Crossy Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 My youngest in the UK is building his new PC, no expense spared (he's heavily in to flight-sim and other gaming). He sent me some photos. My first impression? Where does it dispense the coffee?? His reaction was unprintable! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) He needs to send you some photos with the lights out. Some of the cooling systems could double as light shows. Gotta admit, I'm not a gamer. Never have been. As a consequence, I cut my computer costs by half, buying last year's CPU. If I paid double for this year's, I'm still behind the 8 ball in 6 months or so. With fingers crossed that my socket will accept next year's CPU. Edited March 17 by impulse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 At first I thought this was about cars, or beer going by the Title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I guess as a teenager all this makes sense and I also liked a good show when I was young. In real life, air cooling is just fine. My current PC, now 7 years old, is overclocked to 4.5GHz, with air cooling, and it works just fine. IMHO there is no need to cool with water as long as air works just fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degrub Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Best is to dunk the whole thing in a nonconductive liquid bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 The sky is the limit when it comes to mod'ding computers. My youngest son is right into it and is now employed by a computer manufacturer in NZ. Small but high end stuff, bit of a niche market really. Imbi towers in KL was a great place to shop for the latest parts. I use to go there quite a bit when working in the ME during my transit back to NZ. Nowadays I just stick to a mini system. Nothing flash but it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroubleandGrumpy Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Dont worry - he will grow up one day and join the real world - hopefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said: Dont worry - he will grow up one day and join the real world - hopefully. Am in the process of water cooling one of my 3D printers... last time I watercooled anything was a PC 10 yrs ago ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroubleandGrumpy Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 33 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: Am in the process of water cooling one of my 3D printers... last time I watercooled anything was a PC 10 yrs ago ! What do you 'print' on that? Genuinely interested. I assume you dont play computer games 24/7 in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said: What do you 'print' on that? Genuinely interested. I assume you dont play computer games 24/7 in Thailand. Mostly prototyping jig fixtures for my work. Ive never played a computer game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Liquid cooling is the best, I even do it myself right now by sitting in the waterfall while working. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroubleandGrumpy Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 8 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: Mostly prototyping jig fixtures for my work. Ive never played a computer game. Interesting - may I ask what work - designing parts for manufacturing? I have looked at 3d printers and they amaze me - a brilliant innovation - never used one though. I worked in IT&T and Computers from 1970s to 2010s - saw a lot of innovations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, TroubleandGrumpy said: Interesting - may I ask what work - designing parts for manufacturing? I have looked at 3d printers and they amaze me - a brilliant innovation - never used one though. I worked in IT&T and Computers from 1970s to 2010s - saw a lot of innovations. Fixtures for manufacturing. I don't design the parts. Automotive industry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroubleandGrumpy Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: Fixtures for manufacturing. I don't design the parts. Automotive industry. Sounds interesting - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 13 hours ago, degrub said: Best is to dunk the whole thing in a nonconductive liquid bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 20 hours ago, degrub said: Best is to dunk the whole thing in a nonconductive liquid bath. The Cray-1, the original "Supercomputer" used this technique with a CFC fluid called "Fluoroinert". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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