Crazy Chiller setup like nothing I have seen.

[Darkw1sh]

So this is something i came across, and immediately began to marvel at what it required to build this and the really good price he is selling the rig for.

I mean a 1080ti is still pretty expensive, not to mention the rest of the rig is not half bad. I also like the honesty in the post seems like an honest computer guy.

Obviously this is not for everyone but it seems like something crazy Alex would come up with and Linus would approve.

 

So his post is here. 

 

but I also understand not everyone wants to go to an external hyperlink so i will post what he has below

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1080 Ti Aquarium Gaming PC - $740 (Palmetto Bay)

Priced to sell ASAP, make an offer. Crazy one-of-a-kind mad scientist gaming build.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700x, heatsink replaced with copper foam boiler surface
ASRock AB350
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB
Zotac GTX 1080 Ti Mini, heatsink replaced with copper foam boiler surface
SilverStone SST-SX550 80+ Gold PSU
Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper used as a condenser

All components have heatsinks replaced with boilers and immersed in an aquarium of hundreds of dollars worth of MPE (methylperfluorobutyl ether, a solvent used in bubbling face masks and other cosmetics). This is a nonconductive fluid with a low boiling point. The fluid boils up off the surface of the components, passively carrying the heat from the phase change with it. The hot vapors then condense on a radiator at the top, dripping back down into the tank.

To account for changes in air pressure while maintaining a sealed tank, it has expandable bags like an accordion that fill up as the temperature rises. If the condenser is turned off, then the computer can be run 100% silently until the bags fill up with hot vapor. However, this may lead to a small loss of fluid as the only perfectly sealed part is the glass tank. With the condenser on, the saturated vapor goes no higher than the condenser and virtually no loss occurs.

The radiator needs to be connected to a cool water source. In this case, the computer comes with an industrial water chiller. The industrial chiller is loud, so if sound is a problem, it may be a good idea to hook it up to a normal radiator/fans/reservoir/pump.

Boiler plates are permanently affixed to the CPU and GPU with thermal epoxy, so it would be hard to return to normal air cooling with those components.

In terms of performance, the GPU is cooled nicely and it will automatically clock itself well above stock. However, the CPU boiler plate is not as good as a proper boiling coating and the CPU will throttle down to 2 GHz if all cores are at full load. For normal gameplay, the CPU runs fine. If you can somehow find someone to apply a microporous boiling enhancement coating to a new Ryzen, this PC should be good for years to come.

I am selling it because my room gets too hot while running it and I don't want to put holes in my window just to move the chiller outside. Aside from that, it is also priced so cheaply because it was a proof of concept project I won't be using any longer and it takes way too much space. I need to get rid of it quickly.

[nick name]

Lol -- "the industrial chiller is loud" . . . notices ear protection in photo.  

[Darkw1sh]

9 minutes ago, nick name said:

Lol -- "the industrial chiller is loud" . . . notices ear protection in photo.  

the thing looks like a diesel truck with an smoke stack sticking out of it lol

[Fakmykak]

Seems like more trouble than its worth if you ask me.

[AlexTheGreatish]

This thing is awesome haha

[Dedayog]

" However, the CPU boiler plate is not as good as a proper boiling coating and the CPU will throttle down to 2 GHz if all cores are at full load. F"

 

2GHz.  No thanks.

 

Looks neat but in a "so glad you built it and not  me, no thanks and hope you finder a sucker to sell it to" way.

 

Monstrosity.

[WkdPaul]

* Thread moved to Liquid and Exotic Cooling *

[Darkw1sh]

1 hour ago, AlexTheGreatish said:

This thing is awesome haha

saw this and i was like this is something that Alex would definitely get into.

I have had a weird idea for a build but have not had the time to attempt it.

 

 

 

[For Science!]

16 minutes ago, Darkw1sh said:

 

Pretty sure this was posted on this forum a while back by the builder, and yes, the impressions were not positive.

 

Edit: Found it

 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 hours ago, Darkw1sh said:

So this is something i came across, and immediately began to marvel at what it required to build this and the really good price he is selling the rig for.

I'm not so sure about the bargain part. You are getting several kilograms of a loud, bulky, power hungry, complicated-maintenance system that successfully underclocked the CPU... so it runs slower than with the stock heatsink...

I mean, if he provides the original coolers, then you are paying $740 for a used 1080ti that needs re-assembling, I guess.

Although to someone like @AlexTheGreatish maybe this would be mostly about getting those chillers for a different project  

[SolarNova]

An interesting build, and good price for sure to include the chiller and the whole build.

 

I suspect however it would perform better if it were simply a normal mineral oil build with the oil being chilled by the chiller. A normal air cooler on the CPU with small submersible pump circulating the oil around the tank and towards and through the heatsink would provide better cooling.

 

So yea, a cool build for sale for sure, but mistakes were made.

[AnonymousGuy]

There's zero point in doing submerged cooling, because you can waterblock the components that actually need to be cooled with much less mess.  Submerged may make sense in a supercomputer type deal where you have shitloads of CPUs in a small space and need fast replace-ability.

 

You also need to remote locate a chiller because they're basically a refrigerator and make as much noise (more actually due to less sound insulation)

 

Basically this guy is an idiot that didn't stop to ask if he should before deciding he could.

[Darkw1sh]

On 11/3/2019 at 2:27 PM, AnonymousGuy said:

There's zero point in doing submerged cooling, because you can waterblock the components that actually need to be cooled with much less mess.  Submerged may make sense in a supercomputer type deal where you have shitloads of CPUs in a small space and need fast replace-ability.

 

You also need to remote locate a chiller because they're basically a refrigerator and make as much noise (more actually due to less sound insulation)

 

Basically this guy is an idiot that didn't stop to ask if he should before deciding he could.

 

But is he really an idiot? I do not think the point of this was for a silent PC or even a practical one.... for a person that most likely watches the LTT videos I do not think you step out of the comfort zone.... however that is where i live. I dont really do my mad experiments with new hardware i do it with free gear I have obtained and I think I have made things much louder than this. The fact that most prototypes are big and loud is a given.... then we tinker and make smaller quieter faster things.