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CharlesCS
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A cool way to cool down your CPU? What an interesting experiment.

October 13, 2009 1:52:55 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

I was listening to a podcast from a site call podnutz.com and the host of the podcast was talking about some USB gadgets and mentioned one that he said could be used in a different way and was wondering if anyone has ever tried it, seen it done or would dare to try this out.

I'm talking about the USB Mini Fridge. An interesting USB gadget that, according to gizmodo.com, can chill your drinks in around 5 minutes and a cool 47 degrees F.

At the host of the show explained he basically could take the chips or plate that cools down your drink and use it to cool down chips on a PC. So my curiosity is, has anyone heard of such an experiment? Would you dare to replace the fan (or add to it) with this plate? Operating it should be a breeze since the gadget already comes wired to work with a USB connection. What do you think? Is this possible and maybe useful? Could this actually keep a CPU cool or could the heat from the CPU overpower the cooling plate? I can only imagine the elaborate clamp one would have to invent to hold this plate against the CPU. Any ideas?

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CharlesCS
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Reply #1 October 13, 2009 1:59:01 PM
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Those 330ml cans aren't big enough - I need at least a 500ml bottle...

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Reply #2 October 13, 2009 2:06:17 PM
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My computer? Diet Coke should do it nicely...lol.

Oh yeah...if you use Diet, is that considered green?

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Reply #3 October 13, 2009 2:10:30 PM
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It does not cool the drink to 8.5C in 5 minutes, but the cooling pad. Big difference.

And no, it would not be good for cooling a CPU.

Here is the actual product page:

http://usb.brando.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00286

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CharlesCS
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Reply #4 October 13, 2009 2:12:30 PM
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I only drink Pepsi Max anyway. That Coca-Cola stuff is for weirdos...

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Reply #5 October 13, 2009 2:44:23 PM
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Agreed  

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Reply #6 October 13, 2009 4:08:33 PM
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This reminds me of the USB Toaster I got my brother last year.

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CharlesCS
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Reply #7 October 13, 2009 4:11:17 PM
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Thank you moostek for at least sticking to the topic.

Could you elaborate as to why not? I'm just curious, it seems like an interesting concept to use a small simple device such as these cooling pads to keep a CPU (if it works that is) rather than using water which we all know water and electronic devices do not mix well. I would think something that could be powered by the computer itself and works like an A/C (sorta) would be very interesting to adapt.

I remember reading (I think PCWorld.com) where they used liquid nitrogen to cool the CPU and they were able to brink a 2.0 GHz CPU up to 4 or 6.0 GHz. That would be pretty neat if possible for us average people.

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Reply #8 October 13, 2009 4:21:18 PM
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Those 330ml cans aren't big enough - I need at least a 500ml bottle...

I would love to see a 2 liter version of this item. That would be hilarious.

My computer? Diet Coke should do it nicely...lol. Oh yeah...if you use Diet, is that considered green?

I was addicted to coca cola till a few months ago, now I am coke free and cocaa cola free too.

I only drink Pepsi Max anyway. That Coca-Cola stuff is for weirdos...

Yea, weirdos...

 

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Reply #9 October 13, 2009 4:27:09 PM
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Pepsi. mini-fridge.

 

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Reply #10 October 13, 2009 4:30:49 PM
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That cooling pad is designed to slowly cool a soft drink, and it simply could not take enough heat away from something that is introducing so much heat. Your CPU would fry by the time the cooling pad could do anything useful, and even then it couldn't keep up.

But, you could always try it. I would suggest finding an older computer, like an old 486 based system, to try it on. They don't produce nearly the heat of newer CPU's, but I'll bet it would fry nearly as fast. And it wouldn't cost all that much.

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Reply #11 October 13, 2009 5:17:35 PM
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USB ports can provide up to 500mA of current (2.5 watts of power), while one of my two Xeon quad core is using 130 watt !!! More, on cheap motherboard, you have two hub for 8 port... meaning that the 500ma is shared between 4 port... Firewire is a little better and allow a max of 60 watts of power by port...

In recent computer, with USB 3.0, who support the new charging specification, the Dedicated Charging Port shorts the D+ and D- pins with a resistance of at most 200Ω. The short disables data transfer, but allows devices to detect the Dedicated Charging Port and allows a maximum of 9W of power...

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Reply #12 October 14, 2009 3:22:28 AM
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Fuzzy - Coke is way better than Pepsi. Pepsi is too sweet and tastes strange.

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Reply #13 October 14, 2009 4:19:15 AM
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I don't get to post this one often, so here it is:

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Reply #14 October 14, 2009 4:44:56 AM
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Wouldn't the cooling pad create condensation around the CPU? That can't be good.

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Reply #15 October 14, 2009 5:58:09 AM
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Wouldn't the cooling pad create condensation around the CPU? That can't be good.

No....the CPU would cook the pad before any such thing.

A running CPU is a far better heater than some pissy drink fridge is a cooler....

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Reply #16 October 14, 2009 12:43:56 PM
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A running CPU is a far better heater than some pissy drink fridge is a cooler....

Ok then, maybe we can reverse this weird project and instead of using a mini usb fridge to cool down a CPU, hows about we use a few CPUs to gill a burger?

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Reply #17 October 14, 2009 12:47:22 PM
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Sounds cheesy to me....and what would you do if you burned your buns?   

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Reply #18 October 14, 2009 1:31:16 PM
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Mens cookbook:

Remove mobo

place it in alumium tray

fill tray with cooking oil

bring oil to temperature

place chips 

eat when cooked

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Reply #19 October 14, 2009 3:01:00 PM
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My cookbook:

Get in car

Drive to chippy

Spend £3.55

Drive home

Eat fish and chips

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Reply #20 October 14, 2009 4:42:43 PM
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Quoting Jafo,
reply 15

Wouldn't the cooling pad create condensation around the CPU? That can't be good.
No....the CPU would cook the pad before any such thing.

A running CPU is a far better heater than some pissy drink fridge is a cooler....

Well I meant, assuming the thing could be successful in other circumstances.

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Reply #21 October 14, 2009 5:24:43 PM
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considering I can heat my room with the PC in it .... uhhh ...no

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Reply #22 October 14, 2009 5:40:50 PM
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The cooling pad would not do the job, however you could build a aircompretion cooler used in some frigerators to cool the entire computer case. 

I have always wanted to put a toster in my computer tower, one that can do toast, bagles, and mabey even muffins.

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Reply #23 October 15, 2009 12:36:25 PM
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Actually the pad is a "Peltier Cooler" and they work well as a CPU cooler. Here's one that's designed for that purpose.

ULTRA ChillTec 939/AM2/775/i7 Thermal Electric CPU Cooler

 

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