NoobGuru Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I entered in the Tiger Direct DIY contest, please vote for my home built submerged mineral oil PC, Its a fish tank filled with mineral oil and a computer cooled by just the oil, *future plans include cycling the oil though a radiator* http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/128192/voteable_entries/24012356 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I am puzzled, you are running that inside a fish tank with fluid around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I am puzzled, you are running that inside a fish tank with fluid around it. Mineral oil cooled pc's were all the rage a few years ago. You can put nearly every part of the PC in mineral oil except the HDD's and I think the PSU is supposed to be mounted out of the oil as well, but looks like this one has it all in there except the HDD's. Not sure how SSD's handle this though. Apparently mineral oil does not short out the components or conduct electricity. We have a few threads on the forum somewhere with links to other mineral oil cooled machines somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobdone Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I'm sure SSD's would be perfectly ok for submersing however your optical drives still have to be above the oil for obvious reasons also the fans are suppose to burn out fairly quickly due to the extra stress and the oil is suppose to damage the pcb after a good run. anyone tried this with an Xbox 360? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 The fans are suppose to burn out fairly quickly due to the extra stress and the oil is suppose to damage the pcb after a good run. Another reason to use a what cooling system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR. M Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I've seen that picture before. It stills amazes me how he got the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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