Portable Airconditioner inside pc case?

[johnrain5440]

Might be a funny question to ask but can I put a small portable air conditioner inside my pc case?

 

[A_Goat]

Can you? Yes you can.

However, added humidity is not a good thing inside a PC tower.

 

[USAFRet]

Can you? Yes
You will need a very large case, and a very, very small 'portable air conditioner'.

The question is....WHY?

(what humidity/condensation?)

 

[tsnor]

Mainframes used to use a pair of chillers, essentially small air conditioners. Lots a problems. As noted above, you need to prevent condensation by knowing temp, humidity and air pressure (which affects heat transfer). Then you need something with thermal inertia because rapidly cycling cooling is a bad idea, letting the CPU get hot is bad, getting it too cold gets condensation. Modern mainframes are closed loop water cooling that is chilled by cold external water or a radiator. Works great.

All that said, I love my heatsink/fan and would not goto water without a real good reason.