Phase Change

faaj can you not post useless crap like that.

what about phase change do you not understand? It takes energy to change the state (solid->liquid, liquid->gas, etc). Using a Prometeia Phasechange cooler (same idea as a refridgerator uses) as an example:
There are four steps in the cooling cycle of a Freon compressor based solution -- compressor, condenser, capillary tube, and finally the evaporator that sits on top of the processor.

What actually happens is that the gaseous Freon is sucked from the evaporator, into the compressor. The compressor increase the pressure to the condensation pressure of Freon, and the phasechange takes place –- the Freon changes state from gas to liquid.

The condenser, an inline radiator, gets rid of the heat generated by the evaporator and during the compression of the Freon. By now, the Freon is completely liquefied.

The capillary tube is a small diameter copper tube acting as a valve to lower the pressure. This capillary tube is important for the refrigerant to evaporate at such low temperatures.

When the refrigerant has passed through the capillary tube, it reaches the evaporator. The pressurized liquid expands inside the evaporator and changes state from liquid to gas. Now, remember what I said about vaporization requiring input of heat. The vaporization process inside the evaporator “consumes” the energy from the processor, and the processor is cooled down.
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Thanks Cromewell. Faaj, I have both because I don't have the actual version of x64, jsut the 1 year trial. It would be bad for me to not have an OS for a couple days while I try to scrap together money to get the real version. I'll get full x64 in a bit. I don't exactly have a job as of now... :o
 
Yeti can tell you more than you could ever want to know about cooling and heat transfer if you want to know all the details of how exactly it works
 
@Faaj: stay on topic. Being noted by the Admin/Mod team for being a forum nusience isnt he most briliant idea

Yeti can tell you more than you could ever want to know about cooling and heat transfer if you want to know all the details of how exactly it works
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Yeah he can also hurt yer head with that stuff :P
 
only phase change if u wna spend 500-900$ and ur a mad overclocker, u can cool ur cpu to under -60C

and u also need to INSULATE
 
Or you can watch the Star Trek: TNG episode "The Next Phase" for a real hands on in-depth look at what phase changing can really do! lol ;)
 
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