Hey guys. so I've been bored, and I was going to add water cooling to my gaming rig. As I was looking at price and other considerations, I decided a single-stage phase changer would be much more cost effective. My target temperature is -40° Celsius. (yes, negative forty) This will include ovedocking my Q6600 to 4.5 Ghz as well. Cost should stay in the $400 to $500 range. For those unfamiliar with the concept, here's a diagram.


Basically, the compressor (a 1hp for me) forces a gas such as propane, (or R134a in this case) into the condenser, which cools and compresses it to a liquid. The liquid flows down a tiny tube (.03 inches or less in diameter)eventually coming to the evaporator. In the evaporator, the liquid expands quickly into a gas, absorbing heat from the processor to overcome the enthalpy of vaporization. The coolant then flows back into the compressor as a gas.

Anyway, I'll start building two weeks from this Friday (next payday).