Stopped by the new tech hub downtown and their server room setup was wild

They had these custom liquid cooling loops running through a rack of gaming PCs, all set up for some kind of rendering farm. The whole thing was held together with zip ties and looked like a science project, but it was actually humming along fine. Has anyone else seen a small business try something that ambitious on their own?

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wilson.anthony1mo ago

Man, that reminds me of my buddy's failed crypto mining setup. He tried to cool a whole wall of GPUs in his garage with a jerry-rigged car radiator and a bucket of ice water. Hoses everywhere, duct tape on the fittings. It worked for about a week before a pump died and everything thermal throttled into oblivion. The ambition was there, but the execution was a total mess.

david_martin1mo agoMost Upvoted

Actually, thermal throttling would have saved his gear from damage. It's a safety feature that slows things down before they overheat and break. The real risk with a failed pump in a water loop is boiling coolant or a total meltdown if the safety measures fail.

valgibson23d ago

Would running coolant through a car radiator actually work long term or was your buddy just lucky it held for a week? @david_martin mentioned the boiling risk with failed pumps but that setup sounds like a fire waiting to happen if a hose popped.