Monday, February 21, 2011

From the soil.

Hi guys, it's Tim again bringing you another post from JWTechParts.

Todays post is about a man's DIY project that was started over a year ago. His idea? Geothermal CPU cooling system.

What is it? From what I gathered it is a water based cooling system that pumps water through long piping underground in order to cool down the liquid, this liquid is then flows over a heat exchange point in order to bring the temperature of the CPU down.

All the information about how he did it can be found at http://www.overclock.net/cooling-experiments/563762-geothermal-cooling.html.


This truly is a fantastic project that has shown very interesting and successful results. I can not even comprehend going to this effort to bring my CPU temp down (i'm still on stock cooling). However, for all those DIYers out there this is definitely a project worth looking at.
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37 comments:

  1. edFebruary 21, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    looks great, i wish i had water cooling - my cpu fan's too loud

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  2. ArceeFebruary 21, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    That's pretty cool.. wonder how well it works? Would definitely be worth the time if it works well enough.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 21, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Boy, this looks like a hardcore project for lowering CPU temperatures! Thanks for posting this!

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  4. SamFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Looks great!! nice post

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  5. TobytheMcGuireFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    That is a lot of work to cool your computer. a little too much

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  6. Eric PFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    that's pretty serious..renting heavy machinery just to cool down your computer? any word on how well it worked?

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  7. christopherFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    that's INSANE! the guy is brilliant!

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  8. JustinFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    That's strange, I never would've thought to cool my PC with water, seeing as how water in your PC is typically a bad thing, haha. Genius!

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  9. CharlesFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    awesome!!

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  10. AlopixFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:23 PM

    Amazing stuff, too bad I suck at diy things.

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  11. Hom DiddlyFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    wow this is a really awesome idea! Thanks for sharing it!

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  12. obiFebruary 21, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    this is a great DIY. there are so many things in our homes that need to be either hotter or cooler, i think an efficient exchange of thermal energy could decrease energy consumption massively.

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  13. ScottDFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    this does not work. the same as having a giant reservior will not work either.

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  14. HillDogFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Wow, that looks intense. If I overclocked like a mofo, I would do this.

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  15. 320(kbps)February 21, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    that's crazy, my friend and I once built a computer submerged in mineral oil more for the visual effect instead of any cooling functionality, maybe we should've invested out time in a project like this lol

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  16. lemonadeFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    Wow, this is just ridiculous, that's an enormous amount of effort just for cooling. I wonder how much all of this ended up costing...

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    Should have brought a bigger fan.

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  18. synoptixsFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:25 AM

    I hope I'll never have to resort to that for my cpu

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  19. Patti D.February 22, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    Well, the name alone its super cool. "Geothermal CPU cooling system"

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  20. metaphysicalfarmsFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    that's a lot to cool a cpu! hahaha

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  21. MelanieFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    all in the name of speed?

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  22. HaliChapFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    That is really bizarre. So costly, I'd imagine.

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  23. Melodic MayhemFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    wow, great idea. It seems nice and modular!

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  24. ArmageddonFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    My God the idea is amazing, but it would be costly and time consuming just to cool down the CPU.

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  25. fabio_2007February 22, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    great ideia

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  26. seamagpieFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    looks cool but is very impractical

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  27. SamFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Wow, I feel like it'd be easier/cheaper just to go with a traditional water cooling rig...

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  28. SpikeFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    a bit excessive but still cool

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  29. sfxworksFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    looks like some good ideas there man

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  30. kalFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    I'd rather buy a new rig than spend this much work and money on an old machine, like seamagpie said, impractical

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  31. D.February 23, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    Ok this made me laugh

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  32. metaphysicalfarmsFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    When do you invent the flux capacitor?

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  33. TWIG128February 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    This is used in home cooling systems...pretty awesome idea to use it for computer cooling.

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  34. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Wow that's some crazy stuff right there!

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  35. LikepieFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    Thats brilliant! Extremely low cost, and minimal power required, just the pump. I've seen this with AC units, but thats true ingenuity.

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  36. remoconFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    i never had this problem before but thanks for the info!

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  37. AtlasFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    "Geothermal CPU cooling system."

    I couldn't believe what I was reading... Brilliant. Wile E. Coyote would be proud.

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