Garden mounted radiator mod

[PaddieMayne]

SO i have an FT02 case, and inspired by something i saw else where i decided to Water cool my FX8350 so i could get a stable 5ghz OC. Now i tried the internal 180mm rad thing which did help but my temps were still to high so time for something radical i thought, and below is the result, yes 3 holes in my external brick wall (all silicon sealed now) and an external 420mm rad with 6 140mm Phobya fans in Push/Pull with filters and grills fitted. So have a look and tell me what you all think.

NOW TO START TRYING FOR THAT 5GHZ, IM AT 4.8GHZ at the moment.

 

[tinytomlogan]

If the rad gets too cold you will get a condensation build up in your case because of the difference in temps.

If it does 1 drip and you could loose your whole rig......

Its a great mod idea but the reality is its more than very risky.

Also as its AMD your temps are not accurate.

 

[Jeff_s510]

If the rad gets too cold you will get a condensation build up in your case because of the difference in temps.

If it does 1 drip and you could loose your whole rig......

Its a great mod idea but the reality is its more than very risky.

Also as its AMD your temps are not accurate.

^^^This^^^

 

[andrewmchugh]

Is there any condensation? That would be my fear.

And freezing when its off? Since its like below 0 now.

Edit. I got beat to it.

 

[Jeff_s510]

there are however ways to prevent condensation from affecting your mobo and other components, im not an expert on this but the LN2 guys should be able to help you out with this stuff! (i actually put some time into thinking about this myself over the summer when temps here were hitting the 35+C mark). you have a great looking job done on the rad mounting setup, so maybe a little putty or something around the cpu socket could prevent condensation? i dont know? someone correct me on this please or give ideas

 

[andrewmchugh]

there are however ways to prevent condensation from affecting your mobo and other components, im not an expert on this but the LN2 guys should be able to help you out with this stuff! (i actually put some time into thinking about this myself over the summer when temps here were hitting the 35+C mark). you have a great looking job done on the rad mounting setup, so maybe a little putty or something around the cpu socket could prevent condensation? i dont know? someone correct me on this please or give ideas

Yeh that's what you do when you phase change to an extreme level. which is essentially the same thing that OP is doing. The problem is that you are insulating everything which will cause heat build up. Its not really a permanent thing.

If the temps drop outside and you start benching that processor I would expect to see some moisture on that block. Did your windows not have any condensation on them this morning?

 

[PaddieMayne]

Nope no condensation as yet, and its been running for 48 hours now non stop, i do have a couple of those little moisture bags one at the bottom of my case and one behind the mobo, hopefully this will help when its very cold outside, maybe the fact that my room temps are only 17 to 18C helps?

Oh and buy the way this is an always on rig, and the EK coolant has a freezing point of minus 7c, even though im in the North of England, we very rarely see colder temps than that.

 

[Mentalguy]

use a dehumidifier in your room, will lessen the chances of condensate frying your pc.
if its always on, dont worry about freezing.

 

[Gilbert93]

loving the rig, and MAAAD respect for the bren

 

[PaddieMayne]

If the rad gets too cold you will get a condensation build up in your case because of the difference in temps.

If it does 1 drip and you could loose your whole rig......

Its a great mod idea but the reality is its more than very risky.

Also as its AMD your temps are not accurate.

Im keeping an eye on the condensation thing, but as yet all good, ill keep you all posted, also i got the idea off a Canadian enthusiast whos been running a similar system for 2 years now with his winter temps reaching -20c and hes not suffered from condensation at all? As for the AMD temp thing, apparently there sensing modules work differently to intels so the higher the temps the more accurate the reading, but i did however think the BIOS temps might be accurate ?

 

[wereireland]

It looks great but what about wet and windy weather? Also will you have to clean the fans out every month? I can see it getting full of all kinds of bugs and insects.

 

[PaddieMayne]

Its actually under a small car porch, so although open on all sides it is completely dry , and i have waterproofed all the cables, also all the fans are dust filtered so i will just have to clean the filters.

 

[BPRSM]

As said, it's a bit risky. However, the PC looks amazing

 

[TAWN]

Out of the ordinary.... I like

 

[Rathy_21]

Love it but the condensation thing would bother me a little. I was thinking along the lines of mounting it on the external wall and sucking air out of the room and blowing through a vent. This would take away the heat but it wouldn't be as cold but it takes away the risk. Also why didnt you go with a bigger rad if its outside the house?

 

[PaddieMayne]

Love it but the condensation thing would bother me a little. I was thinking along the lines of mounting it on the external wall and sucking air out of the room and blowing through a vent. This would take away the heat but it wouldn't be as cold but it takes away the risk. Also why didnt you go with a bigger rad if its outside the house?

Because a 420mm ras with 6 140mm fans in push pull is already overkill in my opinion.

 

[JiggaHertz]

Sweet. Hope the missus doesn't mind going into the garage to be met by a cyclone jet.

Does all seem overkill though if you arent also w/c'ing the graphics card?

 

[Rathy_21]

well the more cooling the lower the temps Personally i wouldnt be happy until i hit the silicone limits

 

[Pugsport]

i have been planing pretty much the same sort of thing but with a car aircon radiator and a car radiator fan.

only difference being i plan to have it so im able to swap between radaitors inside my desk build and the radiator outside. this will be so that i can use the radiator thats outside in the summer when me rooms hots and i dont want to add any extra heat and in the winter shut it off and use the inside rads to stop the freezing issue etc. would use quick disconect fittings so that i could swap them over easy when the time comes

 

[sheroo]

Nice idea, hope you hit that 5GHZ.