Scubie67

Another post on this site got me thinking, has anyone ever tried this?Has anyone ever gotten an old throwaway freezer .Take a built computer ,use a hole saw to bore a hole on oneside to run all your cables through.After you run all your cables use that expandable insulating foam on space leftover in the hole so you dont loose a lot of cooling and place the computer case inside so it stays nice and frosty.It would have too cool well with sub freezing temps.Only thing I can think of that would cause a problem would be humidity and having to open freezer top to change Dvd or to powerup.And no, Before anyone says anything I am not on Drugs!

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Vizy93

I haven't tried it. it would have to be a powerful freezer if you plan to run the cpu without a heatsink.

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About the DVD issue, it is possible to buy those external ones.

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Scubie67

You still keep your heatsink.Only thing that would change would be ambient temperature.Instead of 72 degrees you would be cooling with 22 Dgrees ambient air.Freezer wouldn't have to be very strong I dont believe.If you put Your hand in the freezer you have at home most likely it throughs a good bit of cold air

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Scubie67

Good point ... although the cold air is good for electrical it might be bad for mechanical parts on drive as moisture+oxygen equals rust

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Yeti

Yes, it is possible to do that. However, the compressor would need to be very powerful and of good quality. Typically a freezer compressor cycles on and off by the thermostat since the load is quite small due to the insulation. Putting a computer in there would impart a fairly large, constant load which would cause the compressor to be running constantly and burnout. If the load is higher than the freezer can handle it will heat up to above ambient temperature. So basically if you have a freezer you could give it a try, but I wouldn't expect much, and you should definitely watch your temps closely

I would be more worried about thermal contraction for mechanical parts and possibly increased viscosity for any fluid bearings. Most of the water should be captured by the evaporator as long as you're not constantly opening and closing the freezer. Rust is inhibited by low temperatures anyway.

jutnm

im more worried about over freezing, and the defroster, it couldnt work, bc ice would build up, and then the defroster would kick in , getting all the computer parts wet. i once thought of this before, thought of doin it for my senior project, until i thought of the defroster part

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Yeti

Most chest freezers don't have an automatic defrost, and if it does it shouldn't drain into the freezer compartment (I don't think that would be good for frozen goods or computers). Depending on the humidity defrosting could be an issue in that it might need to be defrosted every once in a while, but that is far from the most important problem.

ThatGuy16

It would condensate. And the freezer motor would not last long, with the computer generating heat, the motor would burn up. They're not built to withstand those conditions.

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Scubie67

Good points everyone..I would also be scared to try it with a new comp build,would make me sick if it destroyed the Mb and all the other parts. I guess it would be best to have one of those cave homes where it stays 52 degrees year round.That would be better cooling I bet. LOL

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