Oil Submerged PC

[proxx]

So most of you probably heard of the concept and seen one of the thousands of videos out there on building a mineral oil cooled pc, sorta the aquarium style.
(For those never been on the webs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGcW7Ii_BKo)
I have long been thinking about doing such a project and perhaps in the long run use it for my desktop machine.
Anyone here any experience with this?
One thing that I am most worried about is what happens after a year or perhaps 2.
Use the right type of oil that is non conductive and is free of water would seem essential as goes for the PH.
Oil can ofcourse be replaced once it wears down (oxidizes)

[Kulverstukas]

Yeah that would be awesome to have, however not sure how practical. IMO it doesn't outweight air cooled box by a lot. The only good thing about it is that it's completely quiet, however you can build/buy a specially designed box with passive air cooling, which also makes no sound.

Only thing WHY to have it is that it looks cool

[proxx]

Yeah that would be awesome to have, however not sure how practical. IMO it doesn't outweight air cooled box by a lot. The only good thing about it is that it's completely quiet, however you can build/buy a specially designed box with passive air cooling, which also makes no sound.

Only thing WHY to have it is that it looks cool

Actually liquid transports heat in a much much more effective fashion than air.
A very practical example is when you are wet and you find yourself outside you feel cold real quick.
The reason this happens is that liquids(water in this case) remove heat much quicker than air would.
I dare to bet that this would take at least 5 degrees from your hardware.
Since I run most of my machines on OC this is a very attractive idea.
Another advantage is the lack of dust present.

[Kulverstukas]

Actually liquid transports heat in a much much more effective fashion than air.
A very practical example is when you are wet and you find yourself outside you feel cold real quick.
The reason this happens is that liquids(water in this case) remove heat much quicker than air would.
I dare to bet that this would take at least 5 degrees from your hardware.
Since I run most of my machines on OC this is a very attractive idea.
Another advantage is the lack of dust present.

Those are valid points. You better have a really tight container for your oil don't wanna wake up in the morning to see the oil on the floor

[wopr]

For some reason when ever I see someone mentioning this, I always can picture someone taking it a bit farther and using some kinda cooking oil and making a deep fryer mod 


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