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- iziizi, on 07/25/2008, -1/+42but u need energy to cool them so it cancels out.
the key would be to make processors which run less hot in the first place. - matt247, on 07/25/2008, -1/+29I hope they add a door to the front of the case, so I can store my beer.
- inactive, on 07/26/2008, -1/+23Wait. I think we need puns.
Mr. Freeze: You're not sending ME to the COOLER!
Freeze: *Mercy?* I'm afraid my condition has left me cold to your pleas of mercy.
Mr. Freeze: Tonight, hell freezes over!
Mr. Freeze: ["he loves me..."] NOT! Surprise, I am your new cell mate. And I'm here to make your life a living hell. Prepare for a bitter harvest. Winter has come at last.
Mr. Freeze: I will blanket the city in endless winter. First Gotham, and then the world.
Mr. Freeze: What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!
Mr. Freeze: In this universe, there's only one absolute... everything freezes!
Mr. Freeze: Cool party!
Mr. Freeze: [referring to Batman and Robin] Their bones will turn to ice! Their blood will freeze in my hands!
Mr. Freeze: If revenge is a dish best served cold, then put on your Sunday finest. It's time to feast!
Mr. Freeze: Can you be cold, Batman? You have eleven minutes to thaw a bird. What will you do? Chase the villain or save the boy? Your emotions make you weak. That's why this day is mine!
and my personal favorite:
Mr. Freeze: Allow me to break the ice. My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For it's the chilling sound of your doom. - webresources, on 07/25/2008, -0/+22My laptop requires a deep-freeze sometimes.
- DestroyFascism, on 07/25/2008, -0/+20I like my 600 watt heater...
- blinky04, on 07/25/2008, -0/+13I would put some serious time and effort into modding an old CDROM to make a retractable beer holder.
*Eject*
*Flaps open and delicious, chilled beer comes out of computer*
*Spend hours playing with it through telnet when others are on my computer* - inactive, on 07/25/2008, -5/+17Cooler running PC's use less energy.
- suprdaddy, on 07/25/2008, -0/+12*cough* Peltier element *cough*
- MCA2142, on 07/25/2008, -0/+12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NyQuil
- AndrewKC6, on 07/25/2008, -0/+11cooler running also reduces wear which leads to longer lasting components... and as far as cooling canceling out it all depends on how efficent your cooling system is...
- mrsack, on 07/25/2008, -0/+9Next step to success: downloadable food.
- synystar, on 07/25/2008, -2/+10*blinks* ... seriously!? Have you ever heard about "overclocking"? It causes the temperature of the processor to increase thus requiring better cooling. So... if you want faster processors you need better cooling equipment.
- HairyFotr, on 07/26/2008, -0/+8Please seed!!
- Dotcommer, on 07/26/2008, -0/+8Then there will be torrents of rare food items that always seem to be hard to get... like turducken. And there'd be missing pieces like only one leg, or the potatoes only happen to be on one ***** person's computer running kazaa on a 56k modem.
- TripKore, on 07/26/2008, -0/+7Then you'll have the National Food Association trying to shut you down.
- Vibratic, on 07/26/2008, -0/+7"we're sure the likes of Alienware and Voodoo PC will have it up as optional equipment just as soon as it clears the quality assurance lab."
... and somehow still overcharge for it. - B00Radley, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7I want a tiny fridge for my tiny, tiny beer collection.
- whereiseljefe, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6Wouldn't you want a tiny tiny fridge instead, be a bit more cost effective right?
- whereiseljefe, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6It's the stuffy, sneezy, how-the-hell-did-I-wake-up-on-the-kitchen-floor medicine right?
- Scynet, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6Wear is mainly caused by temperature *changes*, not by heat directly. If the processors never shut down in the first place, the wear wouldn't be bad, but running processors 24/7 consumes a lot of energy, obviously.
- inactive, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5yes, if its cooler it would consume less energy, unless you are using energy to cool it, then the 2nd law of thermodynamics kicks in which states you consume more energy making cold than the heat energy you offset. In essence "leave the refrigerator door open and the house will warm up".
So the only thing that you are likely to get from this is a higher energy bill but longer lasting computer (heat is probably the most damaging to a system, unclean power probably being #2). You may also see a very slight speed improvement. - Lixnig, on 07/25/2008, -0/+5It's about time...I've been waiting for this ever since I started running a hose from my AC into my computer case...like five years ago. This is good news for us overclockers.
- lamiaconfitor, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5Hey, I like being able to tell people, 'Its like an alienware PC, only I built it for $550 less."
- GorfTron, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4Well, sure, it will only bring about the heat-death of the universe only faster. But that is the price of playing Crysis on Vista.
- DontGiveADamn, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4I been into computers since the beginning and I've never has a CPU wear out. They become obsolete long before the heat destroys them.
- MaxMWood, on 07/26/2008, -1/+5Instead of a refrigerator in your PC. Why not a PC in your refrigerator? Problem solved.
- Spuy767, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3 @scynet: A processor is going to have a rather large fluctuation in temerpature regardless of whether you shut it down or not. My Processor runs anywhere from nil above ambient temperature, to 65C if I'm really, really, giving it hell. Turning it off isn't going to cause any more temperature shock than going from full utilization to 0%, probably less actually, as when a computer is turned off, its colling system is shut off so the chip cools much more slowly than under a sharp drop in load scenario when the chip's temperature can drop 20C in a matter of seconds.
- mizarone, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3Yes, cooling anything will produce heat somewhere, goes with the basic laws of thermodynamics. However, you can put the exchanger pipes far enough away from what you are cooling. Take a look at the back of fridge, those tubes (and the insulation) remove and keep heat away from your beer.
- lokee73, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3We've had compressor coolers that can keep your CPU below zero for years; so what's the big deal?
- LaughingMan89, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3@scynet: I always thought that CPU wear was caused by atoms in the semiconductor "migrating" around to where they oughtn't be, the speed of which being an exponential function of Temperature, meaning that failure was most likely to occur from very high (possibly localized) temperature spikes; however, gradually climbing up to and going down from the same temp would be even worse, but highly unlikely. (unless I'm wrong and structural stress actually is what kills CPUs, but that seems kind of silly)
- inactive, on 07/26/2008, -2/+5but why would you want them cold if you only collect them?
- BananaGrabber, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3My Pentium 4 keeps my room nice and warm during winter. No thanks.
- exscape, on 07/26/2008, -2/+5Nope, problem not solved! They're not made to transport away hundreds of watts of active power. They'd overhead and break in no time.
- thatfunman, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2My laptop cooling system is pretty pimp. As of right now I have 1"x1" four lego blocks supporting the laptop for maximum cooling. All games aside, that cooling system is pretty neat. They have to work out the kinks first.
- Murdats, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2they cost a fortune to run, these I presume dont.
- fucknuggets, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cooling#Phas ...
this has been around for awhile - Dotcommer, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Ah yes, the moonshine of medicine as Lewis Black put it...
- duckyinc, on 07/26/2008, -2/+4Pftt I've got my PC inside a fridge, beat that!
- DifferentColors, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Zip Ties FTW
- SeyWat, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Wouldn't adding a refrigerator component only produce more heat? Physics anyone?
- MalDON, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2As if my power bill wasn't high enough...
- kamisama, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2"Cooler running PC's use less energy."
My overclocked Q6600 overclocked at 3.4 runs at about 38°C after being stressed. A non overclocked amd 2500 with stock cooler sitting next to it, runs around 40 to 42 ° average. So the AMD runs a bit hotter, but it doesn't mean it uses more energy than the Q6600, it just means the Q6600 has a cooler that is a lot bigger and more case fans. - mikesoba, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Don't refrigeration units require liquid and noisy compressors? How is this an advance of existing quiet, liquid coolers?
- synystar, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Dumb people are pissing me left and right today. I think I'm going to quit Digg for a day. You're not going to put a refrigerator cooling system on your current processor....
The point is that it will enable future processors to run much faster. Let's just make this as simple as possible: Heat is a problem with CPUs. The harder they work, the hotter they get. The hotter something is, the more cold you need to make it not so hot. Idiocracy. - cdmarcus, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Now it'll keep it even warmer... the point of this technology is to move heat around more effectively, so it can basically push the heat out the back of the case faster. The heat still ends up outside the case.
- lamiaconfitor, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2The tussin!
- Spuy767, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Me and my friend got a hold of a GM AC compressor that cam in on a waranty claim but nothing was wrong with it, we strapped it to a 60 watt motor and cooled a computer processor to below freezing. Other than the sheer novelty of it, I really didn't see much benefit.
- Myztry, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Refridgeration is a simple system just needing a high pressure loop and a low pressure loop.
The main problems being the power required and noise generated to compress one side of the closed loop.
I thought the only reason computers don't tend to be refridgerated is that's it totally unnecessary to go to that extent.
It would be Cool to have though. Pun intended. - regression, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2I'm waiting for the replicator.
- Ramble, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2This tech has been around for years. Peltiers and phase change cooling have been used on computers since I can remember. Problem is they're expensive and require a lot of insulation.
There's nothing wrong with current heatsinks, they're getting better all the time and processors are getting cooler all the time. -
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