OIL cooled PC
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From: Shawnee, Ks
I didnt want to have any extra plumbing and I set that case up to have very good ventallation. It had 4 120mm fans, 2 in a push pull on the heater core and 2 in the top pulling hot air up and out and at the same time pulling cool air through the openings in the back. There was also an 80mm fan in the front cooling the hard drive. Here is a picture of it with the cover on.
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I read that a while back. Crazy. Seems like it'd get messy.
I'm running an Athlon 64 3700+ stable under Prime 95 for 24 hours at 2915MHz, on stock air cooling, so I cant complain.
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I'm running an Athlon 64 3700+ stable under Prime 95 for 24 hours at 2915MHz, on stock air cooling, so I cant complain.
One of my favorite sites:
http://www.hardocp.com/
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I'd guess you could probably put the power supply in too, if it weren't for the fan, Although the fan would be good for stirring the oil... I understand pure water isn't conductive either... it's the impurities that make it conductive...
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If you read the whole article, you'll find that they were burning up their cooling fans in the oil--those tiny motors don't have the right torque/rpm combo to move a liquid like oil (~1000 times heavier than air, their intended medium).
I think it's pretty ugly, personally. If they wanted to see the components better, they could have used the best clear oil known to man--MINERAL OIL!! I would think a smaller case with a small circulating pump would greatly improve things also--eight gallons is a huge potential mess should it spring a leak while one is away.
Jason
I think it's pretty ugly, personally. If they wanted to see the components better, they could have used the best clear oil known to man--MINERAL OIL!! I would think a smaller case with a small circulating pump would greatly improve things also--eight gallons is a huge potential mess should it spring a leak while one is away.
Jason
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From: Goldsboro, NC
I think the voltage on a mainboard is low enough that oil, water, skin is not conductive enough to short anything out. But the 110v running into the power supply is enough. I wouldn't mess with it.
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