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Insulating what exactly? As for the risk of leaks, you can make the same argument about liquid cooling a computer. The risk of a water leak is commonly sited as a reason for not watercooling a computer. Thermal tape. Once the tape has time to cure, it's a fairly strong but not permanent bond. That would let me mount the blocks directly to the back of the panel (not the outer shell. Cooling the outer shell would do nothing). I don't think you understand how much empty space there is on the inside of a plasma TV. There's already vent holes along the bottom edge. Cutting and sanding those holes will allow for very clean tube routing down into a pair of manifolds (one for intake, the other for output. These can be built rather inexpensively out of PVC) That would be accurate if the TV was outside and the ambient temp was 90~100F but its not, the ambient temp is between 72~74F so the delta is much more significant. Also, the room temp isn't as important for a waterloop because the main limitation is the thermal mass of the water and the size of the radiator. It takes a VERY long time for water to heat soak to 80C. In a 120mm or 240mm rad with low water volume, maybe, sure. With a 12900K/13900K but I don't know ANYONE that would put a 120mm/240mm rad on a cpu like those. They run too hot to be properly cooled by a 120mm or 240mm. Definitely not a AIO. Maybe a thick 240mm with really good fans but I can only see that being an option for some one in a ITX setup like a Lian Li Q58. I specifically said I have a 540mm rad (triple 180mm) available to me. It holds a lot of water. The res is just a old water bucket I have with a submersible fountain pump because its actually a lot quieter than the DDC I have plus it will have no issue running continuously. Besides, I've spent $60 on worse things than trying to cool a old TV. I preordered the original Watch Dogs for my Xbox 360, still haven't played it because the reception was so awful. I watched some gameplay of it and it was kinda meh. By the time I decided to try and return it, Gamestop wouldn't take it back so I just kept it. I'll probably play it, eventually. $60 for 6 9.45"x1.57" waterblocks, some cheap PVC pipes and cheap irrigation tubing from home depot is nothing. The question I asked has yet to be answered. To reiterate, will cooling the back of a plasma panel negatively affect the panel? I don't know exactly how that technology works and I don't know if lowering the operating temperature will negatively affected it. LCDs, when cooled, does negatively affect them because it slows down the LCD response time.

Its not setup. I install it around the end of June once the outdoor temp consistantly stays above 90F. Like I said, I already have most of the parts, its just a matter of ordering $60 in aluminum coldplates. $60 to lower the heat output of the TV or $400+ to replace it. The question I specifically asked was whether or not cooling the back of the display panel on the TV would negatively affect the panel. I didn't ask if its worth it to watercool a old plasma TV vs buying a new one that suits my needs.

I mainly use the hood on my stove whenever I boil water or searing a steak because that can be a pretty smokey affair.

I have an AC that I use in the summer to limit how long the main AC kicks on. I don't think either will have similar image quality. Brightness and contrast is one thing, colors, sharpness and motion accuracy is another. Our electricity bill is about $200 a month so I don't really consider the electricity cost a major factor. I don't use it daily but I do use it about 12 hours per week between gaming on my PS2, N64 or Xbox 360 or watching Hulu/Prime Video on my Xbox One X. Guest bedroom? xD You overestimate my living situation. We live in a three bedroom apartment and share expenses fairly evenly. All in, I'm probably out about $1,040 per month. That's including cell service and internet because its cheaper for all three of us to be on a "family" plan rather than getting individual cell service. Plus, we got free Samsung Galaxy S22 each so it was a pretty sweet deal for everyone involved. Especially my best friend cause he was still using a iPhone 7 and it has a bunch of issues. I'd rather get something like a receiver because that'd let me use my home theater audio instead of the built in speakers. Not to say the built in speakers are bad, they're amazing compared to what you get on TVs nowadays but compared to my Mackie CR8s and CR8-X Sub, they're kinda trash. Those are out in the living room so I move the TV out there for movie nights on the weekend or watching anime together.

Its a 42" 1080p Panasonic. Its just wasn't being used anymore. I bought it from the original owner almost 3 years ago and they were selling it because they had upgraded to a 72" 4K OLED. They said the TV was like $1200+ when it was new, looking up the model, that seems to track. Their new TV was around $1600. That's pretty reasonable assuming the OLED will last as long at the plasma did. 10 years of service is pretty solid between upgrade cycles. The thing is that a decent TV would be $1000+ to get comparable image quality on top of something to connect vintage consoles since I doubt new TVs have component, S-Video, and composite inputs. There is a window but running a duct would obstruct the closet. Running a pair of 1/2" tubes wouldn't be obstructive as the door is about 1" from the carpet.

Getting a legitimate replacement to the image quality I get from my Plasma TV will cost WAY more than what I would like to spend. I can run my TV for 5 years and its still cheaper than the cost of getting a decent 4K that may not look as good, not including the cost of getting a Framemiester (or something similar) for my old consoles.

Most modern TVs that look as good as a plasma TV cost WAY more than just trying to jank-cool my TV.

I live in Texas, it doesn't help to open the window. Its not about how much electricity the TV uses, the image quality is better than whatever TV I can get for $100~200. Cheap LCDs don't compare to a old Plasma TV.

So, kind of a strange question. Anyone who's owned a Plasma TV will probably understand just how much they heat up a room. I have an old Panasonic TH-42PZ80U I got back in 2020 when I moved to Austin for $20. I really like the TV. The colors are incredible, the sound is great given that it has space for actually not bad built in speakers, and perfect for watching movies or playing games. The blacks are super deep, dare I say, on par with OLEDs. Yeah, its only 1080p but it looks WAY better than my 1440p monitor when it comes to enjoying content. That said, it sucks down nearly 600 watts of power all by itself. A good portion of that gets turned back into heat. It has four fans built into the back of the TV to pull heat out from the TV casing but that doesn't solve the issue that its just accelerating how fast heat gets put into the room. What I'd like to do is somehow watercool the TV and window mount the radiator so heat gets pushed outside. I'm assuming a lot of the heat being generated by the TV is coming from the panel so I was thinking of attaching a few of these on the backside of the panel and plug them into a Alphacool triple 180mm radiator and a DDC pump, maybe two. I haven't got an idea of how a plasma TV works so I don't know if cooling the panel will negatively affect image quality. I have most of the parts already, I'd just have to order those waterblocks from Aliexpress.

Now only if I could find the custom vrm and chipset block that EK made for it back in the day. I found one for the Rampage II and IV but no III.

Good news! Alphacool got back to me this morning saying they'll refund me the cost of the reservoir and compensate me 100€ for damages. I really wasn't expecting much to happen but good on Alphacool! I'll be putting those funds into getting a new X58 board. Now to decide which one. A Rampage III seems like the obvious goto for a very high end board but is it really that good?

I am the big sad today. My MSI X58 Big Bang xPower had passed away. The Alphacool Eisstation I was using for the waterloop leaked onto the board and shorted something. The board doesn't power on anymore and I don't know if the memory is ok or its fried too. I contacted Alphacool yesterday since the res is only about two months old and one of the plugs that were installed in the pump compartment from the factory had been cracked internally. I'm not expecting much but I hope they can do something for me. On a unrelated note, my main rig is getting a new motherboard today because the B450 Steel Legend board that's currently in it has periodic seizures and crashes in various ways.

Yeah, we use icue a lot at work with Corsair fans and we don't like it. Sometimes it doesn't work and we get a lot of DOA Commander pros and its really annoying. Not that there's all that many options that are less painless that we handle. Our inhouse rgb fans aren't great either. I'll probably do some more research and find some that have a good balance of the things I want. Good airflow is a priority, ease of installation would also be a big plus but once the fans are in, as long as they don't suddenly stop working, they're staying there.

Awesome! Any in particular that are a good balance between performance and looks. I'd say price but most things with eye candy tend to be priced higher than performance fans.

And they don't have to be plugged into the motherboard with a rgb 5v/12v cable to function?