AC Compressor Cooling Thread

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before I posted this thread I didn't realize there was an entire sub forum over at OC.net dedicated to phase change cooling. if anyone's interested.
this youtube https://youtu.be/4d0B0Dli-1g?t=5m9s is pretty much, my exact idea with a few changes. So it's already being done, it's a matter of perfecting the design.

This is the future of CPU/GPU cooling. It works like your AC, except the super-cooled refrigerant is piped onto your cpu. Really simple folks. And the good news is you only need a compressor a fraction of the size of your AC, fridge, etc.

yay , no more noisy fans, dust, heat and all the problems that go along with it. Plus insane overclockage.



So this is a work in progress - no progress has been made but the idea is there and damn is it good. I ain't the first to think of it and i KNOW someone has already done this just not sure where and i'm sure it wasn't in earnest or we'd see it on the market by now. I'll see you all here in the coming years as we transform PC cooling!!!
 
Personally, I enjoy these types of threads, especially those where plans are tested and findings are shared.

As a moderator team, we simply need to know the affiliation that lukem5 has, whether it is an official vendor/manufacturer or simply hobbyist. Using the terms hinting at sales and marketing require us to get definition around intent on the forums. I see that some of the early threads have been edited out by lukem5.

@lukem5 - please send me a PM with the requested information. This is all we are asking.
 
I know this thread is about AC compressors … but you guys should look into 3M Novec.
Novec is a non-oil non-electrically-conductive liquid manufactured by 3M.

Gigabyte and Wiwynn and Der 8auer have all built systems that are submerged in Novec and use two-phase evaporation/condensation cooling.

You can find those videos from CES 2017 and 2018, on YouTube.

I would say mineral oil is outdated/passé.
 
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