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Best cooling solution for mineral oil imersion of pc


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I have been researching mineral-oil cooling lately, and have concluded with the following :

* The best cooling solution for mineral oil is probably using a Portable Air Conditioner, a free standing one, these generate from 5000 to 11000 BTU cooling power pr hour, typicaly a deep freezer generates only 200 BTU pr hour, while a hardcore desktop pc can produce 1500w heat pr hour, which equals aproximately 4500 BTU pr hour.

* The airconditioner normaly has a max cooling temperature of -30c , but for the handy it can be modded to a whopping -80c, by a process called autocascading : Morphing Air Conditioner into Autocascade System.

* low viscosity mineral oils are avaliable like: Drakeol 9 Light Mineral, a low viscosity White Mineral Oil at $16.75 per gallon from : Holland Applied Technologies | Chicago | Specialty Chemicals | White Oils | Petrolatum | Waxes | Acetals

(its nonconductive, gives no problems for the fans, and does not harm the pc in any way -as long as HD CD and power supply are keept outside the oil bath.)

* Using gpu's made for water cooling will work excelent with this setup, as they work fine in low viscosity oil, and augment the effect of the cooled oil. Normal gpu's will also work fine.

* This setup is compatible with using Liquid Nitrogen and dry ice for the advantureous, so for those hard core overclocking experiments, just add it to the oil bath and stir, but keep in mind that the freezing point of mineral oil is around -30c.

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