Ice cooling - am I a genius?

[callumy]

How about you just go and buy a phase-change cooling system? They are basically small freezers with a coolant that connect to the 'hot plate' of your CPU and cool it in a way similar to watercooling set ups or like a fridge.

Or you could just add some ice blocks to your watercooling loop every now and then to boost its cooling capacity!

Cal

BTW: Your not quite the 'genius' you thought! :p (Trying to be a little comical, not mean! :blush: )

Others have done similar before!

[jkinzer]

What if I have some sort of cleaning device, like a ventilator or squidgee or something, to keep it uncondensed?

But then the icy air would escape...

If anyone is willing to fund my idea, PM me :D

Hold on, let me wire you my life savings. :rolleyes:

[NienorGT]

What's missing in my genius idea? :D

Something to collect water from the melting of ice, something to return the water to ice, something to avoid condensing under the "system".

Finally, a second computer because you fried that one.

Genius? No :| :s :rolleyes:

[Colin-uk Veteran]

just put your pc in the freezer :p

[primexx]

Or you could just add some ice blocks to your watercooling loop every now and then to boost its cooling capacity!

make sure you use distilled ice otherwise you'll contaminate the water...

[Vice]

What your proposing is Phase Change cooling just without the ice. Pretty much the same equipment which cools a Fridge or Freezer but in a small unit with a CPU block and some pipes.

Sorry to burst your bubble but that's already on sale and is easier to maintain than what your suggesting.

It's good that you are thinking of new ideas in the cooling field but really the dry ice would be a pointless aspect of the system as a phase system is already better and on the market.

Alternatives such as Water or Water+Peltier cooling block are also available and are both easier for a novice enthusiasts to fit and maintain.

For the more hardcore users which I guess your idea is aimed at already use liquid nitrogen with custom fittings and insulators.

So basically what I'm saying is your idea doesn't have a market segment it's a poor-mans alternative to already on sale designs.

[obsolete_power]

What's missing in my genius idea? :D

Uhhh, anti-physics laws??

[da13ro]

Submerge the entire motherboard and components in distilled water, freeze the entire thing as a block! should last a few hours haha. Sadly distilled water does still have impurities as does the motherboard which mix then boom. I still would like to try it :p

[sundayx Veteran]

just put your pc in the freezer :p

Damn you got there before me

[Berserk87]

whats missing is that metal will have water condensation, as well as the ice melting problem :D

wow, it took 8 posts before someone pointed out that water + computers dont mix well(exept in properly made cooling systems.

[AMDMEFX-55]

Ice cooling! You have a block of ice wrapped in a thin metal which allows heat to travel through, strapped to the CPU, like a heatsink. You then have a cooling system, much like in a freezer!

• Lower temp
  
• Silent
  
• No leaks
  
• Easier to manage
  

What's missing in my genius idea? :D

Are you high? I think so.

[Iguanadon]

I think I like this one: Oil PC

[KC]

One of the best threads I have seen in a long time!

[PL_ Veteran]

Submerge the entire motherboard and components in distilled water, freeze the entire thing as a block! should last a few hours haha. Sadly distilled water does still have impurities as does the motherboard which mix then boom. I still would like to try it :p

Remember to take some pictures :D

[riahc3]

1. The idea is stupid.

2. You are the exact opposite of being a genius

Don't you think if this accually worked that other people wouldn't have done it? :rolleyes:

[zeroday]

I think I like this one: Oil PC

Dammit, I wanted to post that :p

Seriously, use the oil method :D its tried and tested lol. Also, you can use the lube for later :shifty: :p

The THG link isn't working, this should give you an idea of what to expect: Click :D

[Graham51]

Dammit, I wanted to post that :p

Seriously, use the oil method :D its tried and tested lol. Also, you can use the lube for later:shifty: :p

The THG link isn't working, this should give you an idea of what to expect: Click :D

:x :x :x

Moving on.. Lol, Great Idea (Even though its pretty stupid.) Gave me some chuckles :D

Cheers.

[raskren]

You'd need a massive cooling device to keep the ice frozen. Why not eliminate the ice and attach the massive cooling device directly to the cpu??? There you have it: phase change cooling.

Ice also has poor heat conductivity.

[Graham51]

What happens when you turn the computer off? :cool:

[traxor]

Would it really be worth it? Temperatures of a CPU do not need to be that low, and I severely doubt that it's good for it at all, isn't the best temperature for a cpu around 25 degrees celcius? Ice is never good for electronics, not only because of moisture either.

[PL_ Veteran]

But if the CPU operates at a lower temperature, it will become faster. Look at that processor that got frozen to absolute zero, and ran at 500Ghz.

This is what my friend came up with when I showed him my idea on Windows Live:

it will go on a cycle, the water tank will hold water, the water will be pumped into a ice tray (which will be in a tank). the ice tray will be suspended upside down with something stopping the water escaping, it then cools the water into ice blocks, at regular 30 mins intervals it moves the cap and the ice falls out, and goes thro a pipe into the tank in the computer, as it melts it goes back out into hte water tank

Smart :cool:

What happens when you turn the computer off? :cool:

You put your head between your legs, and cry, because you just ruined a perfectly good cooling system.

[primexx]

But if the CPU operates at a lower temperature, it will become faster. Look at that processor that got frozen to absolute zero, and ran at 500Ghz.

This is what my friend came up with when I showed him my idea on Windows Live:

Smart :cool:

You put your head between your legs, and cry, because you just ruined a perfectly good cooling system.

You realise that nothing on earth is ever self-sustaining right? With your system there will be energy lost, and you'd need some sort of external cooling to cool the ice. Which as other people said is redundant.

[xirtam]

Great thread, haven't laughed this much in days, Thanks! :D

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[richardsim7]

Why not just stick your PC in a freezer? :laugh:

-Rich-