 10:40 PM

thumbs up thumbs up

this is 1 crazy dude ..

wow...thats good for oc.but i think better hang it in front of d air-cond if u want to make it cooler....

Frm 2006 to 2008... Wow, still alive this thread.. BTW, TS last active one month ago..

i believe ahkang brought it alive again and i think mod should close this topic...

Thats cool man. Are you using empty minerals bottle there?

Well, i disagree with closing it.
This is pure creativity and 100% LYN original.
Forget those XS boys who have loadsa money and equipment to play with.
We have our own LYtian who has pure creativity and passion...

Btw, condensation as many had pointed out might be an issue.
But i was wondering, how fast would it actually fry a PC even if it condenses.
IIRC, there was a website which actually dipped the whole rig into distilled water and it lasted for quite some time before shutting down.
Lohwenli might know better as he was the one who told me...

Btw, i suggest that this thread be pinned and title changed to "Creative cooling methods by LYtians" where everyone can post up their own brilliant ideas.

True true, don't close this thread down yet. As I am getting a new rig, I plan to do something extreme in the cooling. TS here gave my friend and I an idea. Will let you all know once we've done that.

Cheers!

I love it bro! Ingenious! Gonna try it

Tho my old cooling idea was a rather different one.. mounting a wall exhaust fan as a side panel... but this is so much better

this guy got 4.9GHz on 2006? wow

Will it works like tat? so funny ...

YO dudes..

So anyone try any of my mods.? hahaha.. been out out for so long....

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Added on March 29, 2010, 10:39 amI've tried it the same mods in my other offices too.. still using empty bottles... works well... anyway, hope to keep in touch and submit more pics.. when i get to it.. hahaha...

Adios dudes...



This post has been edited by rumputrampai98: Mar 29 2010, 10:39 AM

is it no any water vapour?

hi,

no water moisture.. it only happens at the top.. but no problems...

WOw...already 4 years this thread

And yet it is awesome.
The method.
Thanks for sharing.

wow.. this is nice+ creative.. but how bout just using the aircond blower??
u see i have 2 aircond blower, just the blower..

i wonder the result is same or worst?? hurmm.. anny idea

i'm gonna try it myself. soon. but first must find myself a lot of empty bottles.

question : creating a tunnel directly Aircond <> Casing, risky ?

the only risk is condensation due to aircond low temp .
but most probably will not happen cause d starting line of aircond is far from d CPU ^^,
anyway, nice job dude !
but r u sure it drops up to 30C ?
that's just too impressive for a simple mod like this .

yo dude..

give it a try... and you'll see.. ahah

ahh thanks for the input ill try and figure out something that can be done with similar method but in a prettier way

nice idea

Have to wipe off the water from the top from time to time right

if it gets too wet, yeah...

Pro, impressive. salute bro!

nice creation.

LOL extream cooling senario here, maybe try add some funnle at the top to collect more air, and hm.. and want try finding some home some paper use in overseas home wall, can let moisture out but not water, and stick it to the top, maybe in home decorating or home diy shop though

:thums up design:

it gives inspires to me, haha!!

Wow. This is genius. Why don't you close all the aircond outtake and focus it to your cpu. Lol