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System Name | The White Breeze||Medion Akoya Ultrabook |
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Processor | i7-3770k||Core i5-3317U |
Motherboard | MSI Z77 MPOWER||Laptop? |
Cooling | Custom TEC waterloop||Laptop? |
Memory | 16GB Kingston HyperX @ 2133MHz||8GB SDRAM |
Video Card(s) | 2X SLI MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning||Intel 4000 |
Storage | Corsair GT 120GB, WD Caviar Black 1TB||500GB HDD with 32gb MSATA cache |
Display(s) | Samsung U28D590D 4k||14" LED |
Case | NZXT Switch 810||Laptop shell? |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi surround pro 5.1||Dolby Home Theatre V4 |
Power Supply | Seasonic XP-860 Platinum||Laptop Power Brick |
Software | Windows 7||Windows 8 |
After recently purchasing a TEC chiller Watercooling loop(http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175744), I wasn't considering the risk of condensation too much. To the best of my memory, the TEC chiller has 4 60w TEC plates, running at 30w each. Due to the current heatwaves(42 degrees C! Thats 107 F) and high humidity(70%-90%) currently in Australia, this has raised the dew point(Around 19C now) greatly. The CPU waterblock I will be using the Apogee Drive II with the pump removed.
The question I have to ask, is what is the minimum amount of insulation to stop condensation that I can get away with? I would prefer not to encase my cpu/mobo in dielectric greases, and anything that is not easy to clean up. Would I be able to get away with insulating key areas, e.g. the lower part of the waterblock and the surrounding mobo with just Neoprene? (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13182/noi-24/Neoprene_Sheet_-_Phase_Change_Insulator_-_200mm_x_200mm_x_3mm.html)
The question I have to ask, is what is the minimum amount of insulation to stop condensation that I can get away with? I would prefer not to encase my cpu/mobo in dielectric greases, and anything that is not easy to clean up. Would I be able to get away with insulating key areas, e.g. the lower part of the waterblock and the surrounding mobo with just Neoprene? (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13182/noi-24/Neoprene_Sheet_-_Phase_Change_Insulator_-_200mm_x_200mm_x_3mm.html)
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