Is it safe to put a computer in a deep freezer to keep it cool?

couldnt it also be like dry ice sorta or something of that sort?
like in weather, theres hot, then theres a dry hot. i prefer the dry hot like las vegas weather
 
Bobo said:
If you put a ventilated dehumidifier in there with it, then yes it would work. :D
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^^^then defrosting wouldn't be such a b!tch^^^

Yeah it would work if it was dry.


you could buy a mini fridge and put a water cooling setup in it

could you imagine 20 radiators in mini fridge:D :D :D
 
Why not just wire up an air conditioner to pass the cold air over the heatsinks of various components?
 
Have you ever looked inside a deep freeze that's been running for a while? See all that buildup of frost on the inside and on anything stored in there? You really don't want that building up on your components.
 
I tend to agree that it would not be a good idea, however, I was at a site installing my company's software and one of the computers was in a freezer that was at least 30 degrees bellow zero (Fahrenheit). The computer was running just fine ...
 
What if you were in Alaska and just had your computer outside and the wires came through a hole in the wall so you weren't freezing like the computer?
 
oi... I'd say yes to a fridge, no to a freezer... you COULD use a freezer, if you never opened it again, which its what adds the moisture. I'd say you'd be better off running a liquid cooling system as previously suggested, using anti-freeze and water like a car and running a coolant tube (coiled to make it stay longer) through a freezer to cool the CPU for OC'ing. beneifit here is it won't be open to the moisture, and it will be super cold.... if you do this, make sure your computer is warmed up for a while so the system levels off as far as cooling capacity (means you can't change and test and go with it, or you could get it too hot w/ catastrophic failure during a longer session)

if you go to try the coil method, use 3 or 4 small diameter tubes, which will greatly increase your surface contact and cooling ability (slower flow with more surcface area, a radiator concept, except the coils could be put under a tray and would not take up as much room)

I don't think the other PC components would hold up to being in that enviroment, the rapid cooling off of the parts could be problematic in the long run, not to mention introducing moisture (hehe and fogging the CD's) to use the CD drives. unless you use external which is kinda slow for gaming....
 
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.... so what wew are saying now is, make sure you defrost the feezer first so there is no ice that can melt and make moisture after you put the computer in there, then you will be OK.

Archangel said:
well.. the components add heat to the air.. so close to the components the air isnt under 0ºC . ;)
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wouldnt submerging it in vegetable oil work


i dont know anything about it but ive heard you guys suggest that before
 
It's not entirely safe if you don't take every possible risk into consideration.

You could use a compressor from a fridge and make a heatsink for it, but you'd have to insulate the the CPU socket. If you've ever read anything about products like the Asetek Vapochill LS then you'll know they supply heating wires to install on the motherboard so that the motherboard doesn't get too cold.
 
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Seal your case and submerge it in vegetable oil. Then take a large container and fill that with vegetable oil two, and stick it in the freezer. Then run two tubes between the two containers and add a pump to one of the tubes and whala, chilled oil.
 
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