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Water Cooled Power Supply

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the void-your-warranty-and-burn-down-the-house dept.

lmd writes "Digital-Explosion has an article with step-by-step instructions on how to cool a power supply with water (yes, water) instead of fans/heatsinks to make it quieter. Please read the warning and disclaimer (and buy insurance if you don't have any) if you decide to try this at home."

6 of 279 comments (clear)

  1. Hmmm by peterprior · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Digital-Explosion"

    How ironic.....

  2. A Bad Omen? by HisMother · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Is it just me, or does the name of the web site make you less likely to want to read an article of this nature?

    --
    Cantankerous old coot since 1957.
  3. Re:Water cooled? What wusses by 401k · · Score: 0, Redundant

    go for broke, liquid nitrogen, lol

  4. Google cache link by haedesch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Appareantly "the CGI limit is reached", fancy name for slashdotted

    http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:yQoUtpvkZCAJ: www.digital-explosion.co.uk/index.php%3FarticleID% 3D65+to+cool+a+power+supply+with+water+digital+exp losion+&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8

  5. Obligatory /.ing joke by dagnabit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Guess that web server needs some water cooling too...

    Get it? It's already melting... under the load...

    Never mind...

  6. For those lazy to read the article by Bigfishbowl · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Copied from the site:

    CGI-limits reached, please try again later!

    So I don't see what the big fuss is about.