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Not genuine copy of windows ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Not genuine copy of windows ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Not genuine Snipars.( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Yeah, but why does he not use a genuine copy?

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I have an idea for a hybridly fridge cooled setup that might work better than having the whole system inside.

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I have an idea for a hybridly fridge cooled setup that might work better than having the whole system inside.

like somehow have the heatsink inside with the rest of the pc outside the fridge? or liquid cooled with the radiators inside the fridge

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Linus you should redo this with the same kind of idea of the whole room cooling, but use the fridge as the radiator instead of the roof. Everything else would be in the ambient room temperature. plus having a smaller loop that's closer to the cold refrigerated rad might make a big difference.

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What if someone got a black ops 3 juggernaut edition with the Juggernog mini fridge thing, and then put a pc in there? Obviuosly, with Black Ops 3 installed on the PC. 

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The idea isn't as bad as people think, as long as you remove the moisture from inside and then seal the fridge properly there should be no issue and to be mindful that you cant just open it up at any ol time.

It would take some modding to got the IO shield to work out OK but it should be a good build. I am excited to see what Linus is able to do or do wrong.

Lol.  :lol:

 

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I forgot about the lower quality of the load design of the fridge, so no it would not work. If the compressor was a more robust design for 24hr use then yes it would be feasible but like Linus points out there is no gain here but increased electrical load.

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Waiting calmly since yesterday at 1:25 a.m. For the YouTube link

 

 

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Waiting calmly since yesterday at 1:25 a.m. For the YouTube link

youtube link 7 days after it comes on vessel. 

 

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youtube link 7 days after it comes on vessel.

I know, Calmly waiting though.

 

 

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Aquarium chillers are always the answer for sub ambient.  Leaving air in the equation is just inefficiency.

 

Refrigerators aren't designed with an active heat load in mind.  The idea will either not work or kill the refrigerator.

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I guess you can say the screen might freeze

 

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Not genuine Snipars.( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Yeah, but why does he not use a genuine copy?

 

Because then he would need a new Windows license with every single change of motherboard, which is not great for a component testing standpoint.

 

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Now that you have told us that it is a bad idea to build a computer in a fridge, can you do a Scrap Yard War on a phase change system.

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I'm curious about this video but with the LTT way of life (half assing everything) makes me think that this video won't answer all the questions I have. I'll have to wait to watch it I guess, but I'll update after. I've always wanted to build a pc inside a mini fridge. 

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Forget the mini fridge, subambient cool the mineral oil! I don't know at what temp viscosity becomes an issue but find out. Also if your in mineral oil you don't have to worry about condensation.

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Forget the mini fridge, subambient cool the mineral oil! I don't know at what temp viscosity becomes an issue but find out. Also if your in mineral oil you don't have to worry about condensation.

 

This would be interesting.  Right up my alley too since I'm pretty much set up to do it, I just don't want to trash my hardware by dunking it in oil.

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Trashing hardware though is right up Linus's alley!

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DAMN YOU LINUS!!!

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That's a cool idea. Actually  moisture isn't that big of a problem here cuz we're talking about a fridge not a freezer and it would loke great too. Gettho, verticaly mounted motherbord  in a fridge is awsome plus you could store your mounten dew in it ;)

 
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„Please don’t try to cool your yomputer with a fridge” „It will die.”

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I bet there will be people saying that it didn't work because the door wasn't sealed correctly, to those people: it wouldn't work even if the fridge was 100% sealed. The heat pump inside a fridge simply isn't made for that kind of work, it is meant to cool something that is at room temperature down to low temperatures (which takes 1+ hours, just to give you an idea on how weak it actually is) and then the insulation keeps it at that temperature for a long time. They were never designed to handle something that is actively generating heat, hell the compressor isn't even designed to run all the time and would probably die early because of what you're doing to it even with the first test. 

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