Have you Submerged your PC Today?

[BALISTX]

Here is an article I found on a how to use mineral oil to cool your rig.





I would have opted to place the PSU outside the case as it would create less heat inside. I was suprised to see that it took around an hour to get the CPU to idle temps.

Read more here

[pitwa]

whenever I these attempt I always wonder how many weeks would such build really last, I mean if used on regular basis... Take the fan on the PSU - the friction with oil is much higher then against water. Unless this fan is meant to be submerged I'd say it will be quickly dead.

[BALISTX]

Well they ran it like for 2 months and you in the video you do notice that the fan does slow a bit. You have to remember the oil is actually less dense than water. and I think if the PSU would have been out of the tank the temps would not have reached over 88°C As the PSU was moving heat directly above the CPU. Also the bubbles wouldn't have helped. The nice thing about oild is how well it dissipates the heat.

[belgolas]

That looks interesting. I don't know if I would do it though.

[omgwtf]

I love my pc too much to do it

[enaberif]

i'm so doing this!

[BALISTX]

I'm gonna do it to with some old parts I have laying around.

[mo' power]

Now all they need to do is start overclocking this rig. I figure if they add a few fans to the radiator, they might be able to sustain a decent overclock.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by mo' power

Now all they need to do is start overclocking this rig. I figure if they add a few fans to the radiator, they might be able to sustain a decent overclock.

I'm curious what type of pump they used for this to pump the oil through the rad. A watercooling pump I'd think wouldn't be strong enough to pump a viscous liquid like oil.

** edit **

anyone know where I could pick up a aquastream pump locally in canada? :D

[mo' power]

Eheim is the pump manufacturer. I tracked down a store locator link. I'm sure your local supplier can get their hands on one.

EHEIM North American