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It’s a water park for computer gremlins!
In case of leaking, first remove processor and memories, and then children and women
High Professional Cooling
i wonder what they used as the radiator?
A small discarded AC radiator from a car +4 case fans on it fed with lower voltage to reduce the noise. I’ve left more details about it below
i doubt this works. why put all this effort into additional cooling, then leave the water container loose and prone to spilling? Fail!
Because whoever did this was a moron. That’s the whole point of There, I Fixed It.
I beg to differ, almost all kludges shown here actually work, regardless of safety considerations and overall sanity. Some are very clever ideas.
I will give you that some ideas are ingenious, but those are pleasant exceptions. Of the five kludges immediately below this one, only the stair-slide and the troll bridge look reasonably unlikely to cause an accident (and since I don’t know what’s holding up the concrete stairs that are holding up the troll bridge, that one’s a serious “maybe.”) The cigar fuse box and the iJump are (like this one) begging for an electrical fire. That thing with the broom looks like some kind of Edgar Allen Poe-meets-Larry the Cable Guy execution device.
I totally agree. I said “work, regardless of safety considerations”. The goal of most is to get it to work just long enough, with the duration of “long” being the interesting variable.
I’d venture that the stairs held because they’re short enough to transfer their load to the foundation and building without the concrete flexing. I hope it has rebar.
If we’re defining success as “get[ting] it to work just long enough, with the duration of ‘long’ being the interesting variable” then life itself is nothing more than a series of interwoven kludges, on both the physical and metaphysical levels, and concludes abruptly when some key component gives out.
So it is with civilizations, whole biospheres and even the stars themselves, which fuse increasingly heavy atoms until they finally run out of usable material and implode. Truly, is the universe not the greatest kludge of all?
So instead of string theory it should be duct tape theory?
Second for official motto.
Captain Video, your comment is beautiful and I think it would be even more beautiful when read under the influence.
this should become the synopsis for this site
42.
Solved.
Don’t forget to bring a towel.
He meant to say “Sham-Wow.”
This answer is on the wrong page, but here goes: the stairs held because they were built first, and were apparently adequately designed. The second span was added and presumably designed to cantilever over the new column/bent element. It’s true that the stairs see some new load from the addition, but as they deflect the load will be transferred back to the new addition.
Or, it could be they just got lucky. You’d get some decent arch action out of the initial stair/landing run.
I wanna see the kludge that uses a piezp electric cooler from one of those plug in 12v car coolers.
No, There I fixed it has quite a few genius kludges on it. I think this may have been a poorly thought out test run before hooking it up to an actual reservoir. Or I hope it will eventually be hooked up to an actual reservoir soon … Just run it a bit and see if there’s leaks before you close it back up and power the whole system up.
This reminds me how I really need to get a waterblock for my CPU, GPU, NB, and a couple of HDDs. But that’s for a later date, I guess.
So assuming the water was duct taped down after the picture was taken, what cools the water, evaporation?
Either the picture is not showing some elements, or whoever designed this needs a class in heat transfer. The appointment is already set for three minutes after boot time.
Them called heatsinks, ya ‘know!
What you’re not seeing (off to the left) is a radiator, most likely cooled by a large, slow fan. There’s a reason those pipes go out the back, ya know.
There’s a hose coming off the back of the pump that goes left out of frame, and a hose that comes in from the out of frame left that goes to the reservoir. Presumably, this goes to some sort of heat exchanger that cools the water before returning it.
I sure hope whoever built this used distilled water and added algae inhibitors to the mix, otherwise this will clog up real fast.
Then why would they bother with the water bottle inside?
It’s a great design, no need for the whistly thingy, when the water boils, the computer crashes and you are free to make your tea!
He probably has only the radiator outside his case. A lot of people do that because since it’s not in the case it can be bigger, thus quieter and be just as efficient if not more so than a smaller one.
Maybe it’s not water. Maybe it’s vodka or butane.
Maybe a little of that Alumaseal powder for radiators should be added to self fix small leaks.
He really needs a sticky note on the front saying “WARNING: Never tilt!
The biggest issue with Vista.
As long as you can get a stable overclock it’s worth it! XD
this is awesome,, i remember building intercooler for my pc yes, it was aircooled and it worked well i pout a bowl of dry ice and put a cap on it, the bowl had inlet on top with draft hole on side and it lasts long time though i got the exchanging fins in front of the dry ice tho or the frost would build….. I love kludges
“These motherboards must be defective. I’m on my 5th one, but they keep on rusting!”
Maybe you shouldn’t have gone with the watered-down version!
Playing too many games in “Ironman” mode!
The tubing reminds me of those water-packs used in sports and military. You know the ones that wear like a backpack? It makes me wonder what the owner is putting this poor kludge through. It probably wasn’t meant to exercise for more than 2 hours a day.
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To me it looks like a hi-tech bong.
Comment win!
Dude .. my computer’s jealous! It’s smoking too! Quick, give it some pizza rolls!
An iHookah?
Is that what e-Caterpillars use?
If it is not against their morels.
…or unless they’ve already gone down the rabbit hole.
Why you no post on FB anymore, lil’ coyote?
*squeeze*
Are you trying to be bunny?
I seemed to me that people were getting too prickly. I got tired of wondering whom I would offend next.
I know the feeling…
You could create a FB2 account and come play with just whomever you wanted, you know. If you do, you can look me up: I’m LittleGirl Blue on there. (Note: no space between ‘Little’ and ‘Girl’.) And you’ll never have to worry about offending me!
The cheez network seems to be having problems. It’s black lettering on a black background. I had to highlight your text to see it. At least I hope that it is the network and not my computer.
As for FB2, I’m not much of a joiner, or chater. I have a hard enough time writing to my keyboard pals often enough. Google INFJ and you’ll know what I mean. Shockingly bang on.
I’ll just pop up here now and then.
It’s fixed!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
*squishesthecoyote* I’m glad you’re here.
Hello finny one. I’m always here. Every time I look for myself there I am.
There must be a better place for the reservoir than inside the case.. seems it would be wiser to put it outside with the heat transfer element.
… for all statements within which the variable “Wiser” modifying the constant “Idiot” may approach the value of “half-wit” – or however that interesting mathematical notation with the little arrow underneath the variable value would be narrated.
Putting that unsealed reservoir outside the case would mean even more dust and debris getting into it. I’d love to see the burnt-out pump and corroded system in the future, lol.
this is just an elaborate suicide attempt
if you lose the game simply get a firm hold on the case and shake violently
I have good news, Mr. Dunn! It looks like your computer is going to pull through in spite of us having to perform a quadruple bypass. For the next several weeks, your system really needs to take it easy. Don’t do anything that will stress it unnecessarily. Oh…and until you can afford to purchase a new rig, never try to run Crysis on the max settings again! Understood?
Wow, what a disaster waiting to happen, lol! Unsealed tank = dust inside and potential leaking = failure eventually. And no fans to vent the other chips and voltage regulators on the motherboard and audio card. Should be on fail blog instead of kludge.
As a Fail Blog regular, I am in whole-hearted agreement with you, cipher. Man, I’ve seen a lot fails come and go in my time, but this one really takes the cake. Do you think Ms. Fix-It would consent to posting it there? Right now, would be appreciated; the current fail sucks ducks…
“… sucks ducks”? Feeling a little down in the mouth?
Quacking up?
Feel all flocked up?
It laid an egg?
Has anybody got anymore yolks?
Looks like everyones ducked out
what is the point in cooling something that dosent need cooling?
dust in the water and audio card cooling has to take the clueless cake
are u serious? pls stop posting clueless stuff
In my highly professional opinion (I work in an aquarium/pond place thingy and I do computers on the side) THATS PURE WIN! Decent size pump for a PC, just hope the seals don’t go on it from the pressure.
Proof that the internet is in fact, a series of tubes.
Five bucks says the reservoir is on back order.
And Billy couldn’t wait to put his new rig together.
Anyone have the link to that guy who watercooled his memory sticks too?
pics on the video card and a later improved edition
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac46/gamercosti/download.jpg
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac46/gamercosti/DSC00773.jpg
Respect.
How do you get 20C on the proc if it’s really warm outside?
dunno but the 4 fans were doing a good job in the shade and if i was going to do a gaming marathon i would just bring the radiator inside where its cooler if its +30°C outside
Guys – look under your hood – the tank inside the case is to take care of the expansion when the system heats up.
watercooler?? you’re doing it wrong!!
These new fangled coffee makers take forever to make a decent cup of coffee
actually, this looks like a solution for a problem we have with hubby’s water cooled PC. Damn thing gets air bubbles in it from minor evaporation and before long, it’s making a racket. Sticking a bottle in the system like that would allow continuous bleeding of air out of the pipes, just top up the water now and then. the bottle would wedge safely between case cover and hard drive rack, and since the computer isn’t moved around and we don’t suffer earthquakes, spills would be unlikely. IF it spilled, the board and electricals are vertical above the base and the water would just trickle out the bottom of the case and onto the floor.
Smarter than you think!
The water bottle is actually mandatory because water will expand in volume when heated and will blow the pipes if the system is completly closed. Even your car has one. How the hell did u fill the system up 100% if its closed? O_o
You can make a simple bottle with a rubber cap with a few pin holes in it so water wont spill but air will be able to get in/out
2001 called, they want their rig back.
looks like a decent wc setup actually. just have to be careful.
The kludge isn’t the reservoir – sure that’s not the most secure option – but as long as you’re just leaving the case in place and you can stop dust getting in there – it will be fine.
The real kludge is the waterblock; it’s not a solid machined block or anything – it’s a piece of aluminium with some copper tubing zip tied onto it!!
The guy probably used a heater core from a car for a radiator.
I never found water-cooling worth it. Its pricey, can be a pain to setup, needs maintaining, not to mention theirs always the risk of water leaking into your system. As long as you choose a well ventilated case and have plenty of fans, you don’t need to waste your money on water-cooling systems like this. Even the top of line the line computers are fine with air cooling.
Verdict – Don’t bother with it.
the silent air coolers used to cost a lot more than what this cost and even so, you will never be guaranteed get 99% noise reduction like i did by moving the fans outside
The main purpose of this was removing the noise, not the heat
Wtf is with all the ppl and the dust problem?! You do realize a particle of dust in 4L of water practically vanishes right?
I still prefer immersing my system in an aquarium full of vegetable oil. Sure, the room smells like french fries after a day, but the system is cool as ever!
and void all warranty to ure pc parts because all your stickers are wet… ah and the oil around costs a few HUNDRED dollars… add a pump, radiator, aquarium bla bla bla
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This is a good kludge, God knows I’ve done worse in my days as a broke Eastern European gaming computer owner. As far as the water reservoir goes, it’s perfectly safe: don’t spill it, and it won’t spill. And I’m sure the the 220V immersion pump won’t mind a little dust and grit
I’m a silent computer freak myself, and I always wanted to make a water cooling setup, but I found the parts too expensive – $30 doesn’t sound that bad, maybe I should spend more time around junkyards
the bottle has a wire holding it in the case (u can see it above the water level coming out of that case hole)
I love the look of these water systems especially with the lights
I still prefer immersing my system in an aquarium full of vegetable oil. Sure, the room smells like french fries after a day, but the system is cool as ever!
Is it really a reservoir? Can’t believe it!
Outstanding Bong
I like this!
Damn. You beat me to it. By a couple of days.
Best. Bong. Evar.
At some point Mrs. Johnson, you are going to have to say your goodbyes and unplug the life support. Windows 3.1 is just not upgradeable anymore and there really is nothing more we can do for the old girl.
This Pc is from romania,GamerCosti is the owner.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Catalui-Costin/100002083432506
http://filelist.ro/userdetails.php?id=7036
Good idea man super hard, I suggest you just put a monitor.