Extreme Novec Submersion Cooled Dual PC Concept

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This a concept for a wall mounted enclosure for two PCs cooled by a three-stage concept. Please note the download includes only the enclosure as the overall assembly was too big to upload!

1. The components are sumbmerged in two seperate tanks of 3M Novec 7000 (a non-conductive fluid with a low boiling point). The heatsinks are removed, which causes the Novec to boil (a technique used in data centres). The gaseous Novec rises to the top of the tank and hits a custom Aluminium cold plate, where it condenses and drips back down.

2. The aluminium condenser is cooled to sub-zero temperatures by two Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs), which use the Peltier effect to become cold on one side and hot on the other.

3. The hot side of the TECs are cooled by a custom water cooling loop comprising two EK Supremacy waterblocks, a Koolance RP-452X2 and a Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity 480mm radiator, fitted with 8 Noiseblocker eLoop fans.

Other features:

> Fully air- and water-tight Novec chambers with hidden cable management partition.
> Angled motherboard tray to ensure optimum surface area perpendicular to the boiling Novec.
> Seperate chamber for radiators with custom fan grills and carbon fibre fan ducts.
> All fans and pumps controlled by an Aquacomputer Aquaero 6 XT and Poweradjust 3.
> Easy access to fill and drain ports for both water and Novec.

Gaming PC: Intel Core i7 5960X; AMD Radeon R9 295X2; Asus X99 Deluxe; 32GB 3300MHz Corsair Dominator.

Workstation: 2x Intel Xeon e5-2699; nVidia Quadro K6000; Asus Z10PE-D16 WS; 256GB 2133MHz Crucial ECC.

Both: Corsair AX1500i; 2x Samsung 850 1TB RAID 0.