Just learning watercooling but...

[joenewbie]

This thought occurred to me, since so many cases have the rubber grommets on the back to allow for watercooling outside the case, has anyone thought to put the reservoirs in a small fridge or freezer and feed the long lines into the back of the CPU?  If so are there photos because I'd love to see that mod.  And would having the reservoirs in a fridge/freezer allow for higher overclocks/better cooling?   With a line that long I would think the pump would have to be larger than the standard, but with the reservoir outside the case there'd be more room for the pump where the res would normally go.  

Just idle thoughts I'd be curious if it's been done before.  Thanks in advance. 

[NInety]

Condensation would build up on the loop.

[aidenrelkoff]

its possible, but sometimes the water is so cold condensation starts, and one drop of water is all it takes to kill amotherboard

[Builder]

People do it.

[scaryjam823]

This thought occurred to me, since so many cases have the rubber grommets on the back to allow for watercooling outside the case, has anyone thought to put the reservoirs in a small fridge or freezer and feed the long lines into the back of the CPU?  If so are there photos because I'd love to see that mod.  And would having the reservoirs in a fridge/freezer allow for higher overclocks/better cooling?   With a line that long I would think the pump would have to be larger than the standard, but with the reservoir outside the case there'd be more room for the pump where the res would normally go.  

Just idle thoughts I'd be curious if it's been done before.  Thanks in advance. 

I've seen some pictures and video of guys running their loops several hundred feet underground where it is near freezing to cool their rigs. So yes it is possible, same concept as what you said. The example is Just more costly lol

[Enderman]

Putting resevoirs in a cold place will not make any difference. I think you mean put the radiators in the fridge, which is what cools the liquid.

a) the fridge will use a ton of power if it has to constantly cool off the heat from your PC.

b ) the fridge is loud, so it would have to be in a different room to be silent.

c) the pump will not have enough head pressure for such long tubing.

 

If you seriously want the best overclocking experience, just go with phase-change cooling. It is the same as a fridge, except made for PC.

[Mastermonkey]

I've seen some pictures and video of guys running their loops several hundred feet underground where it is near freezing to cool their rigs. So yes it is possible, same concept as what you said. The example is Just more costly lol

hehe its awesome saw this the other day

http://www.overclock.net/t/671177/12-feet-under-1000-square-feet-of-geothermal-pc-cooling

[joenewbie]

I'm in the desert, Las Vegas, condensation is less a problem here, plus if you put a fan directed at the tube lines it would evaporate faster. And yes, I do think it would require a more powerful pump. Put the pump inside the little fridge/freezer, put the case atop the fridge/freezer adjacent to the desk, as a lot of people do because they have their energy drinks in a small fridge next to their workstation as it is anyway. If the pump is too loud it could be contained inside the fridge as well. I'm saying one would have to drill holes into the fridge to let the loops out and contain the pump noise. When the rig isn't on, the fridge would also be shut off so as not to make the loop too cold, but when the rig is running it would cool the already heated liquid. I'm thinking oversized pump, oversized res. *grin* I'd love to see pics of this, it's not anything I personally would ever do. I'd just like to see it done. Like driving a Bugatti even if I could afford it, I still wouldn't do it because the level of impracticality is high, but I'll still watch it race around a track.

Oh, and silence isn't even a consideration for this, just like fuel efficiency isn't a consideration for the Bugatti.