Top secret

Operation Chill Water commenced at 0100 and is now about half way completed. The project entails the usage of:

• 4 water blocks, 3/8" connectors, 2 copper, 2 aluminum


• 3 Thermal Electric Coolers (peltiers), two @ 80watts and one @ 146 watts


• 1 tube of Arctic Silver 3 heat transfer grease


• 3 bottles of Hydra-X coolant additive


• 3 quarts of distilled water


• 40 ft. 3/8" clear vinyl tubing


• 1 car transmission radiator


• 3 industrial 96 CFM 120v AC 4" fans


• 1 continuous duty self lubricated 240 v AC 500 gal/hour fluid pump


• 1 step-up transformer (120 to 240)


• 2 heavy duty 10-14.4v adjustable regulated 200 watt power supplies


• 1 very large amplifier aluminum heat sink (8"x6"x1.5")


• 1 large transistor block heat sink (5"x1.5"x1")


• 20 ft. 12 guage 4 conductor shielded


• 2 heavy duty 25 amp 500 volt switches


• 1 10 amp breaker


• 1 gang control box


• 1 vga mounting kit for water block


• 1 cpu mounting kit for LGA 775 style proc water block

The end result will be a comprehensive heat management system that will enable me to run my system even on hot days at full blast, allowing stable overclocking and possibly the achievement of subzero temperatures. Pictures soon.

Its been years since the last time i attempted a Thermal Electric - liquid cooled setup. I miss the benefits of being able to get 50% more out of the CPU and vid card. I used to overclock a set of celerons on the good old Abit BP6 from their standard 500mhz to 810mhz using Corshair's PC150 OC mem (150mhz SDRAM). Those where the days. Unfortunately, they didn't last long. I didn't provide enough insulation and water vapor condensed and got inside the procs and fried them about 3 weeks after I got the system running. Very sad.

Armed with wisdom from defeat, I've devised a few new ideas to prevent disastrous repetition. Those blue prints, however, are classified.

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