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Cooling issues solved
7 years ago
I recently upgraded to a GeForce RTX 2070, so I can now do iRay rendering...and nearly fry my processor! If you have a liquid cooling loop, here are some things that I found out the hard way:
If you can program the pump and fan speeds, make sure that the pump and radiator fans crank to 100% at around 80 degrees C and 75% at around 70 degrees C. The pump speed is important to set manually...the faster water moves past the exchange surfaces, the more effective the cooling system.
Make sure the cooling loop has no air in the lines. It'll work its way out.
If you want an AIO cooler, make sure it fits inside the case!
If you can program the pump and fan speeds, make sure that the pump and radiator fans crank to 100% at around 80 degrees C and 75% at around 70 degrees C. The pump speed is important to set manually...the faster water moves past the exchange surfaces, the more effective the cooling system.
Make sure the cooling loop has no air in the lines. It'll work its way out.
If you want an AIO cooler, make sure it fits inside the case!
Like freon for the cooler?
I've been told that nukes use water 'cause it's the best heat transfer conductor...but I then wonder why ac's have the diff gasses/fluids they do...
In a Navy pile, the fuel rods are a critical mass (they can self-sustain fission, as opposed to subcritical where it’s not capable of useful power or supercritical which is what you want in a nuclear weapon), but in order to be effective, the neutrons released need to be slowed down in order to be captured by fissionable nuclei. That’s where the water comes in. Cool water slows neutrons and carries off heat.
There are kits for refrigerating a CPU:
Peltier cooling: a solid state semiconductor which creates a thermal gradient. Still needs a water cooler to dump the heat, though.
Phase change: this is a refrigerator. The mechanism removes heat energy by letting the transfer medium change phase from liquid to gas. Freon to liquid nitrogen.