Salty tears of a hot boxer.

[Kural]

Just out of curiosity, (if I had a better ventilated room!) would this ever be of use for a gamer? It looks insane.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/38909

[Clanked]

[quote='Kural',index.php?page=Thread&postID=174564# post174564]Well at the moment - London is like the North Pole, I could try that!

On the subject of liquid cooling; Is it not quite dangerous? I suppose I could include it on my home insurance but I worry about putting a part in or something and a tube splits / hangs out / degrades and pees water everywhere. Is this even likely?[/quote]Heh, funny you say that. I actually live in North Pole. I'm not kidding. [url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole,_AK']North Pole, AK.[/url]
People in the lower 48 get a kick out of it when on vacation I show them my driver's license.

Liquid cooling IMHO is more of a bragging rights thing than anything, but if done properly there isn't much risk. Almost all of your tubes are going to be inside your case, so them getting cut is a very small risk. (Assuming you don't have lobster knife fights going on inside your computer case)
The biggest worry would be the seals.

[Kaynin]

The biggest worry would be the seals.

Seals and pidgeons. Blasted buggers.

As for that Rackmount, seems unneccesary to me.A good casing would be sufficient.

[Owltoid]

Heh, nice post.

You may want to try a self-contained watercooling unit.

Although you may make some different decisions, I purchased my PC (arriving in about 2 weeks) from www.buyxg.com. Detailed rationale into my decisions can be found here:
New computer has been purchased - specs, rationale, and thanks

It should be able to 5-box, has a self-contained water cooling unit that could be helpful in a room w/o vent, i7, 12GB ram, nice video card, and SSD for $1750 (including shipping from CA to CT and assembly)

[-silencer-]

Liquid cooling IMHO is more of a bragging rights thing than anything, but if done properly there isn't much risk. Almost all of your tubes are going to be inside your case, so them getting cut is a very small risk. (Assuming you don't have lobster knife fights going on inside your computer case)
The biggest worry would be the seals.

Liquid cooling isn't about bragging rights.. for those of us who want the quietest system possible, liquid cooling with a large radiator can be dead silent and offer better performance than air cooling. As for leak worries, that's why I went with compression fittings. Worries erased.

[moosejaw]

While liquid cooling is far more efficient than passive or active air cooling, the heat still has to go somewhere. The radiator is going to slowly heat up and at the same time heat the room up. If you don't remove the heat from the room, you're going to be in the exact same situation as air cooling.

Liquid cooling doesn't magically make the heat disappear.

I'm ordering my 5x rackmount cases today. I'll get some pictures up hopefully soon about how I plan to deal with heat exhaust in my office.

Please do update your rack mount post with the cooling solution. Inquiring minds want to know!!

Maybe you can find a used Liebert unit on ebay.

[Owltoid]

While liquid cooling is far more efficient than passive or active air cooling, the heat still has to go somewhere. The radiator is going to slowly heat up and at the same time heat the room up. If you don't remove the heat from the room, you're going to be in the exact same situation as air cooling.

Liquid cooling doesn't magically make the heat disappear.

Heh, good point. I really should append my signature to mention that I really don't know much about hardware.

[Yo-Yo Freak]

idk about heat issues but here is a link to a rig that you can probably 10+ box on if you really wanted to.

i7 920 CPU
Rampage II Extreme MB
12G Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 RAM
750w Corsair PSU
Antec Twelve Hundred case
1T HDD for OS/apps/anything else
XFX GTX 285 GPU
2x Intel X25-E SLC SSD for RAID 0

total is just around $2,800 with OS, $2,700 w/o (US)

probably the best build you could get for multi-boxing.

hope this helps some ^_^

~YYF

[elsegundo]

you ever thought of having an air duct (with filter) from your computer to the window?

[Reglar]

I can't help with your cooling issues in your room/apartment/flat, but I can say that an i7 920 system even mildly overclocked won't have a problem with an above average ambient room temperature (note I'd upgrade the CPU fan just for safety and they don't add a lot to the cost). You'll get solid 5x boxing from it, and can probably get a more if you take all the graphics options down to the ground.

I run an air cooled (not stock) i7 920 at 4Ghz and have thermal probes on the incoming and outgoing fan intakes and I get about 5-10C differences in temp.

Stick an oscilatting fan near the PC to distribute the hot air into the rest of the room and you should be ok, albeit a bit warmer. Frankly though I don't know many PC rigs that in general won't raise the thermal profile of a small enclosed space.

And on the watercooling aspects of this thread, if you decide to go for it you'll find it eats into your budget more than air. The i7 920 really doesn't need it unless you're looking to push the CPU past the easy overclocking of 4Ghz.