Portable PC Cooling

[Keeter]

Fellas,

I'm on my way to start building a high performance PC to be used in the field. I have a metal framed, very tough carrying case custom made and now is the time to check what should I put inside AND how to keep it cool! What I'm really wondering is that if it is possible to keep the case cool ONLY with liquid cooling system as I'm working in dusty and dirty enviroments?

I'm considering the following:

incorporated into mini motherboard (I need all these
- Firewire
- 2+ USB
- pcmcia slot(!)
- video card

In the lid of the case a flat screen will be fitted. One HD. No cd nor anything ele. So just motherboard, cpu and HD.

I'd like the cpu to be top notch P4 or similar. You guys can tell me if this is something that can be achieved?

Thanks,
Keeter

 

[Crashman]

You could have liquid cooling that transfers heat directly to the case and use it as a heatsink, but you'd want a case that works sufficiently as a heatsink. Beyond that you'll have to figure out cooling for the chipset, RAM, and video as well.

Heat pipes are nice, do the same thing as water and a pump.

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