Refrigerated PC Construction

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

Here`s my project log with pictures from day 1 to day 10 :ohwell:

(5 Weekends work) saturdays and sundays

My rig: http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2227.html

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

Ived used a 3/4 marine plywood on this build and cut it into my desired measurements

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

I assembled the box to house the 1/8 HP compressor, condenser and the fan inside and put
an aluminum screen

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

put all the 1/4 copper pipes and bent it properly to have a smooth free flow of refrigerant and installed the high & low side valve connectors and after that drinking time :toast:

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

Now my home made mini A/C is starting to form, I only used the one row of the evaporator coils on this build to ensure that i have enough back frost to the compressor to cool the compressor windings

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

I calibrated my capillary tube length outside first to test the refrigerant control if its perfect,
(fine tuned several times :wtf:

) Now ived made a mini heat pipe for my NB heatsink, this chip runs very hot :eek:

so I added some capillary pipes and soldered both ends and place another heatsink and a small fan to it:shadedshu

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

Here`s my home made HT Cooler :laugh:

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

I assembled my remote controlled thermostat and fan control on my mini A/C,
damn samsung board is very hard to re activate, it had a sensor for the input frequency (60 HZ) aside from the air flow sensor and the coil sensor, DAMMIT samsung!

but i like the polyphonic tone on this control board, its OK if its very hard to modify
as long as its precise and has a cool tone but freakin hard to modify :cry:

ived taken this circuit board from a dead 18,000 BTU split type aircon and put it on my home made mini A/C

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

I installed everything and put a 5 Watt flourescent light bulb on the back on the evaporator(controlled by the remote control to turn on or off), and installed my newly bought (USED) 8800 Ultra and :eek:

my 12 Volt rail is dropping :wtf:

I installed another modified PSU just to power the 8800 Ultra, :banghead:

now i cant add anymore optical drive, just one and only one :cry:

I soldered the two 6 pin connectors directly to the PCB of the Videocard to eliminate the voltage drop on the connectors

afw · Jun 6, 2009

We would like to see some temps :cool:

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

Im so excited on this pic that i ran it the whole day to test the stability of the mini A/C cooler without the paint and i get a cold and runny nose because it still has no front plexi glass so all the coldness is also circulating on my face:shadedshu

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

I only set the temp. control to 15C/59F, it can go down up to -2C if i set it to the lowest but
everytime i breath on the front plexi glass, it forms a cloud of mist already outside the plexi glass LOL and im afraid i might fry my motherboard or fail my HDD and im a bit tight on budget bro

that`s why im sealing my PC in a case so that there`s no dust particles that will stick to it, I wanted to prolong the life of my Antique Artifact PC :laugh:

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

Im doing this Case mod as a hobby, just to have a pass time activity, my hands get very itchy if i have no work to do, specially on weekends, my work is only 5 days so i have a free time of two days :eek:

no work, i think sleeping all day on my weekends makes me sick :laugh:

now its done i need to think of something again to mod before i get bored again.

Any ideas?

_jM · Jun 6, 2009

Nice little mod bro

May I ask .. what are your idle and load temps with that case sitting inside your "AC Box" ?

KH0UJ · Jun 6, 2009

_jM said:
Nice little mod bro May I ask .. what are your idle and load temps with that case sitting inside your "AC Box" ?

CPU 22C>>>36C
System 16C>>>19C
GPU 50C>>>68C ( I dont know why my Video card is still so high, ived tried setting the A/C to 0 C but still 50 C :wtf:

)
GPU Board 22C>>>29C
HT LINK 39 C>>>42C
HDD 18C>>>24C

im gonna post the screen shots maybe tomorrow

Duxx · Jun 6, 2009

I love it! I don't know how looking through a plexiglass window would be, but the concept is indeed pretty nice. good work man, and it was nice to see the start to finish without having to wait too!

Sir_Real · Jun 6, 2009

Nice work. Just it would have worked better if the box was smaller & you had the monitor & the pc's psu on the outside.

t77snapshot · Jun 6, 2009

KH0UJ said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/090606/16.jpg
I soldered the two 6 pin connectors directly to the PCB of the Videocard to eliminate the voltage drop on the connectors

Wow, this is cool. Good job.

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 6, 2009

Pretty nifty, but if you can handle managing the compressor and stuff, why not try direct die chilling?

Pretty good idea for the pare heatsink/heatpipe thing lol! At first I thought you had just taken the door off a fridge, and put a PC inside... but this is way way more effective.

Arrakis9 · Jun 6, 2009

subscribed to this thread :toast:

HellasVagabond · Jun 6, 2009

Thats a mini AC ? This thing looks huge

Nice mod but is it really worth it ? The temperatures dont really look so low.

1Kurgan1 · Jun 6, 2009

Looks interesting, but I gotta ask, why is the monitor on the inside of the plexi glass, or the tower. I assume the tower is because moisture?

KH0UJ · Jun 7, 2009

Temperature Readings

The first pic is the start-up, turn on my PC and turn ON the split type mini A/C
The second is after 3 hours of downloading movie trailer of the Transformers
The third is after playing Call of Duty World @ War Game, I got killed by a suicide (BANSAI) attack :banghead:

Studabaker · Jun 7, 2009

Those core temps are AMAZING.

I once (years ago) asked people if I could take off the door of my mini-fridge and put it directly next to my PC case, but they said condensation would form and fry everything

HammerON · Jun 7, 2009

Cool idea

I like the creative thinking~

System Name	Air Cooled Gaming / Shop PC
Processor	AMD Athlon II X2 Regor 250
Motherboard	Asus M4A78 plus
Cooling	Air Cooled (Upward Airflow)
Memory	Corsair Dominator PC-8500 2GB 1066 MHZ
Video Card(s)	Palit GTS 250 E-Green
Storage	Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB
Display(s)	Samsung EX2020 20 inch LED
Case	Wooden Case Painted and Modified
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC887 8 Channel (Onboard)
Power Supply	Orion HP 585D X2 Dual Modified PSU (585W+585W)
Software	Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7 32 bit

System Name	Air Cooled Gaming / Shop PC
Processor	AMD Athlon II X2 Regor 250
Motherboard	Asus M4A78 plus
Cooling	Air Cooled (Upward Airflow)
Memory	Corsair Dominator PC-8500 2GB 1066 MHZ
Video Card(s)	Palit GTS 250 E-Green
Storage	Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB
Display(s)	Samsung EX2020 20 inch LED
Case	Wooden Case Painted and Modified
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC887 8 Channel (Onboard)
Power Supply	Orion HP 585D X2 Dual Modified PSU (585W+585W)
Software	Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7 32 bit

System Name	Air Cooled Gaming / Shop PC
Processor	AMD Athlon II X2 Regor 250
Motherboard	Asus M4A78 plus
Cooling	Air Cooled (Upward Airflow)
Memory	Corsair Dominator PC-8500 2GB 1066 MHZ
Video Card(s)	Palit GTS 250 E-Green
Storage	Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB
Display(s)	Samsung EX2020 20 inch LED
Case	Wooden Case Painted and Modified
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC887 8 Channel (Onboard)
Power Supply	Orion HP 585D X2 Dual Modified PSU (585W+585W)
Software	Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7 32 bit

System Name	Air Cooled Gaming / Shop PC
Processor	AMD Athlon II X2 Regor 250
Motherboard	Asus M4A78 plus
Cooling	Air Cooled (Upward Airflow)
Memory	Corsair Dominator PC-8500 2GB 1066 MHZ
Video Card(s)	Palit GTS 250 E-Green
Storage	Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB
Display(s)	Samsung EX2020 20 inch LED
Case	Wooden Case Painted and Modified
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC887 8 Channel (Onboard)
Power Supply	Orion HP 585D X2 Dual Modified PSU (585W+585W)
Software	Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7 32 bit

System Name	Air Cooled Gaming / Shop PC
Processor	AMD Athlon II X2 Regor 250
Motherboard	Asus M4A78 plus
Cooling	Air Cooled (Upward Airflow)
Memory	Corsair Dominator PC-8500 2GB 1066 MHZ
Video Card(s)	Palit GTS 250 E-Green
Storage	Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB
Display(s)	Samsung EX2020 20 inch LED
Case	Wooden Case Painted and Modified
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC887 8 Channel (Onboard)
Power Supply	Orion HP 585D X2 Dual Modified PSU (585W+585W)
Software	Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7 32 bit

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Processor	Intel i7 2700k
Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH z77
Cooling	Prolimatech Genesis
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 960 2GB black edition
Storage	CORSAIR FORCE GT 120GB SSD + Samsung Spinpoint F3 (1TB + 2 x 500GB)
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Case	Silverstone Raven RV02
Audio Device(s)	OB
Power Supply	Seasonic x650 GOLD
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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Processor	Core2Quad-Q9550@3.9ghz/1860mhzFSB @1.344v
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus II Formula = best damn P45 OCer out there!
Cooling	CoolerMster V8-- Custom WC system on the way! =]
Memory	8GB DOMINATORS @1100mhz 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 280
Storage	150GB WesternDigital Velociraptor OS Drive/1 WD 500AAKS for Storage
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 2243SWX 22" LCD
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos S w/custom lighting and cable management
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium (Fatality edition) - paired with RAZER Barracuda's
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX1000W modular PSU
Software	Windows 7 RC 7100--eats vista for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Benchmark Scores	Coming to a theater near you!

Processor	PC 1: Q6600@3.25,1.34v / PC 2: E8200@3.88,1.35v
Motherboard	PC 1: Asus P5Q-SE / PC 2: Asus P5Q-E
Cooling	PC 1: Air / PC 2: Air
Memory	PC 1: 4gb Ocz PC8500 / PC 2: 4gb Kingston hx PC8500
Video Card(s)	PC 1: Saphirre HD4870x2 2GB / PC 2: 2x XFX HD4870 1GB in xfire
Storage	PC 1: Samsung 750GB (win7) + Seagate Barracuda 500GB (XP pro) / PC 2: Seagate Barracuda 160GB
Display(s)	2x HANNS-G HH251 24.6" 1980x1080 LCD
Power Supply	PC 1: CIT gold 750watt / PC 2: Powercool 850watt modular
Software	PC 1: Win7 home 64 + XP pro 32 / PC 2: Win7 home 64
Benchmark Scores	PC 1: 3Dmark2006: 18674 PC 2: 3Dmark2006: 19250

System Name	New Build - Oct. 2021
Processor	Intel i7 10700k
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming H570-PRO
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	Corsair Vengence 16gb 3600 mhz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 3060ti 8gb
Storage	1Tb Samsung 970 EVO NvMe m.2
Display(s)	27" LG Ultragear 144hz
Case	Fractal Design- Meshify 2
Audio Device(s)	Onborad dts
Power Supply	Corsair RX 650 W
Mouse	Roccat Kiro
Keyboard	Razer Tarantula
Software	Windows 10 Home x64

System Name	Dell XPS 15 9560
Processor	I7-7700HQ
Memory	32GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	GTX 1050/1080 Ti
Storage	1TB SSD
Display(s)	2x Dell P2715Q/4k Internal
Case	Razer Core
Audio Device(s)	Creative E5/Objective 2 Amp/Senn HD650
Mouse	Logitech Proteus Core
Keyboard	Logitech G910

Processor	i9 11900k
Motherboard	Maximus XII Apex
Cooling	Custom Liquid W/ 360x60 Radiator
Memory	32Gb Team XTREEM ARGB 3600 b-die
Video Card(s)	Waterblocked MSI RTX 4070
Storage	Intel 900p 480Gb + 4tb Intel 670p
Display(s)	LG C2 evo 42"
Case	Geometric Future Model 8
Audio Device(s)	HD58X + Sennheiser GSX 1000
Power Supply	Corsair RM 750x
Mouse	Steelseries Aerox 5 wired
Keyboard	Akko Mod 007b HE
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+
Software	Windows 11

System Name	SECONDARY RIG / PRIMARY RIG / THIRD RIG
Processor	i920@3.6GHz / i920@4GHz / AMD Phenom II 955
Motherboard	Gigabyte EX58-UD4P / Gigabyte EX58-UD7 / ASRock 890GX3
Cooling	CoolIT Domino ALC / Thermalright Silver Arrow / Thermalright VenomousX
Memory	12GB DDR3 @ 1800MHZ / 6GB DDR3 @ 2250MHZ / 4GB DDR3 @ 1600MHZ
Video Card(s)	XFX ATI RADEON 5970 / GAINWARD NVIDIA GTX 580 / 2xGEFORCE GTX295
Storage	1550GB / 6TB SAS - SSD / 160GB SSD
Display(s)	NEC 26WUXi2 / NEC 3090WQXi / SONY 55A2000 (1080P 55inch)
Case	COOLER MASTER HAF 932 / COOLER MASTER ATCS 840 / ANTEC DARKFLEET DF85
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music / SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro / Realtek Onboard
Power Supply	CWT 1200W / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / Ikonik Vulcan 1200W
Software	Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x64

System Name	My Comp \| Fiancees Comp
Processor	i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v\| i5 2500k
Motherboard	MSI x99 SLI Plus \| AsRock Z77 Pro 3
Cooling	Watercooled
Memory	16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 \| 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	AMD R9 290x \| MSI 5850 OC
Storage	128gb SSD + 2x 2TB \| 2TB
Display(s)	Asus 27" LCD \| 25" Hanns G
Case	CM Storm \| CM Elite 430
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3D PCIe
Power Supply	Enermax Galaxy 1250W \| Rosewill 630w
Mouse	Logitech G700s \| Logitech G100s
Keyboard	Logitech G901 \| Logitech G105
Software	Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 \| Win 8.1 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403

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Processor	E7400 2.8 @ 3.6 [9.0*400/1.31v]
Motherboard	Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Cooling	Masscool 8WA741
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS2 800 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	BFG 9800GTX+OC; GTS250 BIOS
Storage	2x WD 250GB AAKS in RAID0!
Display(s)	19" I-Inc LCD @ 1440x900
Case	Ultra X-Blaster Clear Side
Audio Device(s)	Audigy with X-Fi drivers; Logitech X-540s
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Software	Vista 32-Bit

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Processor	3960X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix TRX40-XE
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Neo (sTR4) Water Block
Memory	G. Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB 3600
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	Corsair K70
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

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