I bought a CPE-2 last week and now that it's here it got the gears a rolling on my head. I'm in Texas with summers a bit on the warm side, so not having the cooling system of the CPP may be an issue in a few months. I've read a few different ideas on other threads for cooling systems. I had a thought for a version of my own though.
I have a spare CPU liquid cooler. Pretty simply a pump and heat exchanger with hoses going to a radiator and fan. My thought is to simply drain the coolant from the system and route the bath water from the processor through it. Hopefully it will exchange fast enough to drop a little below developing temps and let the processors heater stabilize the whole thing. Thoughts?
The other thing I noticed is that there in no insulation around the water tank. It's just thin plastic. That doesn't seem very efficient to me. Would there be any issues you can think of if I made a foam base to set the processor in to insulate the bottom?
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