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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. I don't understand by sstory · · Score: -1, Troll

    Being that I'm in physics and I barely need a home computer, I'm always mystified by people who have things like rack-mount systems in their homes. I never manage to understand why you'd need that sort of thing.

  2. To All Patriots: +1, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    What You Can Do About the Thief-In-Chief

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  3. Wow. Two Cooling Articles In One Week by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You people are truly pathetic. You need to be fucking exterminated before you can breed. Oh wait, this is Slashdot - none of you knows HOW to breed! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  4. Watercooling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The next time I have to see the word "watercooling" I'll throw up.

    1) These people obviously don't know that water can carry electricity (Duh!)

    2) These people obviously don't know that there are fluids that do NOT carry electricity

    3) Watercooling is like modding a car. There will ALWAYS be standard CPU's that are faster and that do not require watercooling! It's only a matter of month until your watercooling looks pathetic, anyways.

    4) Every heard of clusters? No?...I thought so...

    5) Don't spread this crap. It makes Slashdot lookin' BEYOND geeky or nerdy. It makes Slashdot lookin' pathetic!

    6) Get a life, get a job, get a new CPU!

  5. Better medium for cooling? by gotr00t · · Score: 0, Troll
    Though water has a significantly higher specific heat than air, it has its disadvantages as a coolant as well. I have heard many accounts where the water cooling systems leaked and damaged computers, and others where the warm water has algae and other lifeforms growing in it, clogging up the system, causing pumps to fail and computers to overheat.

    What is needed is probably something more effective, an inert substance that has a extremely high specific heat. Liquid sodium in a high pressure system may be a good choice to convey the heat, as it has an extremely high specific heat, allowing for much more heat to be conveyed with less substance, though the results may be disasterous if the system loses containment. I have also heard about a really expensive inert liquid from 3M that electronics could be submerged in without any negative effects, though I'm not sure of its specific heat values.