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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. Re:AMD by vadim_t · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, dual CPUs produce a *lot* of heat.

    I have here a dual Athlon MP 2000+. The temperature measured at the heatsinks is 56C and 62C. The difference is because one has arctic silver on the heatsink and the other the AMD thermal pad stuff.

    Anyway, this thing gets amazingly hot. A bit more, and I couldn't hold my hand on top of the case, and it's got 9 fans in it! When I enter the room I notice that it's noticeably hotter than the rest of the house, even though that the computer is near an open window.

    Now, it's really nice to use. Everything is *smooth* and I should not need to upgrade any time soon. When I do it'll probably be a dual system too.