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[SXRguyinMA]

That's a good point actually...

yea its more of a HDD heater than a HDD cooler lol

[x88x]

yea its more of a HDD heater than a HDD cooler lol

Only if the coolant temp is higher than room temp

[Luke122]

Only if the coolant temp is higher than room temp

Which it would be (IMHO) unless refrigerated, or very agressively cooled (huge rads, big fans, lots of airflow... and noise).

Can anyone verify whether a water loop can cool below ambient temps?

[x88x]

I've been wanting to build a system that would for a while now; I imagine you could do it easily if you had external rads with good airflow through them, inside a freezer. Just use a liquid with a freezing point quite a bit below water, and you should be fine. Like I said, the idea's been bouncing around my head for a while now; I've just never had the money, time, and justification to do it.

[Luke122]

I've been wanting to build a system that would for a while now; I imagine you could do it easily if you had external rads with good airflow through them, inside a freezer. Just use a liquid with a freezing point quite a bit below water, and you should be fine. Like I said, the idea's been bouncing around my head for a while now; I've just never had the money, time, and justification to do it.

What about using tech(peltier) coolers on your res?

[Oneslowz28]

You can put the RAD in ice water / freezer and it will chill below ambient air temps but would not chill below the now relevant ambient temp of the water or freezer the RAD is in.

Thanks for the tip on the HDD cooler. They actually only sent one instead of two like I originally thought. I will use it in the mod and if later the need arises to remove it then I will. Afterall TT was nice enough to send it to me so I kinda want to use it.

Has anyone seen any home made solutions to a door to case plug that will make an electrical connection when putting the side window back on the case? I would rather not have to plug a wire in every time I take the door off.

[Luke122]

How about those magnetic couplers that were used on the Cygnus X build?

[x88x]

How about those magnetic couplers that were used on the Cygnus X build?

Actually that would probably work quite well. Most neodymium magnets are nickel coated, and nickel conducts electricity quite well. Another way I've seen is a friend of mine a few years back got a hold of conductive foam that he put on contact points. Worked quite nicely; at least for a fan and LEDs.

[Luke122]

Or there's always a super fancy method.. inductive couplers... Wireless power transmission to the side panel when it's close enough. WOOT.

[Oneslowz28]

Im liking the Neo mag idea.