My first Refrigeration System! (Back in 2004)
The other day I found the Pictures of my first Refrigeration system, and I decided to post them to help others out there get involved with extreme cooling and overclocking.
Way back when I was just starting to play with refrigeration systems my parents were crazy enough to let me borrow the freezer over the weekend So I went to work tearing it apart and figuring out how it worked. It was damn simple once I got all the insulation out of the way!
After my initial rampaging I realized I was not going to be able to modify the unit for “Direct Die” cooling, so I started on building a Water chiller. The first plan I had was to chill something like 20 gallons of water in the base of the freezer using it as a reservoir. But… I had a damn hard time preventing leaks! After watching the unit take its sweet time to chill 20 gallons of water to near freezing I decided I better use a smaller reservoir
that’s where dads hunting cooler came into action! Cutting in a few notches to fit the liquid and suction line was easy. Paying the $50 for Anti-Freeze was a lot for a 14 year old kid who saved every penny for that 5950 Ultra!
The unit was a standard R134a Compressor with a cheapo refrigerator condenser but it did one hell of a job chilling my Anti-freeze to -50C
The Freezer cut in half made a nice stand to work on
The supplies! I loved the Home Depot way back when
Drilling the mounting holes
C-clamps used to hold the wood nice and tight while the silicon glue set
Scoring and cutting the "Plexi-Glass" we found that a plain old utility knife worked best
Insulation of the motherboard with Liquid Electrical tape (don't get it any where near capacitors!)
it did its job
Koolance 200W water blocks NB,SB, and CPU
ASUS FX5950 being insulated w/ Liquid Electrical tape
back of the motherboard being insulated from condensation
Re-wired the compressor to run 24/7
Nearing completion w/ the double walled "Plexi" side panels
Fill port on top
Leak testing with Dyes, at first it leaked quite a bit!
Removed the Refrigeration unit from the freezer base
Placed the Evap in a cooler (smaller reservoir)
Cooler filled w/ 5 gallons of Pure Anti-Freeze
Blocks in place and insulation cured!
Pumping the Glycol
Insulation on the suction line
