Kensei Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I've included pics of the temperatures, keep in mind I ran this PC all hours because it was hosting a PCI DVR card for my cameras at home + we used it for netflicks and music etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted March 9, 2011 Founder Share Posted March 9, 2011 Pretty sweet, Billy. You should create a gallery and put it in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 I want to make an oil cooled PC with awesome hardware along with a SSD. I want to over clock everything in it. If the funds permit eventually I'll build one for display at events. I uploaded to an album btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) +1 on making a gallery thats amazing Kensei! How does the system work. Electronics submerged in liquid oil? I don't understand how it survives amazing though. What gave you the idea to make this? Edited March 9, 2011 by mw86 added question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hey Mw86; I first started thinking about making one in distilled water because in physics we were discussing how electricity doesn't arc due to no minerals in the distilled/de-ionized water. Well as I'm sure you have heard: "Nothing is new under the sun" ~ Unkown ANyways, I started looking up stuff on the internet and found out people had used vegetable oil (Oil is non-conductive); then I found out about mineral oil; puget systems, based out of Seattle, WA made the concept pretty famous: Mineral Oil Submerged Computer; Our Most Popular Custom PC I still want to take it a step further, an extreme gaming computer is what I have in mind. What's funny is, it seems to me thus far that it's better for a computer to be encased in a liquid oil shell. Instead of relying on the north/south bridges or other heat sinks; heat is transferred directly from the circuits; it's a way to cool everything as long as you have your oil being cooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thank you thats a great explanation of how it works. So why don't they make laptops with sealed guts that pump actively cooled oil through! (Liquid cooled R2 would be grand) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 I guess because it's messy, lol. Maybe they should! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted March 12, 2011 Founder Share Posted March 12, 2011 heh, guess upgrading parts in that rig is a pain Nice experiment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debaucher Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Awesome!!I built one of these almost 10 years ago.Ran that thing OC'd (dual AMD Athlon MP 2400+) 24/7 for years until I moved out of country.Used 2 motorcycle heater cores in series and an eheim 1250 (which pumped over 1000L/hour).I also used industry grade mineral oil (got it from work cheap) as my liquid.Kept everything housed in a custom made (at home by me) acrylic case so you could see everything.Was compact and COOL (both temperature wise and wow factor wise).Only problem with it was changing components could be messyDamn.... now I miss that thing (lol)D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 lol, yeah it get's a little messy but it's worth it. I can't wait to use the oil to cool an overclocked bad mamma jamma gaming system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted March 17, 2011 Founder Share Posted March 17, 2011 Plus if you decide to stop using the oil to cool the PC, you could use it on a couple girls wearing bikinis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 or use it as a laxative, fo sho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 @Kensei did you end up updating your oil cooled rig with ssd and modern chipset? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 On 7/4/2011 at 1:51 AM, mw86 said: @Kensei did you end up updating your oil cooled rig with ssd and modern chipset? So I'm a little late on this... sorry. I haven't, I got kind of busy with life but I still plan to oil cool it up some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKing Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 seems more like a gimmick than anything... is it really worth all the effort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casis86 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 so cool, sadly u cant put living fishes inside. How much do u pay for tank like this without hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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