Mineral Oil Submerged Computer
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Full details at http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php Cooling a computer by submerging it in mineral oil. In an aquarium, it looks great!
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| White Mineral Oil. ... ( 2 weeks ago by Stv1082) |
| White Mineral Oil. Mmmmmmmm, oil will oxidize (deteriorate and turn dark) with the interdiction of air. I wonder if any long term use has been done other than this gizmo-demo. |
| The first thing ... ( 2 weeks ago by rls242m) |
| The first thing that comes to mind is a perfluorocarbon based liquid, But those can cost anywhere from $300-$1,000 a gallon. |
| they've had this ... ( 2 weeks ago by sxilentx) |
| they've had this machine running for well over a year, check their website. |
| forgot to mention: ... ( 1 week ago by sxilentx) |
| forgot to mention: that nelson mandela video is a nice touch...lawl |
| I think you should ... ( 1 week ago by CatmullRoom) |
| I think you should remove the fans before imerging all the stuff, after 2 days there motors must have blown up and heating even more the all in the mean time... look nice anyway. |
| If you checked ... ( 1 week ago by xojix) |
| If you checked their website, after 6 months the fans were still moving, there's no real reason for them to blow up as you put it. It doesn't really do anything in the system though, they just did it for fun. |
| yay no more air ... ( 1 week ago by gilbert928) |
| yay no more air dusting! |
| You're right, pure ... ( 1 week ago by myhipsi) |
| You're right, pure distilled/deionized water doesn't conduct electricity and it is a much better conductor of heat than oil. The problem is, is that pure water never stays pure and will start to disolve any metal it comes in contact with thereby making it conductive again. So a PC submerged in pure water wouldn't last long before it shorted out. It's the same reason why you'll never see pure water in nature. |
| all i can say is ... ( 1 week ago by drinkbudyXD) |
| all i can say is dang :) |
| they left the hard ... ( 1 week ago by dmdrummer23) |
| they left the hard drives on top. Thats cause they are mechanical and would not work in oil. |
| Did you put the ... ( 1 week ago by DarkMission91) |
| Did you put the power supplier aswell? |
| lolz, another job.. ... ( 1 week ago by gangstabrutha) |
| lolz, another job....."Im changing the oil........no, on my computer" |
| The computer would ... ( 1 week ago by MrHappyface) |
| The computer would be too heavy for LAN parties and too messy to upgrade. |
| Why do you have to ... ( 6 days ago by tisaacso3625) |
| Why do you have to be such a spoil sport? |
| It's just for ... ( 6 days ago by gats1788) |
| It's just for aesthetics really. Its not a very practical idea for cooling because although the oil will conduct heat away from the components it will just eventually heat the oil. So unless you had a cooling system for the oil itself to be pumped round it's not very usefull. And upgrading or replacing a faulty part would be very messy. Does look good tho, i wonder if you can get a UV reactive mineral oil ? |
| just to add, having ... ( 6 days ago by gats1788) |
| just to add, having seen the end of the video, the air bubbles providing the air was cool, might just provide enough cooling for the oil but im not sure |
| to cool the oil put ... ( 6 days ago by OTAlucard) |
| to cool the oil put it in the freezer |
| you'd never have to ... ( 4 days ago by R1bena) |
| you'd never have to worry about dust getting into your components :P |
| Dude, look again. ... ( 4 days ago by colleenbbmbradley) |
| Dude, look again. That's a cd rom on top, the hd IS in the oil. |
| The HD is in the ... ( 3 days ago by Nimise08) |
| The HD is in the top(lid thing), you can't see it but I know it is not in the oil. |
| OMG that's awesome ( 2 days ago by Demondave2580) |
| OMG that's awesome |
| You sound jealous ... ( 2 days ago by jman1863) |
| You sound jealous about the fact that you did not think of this cool (pun intended)idea before they did? |
| My last comment was ... ( 2 days ago by jman1863) |
| My last comment was for MrHappyface and gats1788. Give them credit for being very creative. |
| Nimise is right, ... ( 11 hours ago by xojix) |
| Nimise is right, the HD is within the lid, if you use a solid state you can drop it in but a regular hard drive would have screwed up seek times because the oil slows the head's movement. |
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