Mineral Oil Cooled Computer

[sr71blackbird]

Is there any real benefit to this?


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[ghostfacekiller50]

I dont think so. It may disperse heat fast. But is does look very kool.

[sr71blackbird]

Wouldnt the resistance of the oil burn out the fans?

[sailor]

supposedly submersion cooling is effective for over-clocking. the cray-2 is liquid cooled, this is just cheaper.

http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/craytalk/img067.gif

[damainer]

Didnt your parents ever teach you minerals and vitamins are good for you and your pc

[sr71blackbird]

But they show the fans spinning in the liquid, what will the fans do? Is the idea that the fans will move the oil instead of air?

[zentraed]

I first saw this with vegetable oil on Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/). You don't even need fans.

Our initial attempts had shown that the poured oil sporadically led to crashes. The cause was also quickly found: The processor base together with the CPU and the heat sink had to be made impermeable to the liquid. Quite a bit of labor and time are necessary for this, since just like for the case, we first had to use special glue and then silicone. After successful sealing, the system works without a hitch.