oil computer

[Kire]

These are the pictures of my oilcomputer: (at the end, there are some pictures of the oilcomputer of a friend of me)





More: http://www.markusleonhardt.de/en/oelbilder.html

[sam sarrha]

1. could this be a fire hazard ?? I really want to know more about this..!!

[Kire]

2. any more of a fire hazard than keeping bottles of the stuff in yr kitchen?

[FormerDittoHead]

3. Didn't know oil didn't conduct electricity! Slightly off topic question..

...why then do those liquid CPU coolers use water when (if it were to leak) it could damage the PC and cause a fire?

Just wondering.

[WLKjr]

4. Please pm me with more info on this

I have some friends at school who want to know exaclty how this works and what kind of oil you were using and what aer the benefits.

[Berserker]

5. Its a joke

thats all

[jayfish]

8. Not A Joke At All.

PC's cooled by mineral oil are a common experiment in the OC community. Not very practical but they work quite well.

Jay

[WLKjr]

9. so it's mineral oil eh....

very interesting, might have to try that sometime with some old parts I have lying around.

[Berserker]

10. jayfish

If you would have read all the posts you would have seen my post this morning after I did some research on the subject. I agree putting your post right after the one I did last night gives it more impact but you will see I posted it 3 hours before you came in and said this.
The reason I thought it was a joke was this type of thing has been going around the internet for years with water cooling and hundreds of posts about filling your tower with water and caulking the seams so the water remains in the tower and cools it. Now that is a joke. I have found that oil does not conduct electrical current which I am sure alot of people did not know and based my post on that assumption alone. Although I am not sure what the long term effect of oil soaking into the motherboard and other components will do. I will stick to air cooled for now.

[jayfish]

12. Yeah,...

I read it right after I posted. So sue me :evilgrin:. I wouldn't do it either. It would drive me crazy to have all of those cables all over the place and it's probably not to safe with kids running around. Besides I get good OC's with air-cooling anyway. For some really exotic cooling solutions, check this out

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2373



Jay

[Berserker]

13. Well I could use some money

what else could I sue you for? :woohoo:

[jayfish]

14. Well...

you certainly wouldn't want any of my computer gear. :argh:


Jay

[Berserker]

15. well im not so sure

I use 98se on a rebuilt eMachine with every patch possible how fucking low can you go? It may be a move up.

[jayfish]

16. Ouch!

I'm hoping to sell a similar PC at a garage sale this weekend. Make an offer? :smoke:

[Berserker]

17. Ok I have a

lawn mower that don't run and a Popeil Pocket Fisherman to trade.

[jayfish]

18. Ohhh Pocket Fisherman.

It it vintage or late model?

Jay

[alfredo]

6. The fan would turn a bit slower.

I see the drives are not in the oil bath.

It looks like they are using motor oil.

[Berserker]

7. Well after further review

I found this http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000287041976/
Check the comments in the article it provides even more links on the subject.

[alfredo]

11. Just keep the air moving is as good a solution as I am willing

to try right now.

[jayfish]

19. Hey Kire!

Do you have the fan to your Vid card plugged in. If so does it work while submerged?

Jay