Revisions/corrections...
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 08:08:09PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:43:41PM +0100, Mike Wroughton wrote:
> > I`d have to agree that the water idea is a bit of a ummm, chalk and cheese
> > thing. I read about a liquid that 3m came up with that is supposedly the most
> > non conductive chemical on earth. But it costs $400 for a gallon so that
> > might be a bit much. How cold do you have to have nitrogen to stay liquid?
>
> About 10K = -263 C. (rough figure. May be a little higher. Certainly Nitrogen
> is one of the higher temperatures. Liquid Helium is a lot colder. About 4K
> IIRC).
OK, that's wrong. I'm sure Graeme is right.
>
> Don't do this. Ever. Water cooling is safe if you buy the correct bits and are
> careful. Cooling with nitrogen is suicidal: you'll not be able to cool it
> evenly, fiberglass is very brittle, and you'll crack you motherboard. Not
> a good idea.
In the case of whole motherboard cooling rather than spot cooling.
Matthew
>
> > And could you pressurise it to keep it liquid instead?
> >
> > You`ve perked my interest, I havent got aprils LXF yet, whats the project? I
> > know you were begging me to ask so fess up!
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On Sunday 21 Apr 2002 1:58 pm, Steve Caddy wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mike Wroughton" <mikewroughton@ntlworld.com>
> > > To: <nottingham@lists.lug.org.uk>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:34 PM
> > > Subject: [nottingham] Some ideas...
> > >
> > > > 2) Very simply, a watercooling system for my main home computer, anyone
> > > > had any experience/got any input?
> > >
> > > Don't use water to cool electrics... one leak and you're in trouble.
> > > You need a fluid that doesn't conduct electricity. I hear nitrogen is
> > > pretty cheap, and you'll get far more spectacular cooling effects with
> > > it. Need a good heat exchanger to keep it liquid though.
> > >
> > > Like the idea of the mp3 player though. I don't think you'll need the
> > > video card, most good bioses can be told not to worry about such details.
> > >
> > > Sadly, I can't help you with your prjects just at the moment - I'm busy
> > > enough with my own (a la LXF (April) pg 21). Just got things moving
> > > again, which is good :-)
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
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