Bringing the turbocharger to the living room: The forced-induction PC
We know a lot of people who like to customize their rides, and we know a few people who are computer geeks, too. When you marry the two hobbies, some very interesting projects result. If you've already added a turbocharger to your Cavalier and overclocked your AMD processor by going into the motherboard BIOS and messing with the settings, then you haven't yet gone far enough.Some very clever mod-masters have mated a turbocharger from a late 1990's Mitsubishi Eclipse with a custom-built PC, creating the neatest cooling system on the planet. To enhance cooling, the turbo spins at 3500 RPM to circulate air through the very nicely customized PC. The exotic (and pricey) cooling system has no psi rating, since pressurizing the PC would effectively destroy it. The turbo cooling system really works too, but due to impracticality (and we're presuming the noise) the forced cooling is only used to show off. Click on the gallery below to see pictures of this one of-a-kind system during the build.
[Source: Hacked Gadgets]
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paul34 11:00PM (3/31/2007)
I don't really see how this is any different from just slapping huge fans on the case, which is what crazy overclockers have been doing for years.
Of course, you'll never achieve the biggest overclocks on air cooling - its going to be impossible to get the core temperature below room temperature (same goes with water cooling).
The truly hardcore go for refrigeration. Well,I just say, the truly rich.
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KML 11:33PM (3/31/2007)
It'd be even more awesome if it made a BOV "tssss" when programs were closed.
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Bill Hancock 11:40PM (3/31/2007)
Actually it is bad for a computer to run below optimal temperature. Just like a car there needs to be a certain amount of heat to make things work right.
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JasonSK 12:58AM (4/01/2007)
#3 you are one of the most ignorant people who have posted on the net in years! Wow, do some reading before you open your mouth and spew crap everywhere
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icetraxx 1:18AM (4/01/2007)
Technically if they are driving the turbine on this turbo with a motor it becomes a centrifugal supercharger, making this PC supercharged.
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serpentor 2:28AM (4/01/2007)
I hope he put plenty of magnetic shielding around that bigass motor
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Caz 6:25AM (4/01/2007)
Hmmm... since it uses mechanical energy & not exhaust gas pressure to create air flow, shouldn't it be labeled Supercharged???
Yes, i know they use a turbocharger to build it.
Yes, i'm also a nerd/customizer!
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Alex M 6:57AM (4/01/2007)
#3, you're full of it.
Resistance decreases the colder you get, ideally you'd want to be just above absolute zero. Problems only arise when you have chemicals in your capacitors and the like which can't handle lower temperatures, batteries which crap out, or cracking due to contraction (which i've never seen happen.
Anyways, any serious overclocker will probably only focus on parts such as the cpu, vpu and maybe bridges, leaving these heat sensitive parts untouched.
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Infinity 1:40AM (4/02/2007)
That's a Garrett T-25 out of 95-99 Mitsubishi Eclipses GST/GSX.
Pretty decent turbo for low power, what a waste on that computer.
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Cheezedog 2:29AM (4/02/2007)
Actually I would of thought that running water cooling tubes to heatsinks is the way to go as far as cooling a overclocked PC. Water cooling is almost better because when your heat sink gets warm, it boils the water. (Much more effective then letting air randomly bounce against a heat sink.)
Of course, if you do that, you still need to cool off the rest of the computer parts, and that still requires case fans. And god help you should you spring a leak. :-)
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Ford Mustang 10:34AM (4/02/2007)
Impractical, but very cool.
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