well as the title says,i need to know under what category my cooling rig belongs...

simply put,its an air conditioner that has its evaporator submerged in antifreeze.now i think it should be under water cooling,but the air conditioner is technically a phase change cooler...

 

if you need to see it to understand,here is the build log: http://www.carbonite.co.za/f29/my-kinda-crazy-cheapo-cooling-rig-36459/

It's called a chiller.

Technically it's still considered water.

I'd say water cooling. You can always put a comment in your result stating what kind of water cooling. Cool project btw!

thanks,ill get submitting then.

Chiller with a compressor should be a single stage. Pretty much by definition phase change cooling.....

 

Either way milkshake great chiller I've made a few over the years there big fun

Edited January 21, 201312 yr by reggiesanchez

Uh,well now this has become confusing...

Uh,well now this has become confusing...

 

There's been numerous discussions about this, basically because certain users can set up a WC loop with ambients sub-zero.

 

The general rule came down on the side of:

 

- As long as the coolant in your loop is water, stick it under water cooling.

- If you add anti-freeze to your cooler or something which freezes below 0, it comes under sub-zero.

- You are allowed to use a TEC/phase change water chiller on a pure water loop and still keep it as water cooling.

 

If ever the coolant touching the CPU goes below 0C, it becomes sub-zero.

 

All-in-one liquid coolers use ethylene glycol, which technically is liquid below zero, so as long as they are unmodded it still comes under water cooling.

Edited January 23, 201312 yr by borandi

Ok. I think I got more confused,the coolant tends to remain just above 0,but its sporadic at best. The coolant is (as all antifreeze is) a mixture of water and in my case ethylene glycol.also I'm pretty sure that the mixture I used can't go sub zero ,as it tends to freeze (due to a poor ratio of water to antifreeze,because its cheap).

Howeaver,I see your point,If it is phase change,then what do I do about a submission I have made using this setup under watercooling,can I change it or do I have to delete it and resubmit?