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Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling

Posted by Hemos on from the if-you-build-it-they-will-cool dept.

Airspirit writes "For those of you who believe that bigger is always better and have multiple computers in your house, this system may be a way to keep them all cool and organized. As an added bonus, it will heat a medium sized apartment all by itself! This article at Pro/Cooling gives a step by step walkthrough describing the evolution of this five gallon monstrosity. Not only does this cover the construction of the cooling system, but the drawbacks such as algae prevention and maintenance as well."

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  1. Cool! by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Funny
    How about coupling it with a water cooler? So when thirst call, you don't have to go to the faucet...

    What?

    Oh, Mountain Dew...

    Darn!

    1. Re:Cool! by richie2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thirst post! No, wait...

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  2. AMD by graveyhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    You don't need a rackmount water cooler to heat a medium sized apartment, one AMD processor will do quite nicely ;)

    And for those who think I'm joking, I haven't run my heater in my apartment since I bought my AMD last winter.

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    1. Re:AMD by marcsiry · · Score: 4, Funny

      Similarly, just leaving my PowerMac dualie (Quicksilver, 2002) on at night has eliminated the need for a white noise generator.

      This famously loud machine drown out the street noise from outside- and I live on Amsterdam Ave., in Manhattan (a noisy street in a noisy town).

      Ironically, putting the computer to sleep (which spins down the drive and the fans) makes it more difficult for ME to sleep...

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  3. Ack... by BiteMeFanboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... hate to see the AC bill in the summer though. Especially here where there really is no spring, it just goes directly to hot and humid.

  4. Neat by SlayerofGods · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd get one if for nothing else but the coolness of it.

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    1. Re:Neat by a_timid_mouse · · Score: 5, Funny
      >I'd get one if for nothing else but the coolness of it.

      No pun intended, right? :-D

  5. Please don't even remind me... by Mensa+Babe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please don't even remind me about homebrew rackmount watercooling... Just remember to always check if the water is not leaking anywhere before you turn it on together with $15000 equipment. This is a lesson I learned the hard way...

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    1. Re:Please don't even remind me... by DFossmeister · · Score: 2, Funny
      Please don't even remind me about homebrew rackmount watercooling... Just remember to always check if the water is not leaking anywhere before you turn it on together with $15000 equipment. This is a lesson I learned the hard way...

      I couldn't help but laugh as I looked at your message then looked at your sig about a superior intellect.
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  6. graveyhead just failed to mention... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You don't need a rackmount water cooler to heat a medium sized apartment, one AMD processor will do quite nicely ;)

    And for those who think I'm joking, I haven't run my heater in my apartment since I bought my AMD last winter.

    ...that he lives in southern Florida too.

  7. Bring on the traditional /. jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, the web site is down. Bring on the traditional
    jokes! It has to do with water cooled systems. So,
    let's see...

    1. The water must be boiling! Har har har!

    2. Time for some more coolant! Har har har!

    3. The radiator must have blown a gasket! Har har har!

    4. Imagine a beowulf cluster of . . .

    5. They need to switch to a better coolant than water! har har har!

    Oy, this is sooooo predictable. Mod this down because I
    close with a traditional "slashdot sucks" comment.

  8. Algae prevention? A plecostomos??? by beacher · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm looking at the green water on the diagram and I see the blackish smudge and I'm wondering if that's a plecostomos???
    Now I suppose someone's gotta code Perl::FishFeed to make sure the algae prevention measures are in place....
    -B

  9. drawback? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    ..but the drawbacks such as algae prevention..
    Algae prevention is a drawback? Remind me to never eat from the submitter's refridgerator.

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    1. Re:drawback? by Greedo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course I can't RTFA or LATFP (look at the feckin' pictures) cause the site is down. But what about combining a water-cooling system with a tropical aquarium?

      That way little bottom-feeders (and no, I don't mean CowboyNeal) can clean the algae for you. Salt-water might also help the cooling process ... have to check my physics textbook on that one.

      Oooh ... and combine it with some waterproofed hamster Habitrail stuff too! So your fish can swim all around the apartment, and the extra area will help dissapate the heat.

      And, at the very least you can say to the ladies: "I've got a rackmount system, homebrew cooling solution *and* tropical aquarium back at my place ... wanna see?"

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  10. biosphere project by Groote+Ka · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Not only does this cover the construction of the cooling system, but the drawbacks such as algae prevention and maintenance as well."

    Why prevent the growth of algae? With algae, this object fully supports your personal biosphere.

  11. And it's an alarm clock too! by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    7:17 a.m. - article posted on Slashdot.

    7:19 a.m. - water cooling system begins to be put to the test

    7:27 a.m. - Slashdeath results in a high pitched whistle caused by steam venting from piping.

    7:27:05 a.m. - Apartment dweller wakes.

    Rube Goldberg would be proud.

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  12. Hombrew? by Geek+Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Argh I saw homebrew and excitedly clicked in because I thought it was a way to keep the PC cool while brewing your own beer. Boy was I surprised.

  13. New applications on the horizon by del_ctrl_alt · · Score: 3, Funny
    I can't wait for the next advancement in cooling technology....

    CPU heat exchange engine providing enough energy to power your PC.

    Behold the perpetual PC!

  14. Update::Servers Have Overheated by ellem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently all 5 gallons of water evaporated due to the Slashdot effect.

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  15. Darn! by turgid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every time I see a slashdot headline with the word "homebrew" in it I think that at last there's an article about beer, but no :-(

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  16. Hope that coolant is kosher... by Ashen · · Score: 5, Funny

    It must be time to go to bed. I just worked all night and at first I read "Hebrew rackmount cooling." I was so confused.

  17. Re:I don't understand by fubar1971 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...so that their spouce doesn't lash them for all the cables running everywhere...

    That is the reason why I don't have a rackmount system.

    Wife: (dressed in red and black leather with 12" heels) Clean up this electronic mess CRACK!
    Me: (in a submisive, but slightly excited tone of voice) Yes mistress, thank you mistress, may I have another?

  18. "Hello Help Desk?" by Strange+Ranger · · Score: 4, Funny


    "My computer has an algae problem."

    HD: "Well, is it blue-green algae, or just regular green algae?

    "How do I tell?"

    HD: "Oh for pity sake! Go to START, Programs, Algae Management."

    "Ummm.. Maybe I should just shut down and go spend some time outdoors?"

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  19. Re: Heating with CPU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can hear it now.

    "Dad. It's getting cold in here. Can I run something computationally expensive?"

  20. You make noise? by Councilor+Hart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, wait a moment.
    You make noise?
    I mean, you MAKE noise so that you can sleep?
    Hell, I turn off my Apple/PC to have NO noise.
    And I live in the middle of town.br.