Case airflow

[Derrk]

My case has too much airflow. Honestly, i just want to build a computer inside of a vacuum (for science)

 

Inside a vacuum, would it still emit heat as we know it, or would it emit heat in the form of radiation? How can i turn my horrible concept into a reality?

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please just let me be a dumb ass

 

[Derrk]

5 minutes ago, Andrew.Schickowski said:

I have no idea why you would want to do this as your hardware would suffer, but it possibly emitting radiation would not happen.

why couldn't it be infrared radiation?

[Rex_G]

17 minutes ago, Derrk said:

My case has too much airflow. Honestly, i just want to build a computer inside of a vacuum (for science)

 

Inside a vacuum, would it still emit heat as we know it, or would it emit heat in the form of radiation? How can i turn my horrible concept into a reality?

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please just let me be a dumb ass

 

You will radiate heat in form of IR radiation. Heat has 3 ways to transfer conduction, convection and radiation. Vacuum is perfect insulator so there won't be any conduction or convection. 

 

As far as how to achieve it, you will need a durable case that can sustain vacuum. Seal it airtight, hook up a vacuum pump and keep sucking the air out. How low the pressure can go will depend on durability of your seals, case and pump capacity.

[SolarNova]

Heat needs to transfer to somthign to mvoe away from your components. in a vacuum the heat has nowhere to go.

 

People have made air tight cases for PC components before, but they pump in a dry inert gas to take the place or normal air. This is usualy done to removem oisture from the air and thus stop condensation from formign when running sub ambient cooling solutions.

 

its a common misconceptin that a vacume, like space, is super cold. A vacum isnt cold, space isnt cold becouse its a vacume, its cold becouse there is no heat source when there is no direct sunlight (space is cold though). In space without a space suit you would die from asphyxiation and the bends long before freezing to death. And in direct sunlight you would burn up.

[DildorTheDecent]

17 minutes ago, Derrk said:

 How can i turn my horrible concept into a reality?

Just yeet your rig into space.

[Derrk]

1 hour ago, Rex_G said:

You will radiate heat in form of IR radiation. Heat has 3 ways to transfer conduction, convection and radiation. Vacuum is perfect insulator so there won't be any conduction or convection. 

 

As far as how to achieve it, you will need a durable case that can sustain vacuum. Seal it airtight, hook up a vacuum pump and keep sucking the air out. How low the pressure can go will depend on durability of your seals, case and pump capacity.

airflow is overrated. do you propose this could work if i could keep the air density of the case down?

 

1 hour ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Just yeet your rig into space.

thought about it but i don't have long enough cables to reach my monitors or keyboard

[Derrk]

1 hour ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Just yeet your rig into space.

 

Just now, Derrk said:

airflow is overrated. do you propose this could work if i could keep the air density of the case down?

 

thought about it but i don't have long enough cables to reach my monitors or keyboard

also space dust