The fine waterline between genius and madness; toilet water PC cooling
Subject: General Tech, Cases and Cooling | April 3, 2012 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: case mods, watercooling, toilet, couric
When Google discusses using toilet water to cool a data centre, they don't exactly mean it in the way that this case mod went, but the latter is certainly easier to set up at home. Other such inventive cooling solutions have been tried, after all what good is it if the weather outside is -40o if you don't have it vented through to your PCs intake fan? However this is probably the first time someone popped a water pump into a toilet reservoir to use as an open cooling loop for a PC. With a slight change to the tubing, you could probably ensure you never have to sit down on a cold seat again. ExtremeTech has pictures of the system and its creator here.
"Hot on the heels of news that Google uses toilet water to cool one of its data centers, it has emerged that an enterprising hardware hacker had the same idea some seven years ago. As you will see in the following pictures, though, Jeff Gagnon’s computer is much more than a toilet-cooled rig — it’s a case mod tour de force."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel to push StudyBook tablet PC for emerging markets @ DigiTimes
- Dell To Acquire Wyse @ Slashdot
- Intel to release three more 35W Pentium and Celeron chips @ The Inquirer
- Samsung NX100 Digital Camera @ TechwareLabs
- Blackle vs. Google Monitor Power Consumption Tested @ PCSTATS
- Kingston Technology Joint Contest @ NikKTech
PDXLAN Custom Cases Round 1
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | July 16, 2011 - 06:49 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: pdxlan, pdx, case mods
Yes, I am still gaming away and getting destroyed in some StarCraft II but at least we are having fun. In between ass-whoopings I have been wandering around the BYOC looking for some interesting case mods. Here are a few I found interesting.
These aren't really mods but I like the idea of bringing a BYOC stand that puts the case and computing components over the display in use, saving space on the table and moving the heat closer to the ceiling.
Here is another example of the design but with a brightly lit overclocked and water cooled SLI configuration.
Probably my favorite for the event has been this Lego case that took about 2 years to create according to the owner. The crane on the left is fully workable and controllable via some software running on the system. My favorite part though: the HDD LED is routed to look like a Lego guy's welding light on the front!!
This Gigabyte branded case mod uses the company's new G1 Killer branded motherboards and focuses heavily on the green motif. The skull shape reservoir really completes the ensemble.
Finally, here is a random shot of some people lining up to play a game of "LAN Pong" involving tossing tennis balls into a bucket. The prizes were impressive though: a pair of NVIDIA Tegra 2 powered tablets.
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