Comments on: UberBong: Evaporative PC cooling, probably

By: brakk

brakk — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:46:15 +0000

That’s so 2003! I mean, come on, look at those cabinets and appliances!

@mike How do you think you’re supposed to refill it after the water evaporates?

By: jim

jim — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:29:07 +0000

what this is, is a bong connected to a computer via an intercooler: the computer uses closed circuit water cooling that is chilled in the base of the bong. as for the bong efficiency? it might be ok; the interface between the spray of water and the air is massive, so it should run fairly cool, although i doubt it’s much more than a proof of concept (it doesn’t appear you can actually smoke with the bong, either)

By: static

static — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:43:57 +0000

To each, their own. But looks like overkill to me, unless the builder was going for a Rube Goldberg like modern art effect. That it is for smoking weed, and hopes the prosecutor, will buy, the it’s a CPU cooler description…

By: mike

mike — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:32:25 +0000

The sound of running water would always make me have to pee if I was using that thing.

By: tronic

tronic — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:02:20 +0000

For the people who people who are asking for a description, this works by having a tank of water in the cooler, pumping it to the top of the tube and spraying it back down with a sprinkler head. This cools the water by giving it more surface area to evaporate and lowering its temprature. The cooler acts as a heat exchanger between the cool water circulated above it and a closed circulating system between the cpu block and a coiled copper tube inside the cooler so the water going exposed to the air is never the same water going to the cpu block. The end effect is essentially replacing a traditional water cooling system’s radiator with a copper pipe in a fish tank with its filters going all the time to evaporate it and keep it cool.

By: plokko

plokko — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:21:57 +0000

this thing suxx:
you’ll need to change the water because of the dust(this thing use the air to directly “cool” the water but it didn’t cool too much and the dust in the air will be trapped in the water damaging the components)

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:51:05 +0000

Twin CRT’S!!!

By: trapezoid

trapezoid — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:01:08 +0000

I honest to buddah came to this page expecting a massive bong.

By: Ouch

Ouch — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000

evaporative coolers, like all equipment, require maintenance. legionnaire’s disease, caused by the bacterium legionella pneumophila and related bacteria … “may be found in purpose built water systems such as cooling towers, evaporative condensers…” [3] as such, it is critical that evaporative coolers be properly installed and adequately maintained according to their manufacturers’ recommendations.

By: Jehu

Jehu — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:10:27 +0000

Lol, man that’s a big bong. They are an awesome cooling method. I used to have one as well. Was about 5 foot high with a 2100 Lph pump. Kept my PC cool but made me go to the loo alot.

Also I have heard that you CAN NOT use this to smoke weed with. Would be too expensive to fuel it anyway.

By: biozz

biozz — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:51:16 +0000

hehe man … its an electric bong … all love tho weed is a good safe way to ge inspiration and to de-stress at the end of the day xD

By: pip

pip — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:22:49 +0000

Discription, lulz.

By: James Holden

James Holden — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:18:20 +0000

these used to be all the rage, with many different ideas to help the water cool.

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:17:06 +0000

Heh, A bit overkill, But neat. I built a system for a friend one time using one of those little hotel ‘fridges and a coil of copper tube, Kept that PC pretty darn cool. We thought about building the PC into the ‘fridge but condensation was an issue so we didn’t.

By: jbot

jbot — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:56:31 +0000

A ‘discription’? n00bs.