Would this water cooling system work?

GrimnirBuilder

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A water block on the CPU. A reservoir in the drive bay with a release valve on the outside. Tubing connecting the water block and reservoir together.
Then what you do to "manually" cool your CPU is drain the water (or coolant if don't like water) out and fill the reservoir with ice cold water.
Would this work and cool the CPU? I know it might sound like a lot of hassle and extra effort, but if it worked I personally wouldn't mind and actually enjoy it.
What problems would there be that cause it not to work? The temperature of the water would be far lower than in a regular complex cooling set up no?
Spillage concerns, yes but they my concerns and I would be as careful as I am putting those delicate little CPUs in place
 
Solution
Warm tubing + air + extreme chilling = condensation.

the heats would wick up a bit, but mostly would just sit there with CPU. You need rapid heat exchange. That's why they use pumps that do 100+ gallons per hour. You need to move the water around.

Now take a glass of ice water, and put it on your table. How long does it take the ice to melt. Let's say even 20 minutes. That's without 60c CPU heat added. Take a glass of ice water and put it outside on a summer day. How long does it last, maybe 5 minutes. That's probably how often you would have to be changing your ice water, if not faster.

Not a good idea. Not trying to discourage innovation, but you need to understand a bit about physics and things in order to see why this...
I was thinking that a pump wouldn't be needed because you are putting ice cold water into the system yourself and the heat will go towards the reservoir itself
The tubing inside wouldn't come into contact with the "outside world". It be similar to filling a car up, but instead you filling your PC up 😛
 
Warm tubing + air + extreme chilling = condensation.

the heats would wick up a bit, but mostly would just sit there with CPU. You need rapid heat exchange. That's why they use pumps that do 100+ gallons per hour. You need to move the water around.

Now take a glass of ice water, and put it on your table. How long does it take the ice to melt. Let's say even 20 minutes. That's without 60c CPU heat added. Take a glass of ice water and put it outside on a summer day. How long does it last, maybe 5 minutes. That's probably how often you would have to be changing your ice water, if not faster.

Not a good idea. Not trying to discourage innovation, but you need to understand a bit about physics and things in order to see why this wouldn't work in anyway possible.
 
Solution
Not only would you grow algae, you would also have to change the water at least every 1-2 minutes. the cooling difference would be a little better... for the one time the water goes through the loop. condensation would drip down on your motherboard and other parts causing circuits. Add another Rad to it outside of the case if you are truly worried.