OIL cooled PC
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Are they filling the entire pc case with cooking oil? A buddy of mine has a custom modchiped xbox thats liquid cooled, although its filled with tiny copper tubes that carry the coolant, the coolant is something close to the air conditioning coolant used in cars. Insane little pc dorks have been doing stuff like this for years. in theory you can produce a machine that will last forever, it'll never overheat, and no outside dust or humidity can enter the case.
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I seem to remember reading something about a liquid cooled processor a few years back. I wonder when it will really catch on and will become more readily available. Seems to be just something for the computer geeks to mess with in the mean time. 
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Ever hear of the "cryo case"? This kid decided hey I'll take my fridge, and convert into a CPU cooler. He then took his Celeron 333 and overclocked to 1ghz. I worked very well and was stable. If you do a search I'm sure you can dig up the old articles from WIRED and TECH TV, back when they had decent programming.
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While its nice, it seems rather pointless, there is nothing better than water for heat transfer, and heat absorbtion.
What happens if you want to install a TV tuner card for example?
And more importantly. Will it deep fry my chips???
What happens if you want to install a TV tuner card for example?
And more importantly. Will it deep fry my chips???
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My cousin has one of those. Pretty pointless and all for show if you ask me. He does the same thing I do with my outdated gateway, check his mail and surf a little. He dosent even get any important mail, considering that he is 19 with no job and still lives with his parents.
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Originally Posted by pfogle
Ever hear of the "cryo case"? This kid decided hey I'll take my fridge, and convert into a CPU cooler. He then took his Celeron 333 and overclocked to 1ghz. I worked very well and was stable. If you do a search I'm sure you can dig up the old articles from WIRED and TECH TV, back when they had decent programming.
The case is made by Vapochill
http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-118.html
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Originally Posted by BigF350
, there is nothing better than water for heat transfer, and heat absorbtion.
I am still waiting to overclock my pc, until I can put it somewhere that would transfer the heat better then that. The vaccuum of space.
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I have been doing water cooled for a while. I dont have one running on water right now but may build one in the near future.
Here are some pics of one of my older ones, it was retired a few months ago.
The Radiator is a Heater Core from a 72 Chevette, they just happen to be a good size and fit and are cheap. The pump is a Mag3 aquarium pump. I did this one to prove water cooling could be done on budget instead of like tons of guys spending tons of money on the high end pc only water parts. The water block on the CPU was the only thing that I didnt go cheap on. It did really good to, it was within a degree or two of some guys that had spent 3 times the money I did.
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Here are some pics of one of my older ones, it was retired a few months ago.
The Radiator is a Heater Core from a 72 Chevette, they just happen to be a good size and fit and are cheap. The pump is a Mag3 aquarium pump. I did this one to prove water cooling could be done on budget instead of like tons of guys spending tons of money on the high end pc only water parts. The water block on the CPU was the only thing that I didnt go cheap on. It did really good to, it was within a degree or two of some guys that had spent 3 times the money I did.
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