AC for Ducting

[Cecil]

Had a spare 5150BTU unit in the basement, decided to make a ducting unit out of it. Nothing pretty but blows nicely.

[Kal-EL]

Awesome mod bro. Any improvement over ambient is great. You can keep tweaking that ducting mod to suit your ever increasing needs for overclocking.

Whats next? The overclocking numbers that show a marked increase in highest oc? :D

[sofos1990]

lol:D
What a mod:)

[rickss69]

lol:D
What a mod:)

No laughing...I have one identical to it. :good:

[Kal-EL]

Guys, just rip the housing off, submerge the evaperator in a cooler w/sub-zero coolant and pump it thru the water blocks already. Or! skip the whole chiller thing and head straight to DICE or LN2 :D

[Cecil]

Guys, just rip the housing off, submerge the evaperator in a cooler w/sub-zero coolant and pump it thru the water blocks already. Or! skip the whole chiller thing and head straight to DICE or LN2 :D

Its a 5150BTU unit, wont do much good as anything but a ducting cooler. Plus Im just using it to cool the board during DICE runs.

[karmakazi]

Now heres what you have to do...

1.) get another AC
2.)duct it
3.) attach the ducting to the first AC's air intake!
4.) Dual Stage AC lmao :D :D

(i actually did this 2 yrs ago in my quest for a better OC lol)

Seriously though AC's can still be useful. I used two AC's to cool 2 4870x2's... got me 850mhz core... :)

[Kal-EL]

Now heres what you have to do...

1.) get another AC
2.)duct it
3.) attach the ducting to the first AC's air intake!
4.) Dual Stage AC lmao :D :D

(i actually did this 2 yrs ago in my quest for a better OC lol)

Seriously though AC's can still be useful. I used two AC's to cool 2 4870x2's... got me 850mhz core... :)

O.k. seriously, you ran the first a/c to the condensor of the second a/c, did it help at all?

[karmakazi]

O.k. seriously, you ran the first a/c to the condensor of the second a/c, did it help at all?


Yes of course! Im not sure how much colder it actually made the air (i had no therm at the time) but it did decrease my cpu temps by a few degrees at load (added about 75mhz to my overclock - a E6600 iirc). I found it more useful for cooling videocards though. Leave the cpu for extreme stuffz

[spfoam1]

Make a loop instead of it just blowing on the board. Put the board in an enclosure (full tower works nice) and circulate the air. Run the OUT from the enclosure to the IN on the A/C...it will get colder and colder. You will need to jumper the thermostat.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm107/spfoam1/Cooling%20Unit/freezepics030.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm107/spfoam1/Cooling%20Unit/ACpics003.jpg

Yep......another one is hooked.

[karmakazi]

spfoam!!!!! I LOVE IT! You rock man. Im gonna use this on my 4870x2 benchin coming up :P

Any ideas where to jumper the thermostat?

[Kal-EL]

Well, if you're gonna cut the thermo probe line to jumper it like I did, give yourself some space to re-attach it later in case you wanna re-use it. Else, use a jumper in place of the temp probe that takes care of the thermostat duties.

[Buckeye]

HAHA you guys need help, as in the mental kind :rofl


wait.... I should talk.... :D

[spfoam1]

HAHA you guys need help, as in the mental kind :rofl


wait.... I should talk.... :D


Ah yes.....this brings the old saying to mind; "it takes one to know one"

[joeyw3704]

wow you guys are hardcore. Do I have a window unit around here? Oh shit .

[Witchdoctor]

Here is my twist

Must be signed in to veiw pics..................

http://clubnboc.com/forum/index.php?topic=245.0

[Neuromancer]

Make a loop instead of it just blowing on the board. Put the board in an enclosure (full tower works nice) and circulate the air. Run the OUT from the enclosure to the IN on the A/C...it will get colder and colder. You will need to jumper the thermostat.


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm107/spfoam1/Cooling%20Unit/freezepics030.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm107/spfoam1/Cooling%20Unit/ACpics003.jpg

Yep......another one is hooked.

That is neat. I would think that the "closed loop" principle would not work on the AC unit as it adds too much resistance decreasing efficiency. Since it worked so well for you I guess not :)


Here is my twist

http://clubnboc.com/forum/index.php?topic=245.0

Need to fix the images, I see nothing :(

Sidenote though. Since you built a box for the AC unit, you could also just have built your PC into the AC box. No need for ducting then and might even help a degree or two since you will not be warming the air running it through a couple feet of uninsulated dryer ducting :)

[Witchdoctor]

Yea you have to be a member and signed in to see pics on the site....

Putting cold air into my rad box cools my loop temp considerably

I will fix post though

[Kal-EL]

http://www.x-cade.com/uploads/Supes/Superman/FrostyDelight/FrostedDelights.jpg
Get it Cold!

http://www.x-cade.com/uploads/Supes/Superman/FrostyDelight/FrostedDelights4.jpg
:D