why are people thinking that it was water? clearly said mineral oil...thats why it wont short or explode cuz mineral oil is non conductive and non reactive...n00bs
Always thought Oil PC is interesting but not very practical, however i never thought about how having an oil submerged PC does away with the condensation problem of extreme cooling like liquid nitrogen.
"Just for the record: Thet's see a Mac do this!!!!"
Im most certain a mac could do this...computer components are all the same when you get to the fundamentals of it, they are all built the same. so in turn yes a mac could do this. :D Id love to see one in oil :P maybe fry it afterwards and feast apon some fried apples xD
@erikblazer13 sure, but not many people would do it. you cant overclock apples (at least not very easily) and apples are already pretty quiet. the only macs ive had were attached to a screen. ive had 3 ibooks, one macbook, and an imac. but maybe the little square thing. but tbh, you sound like a pc fanboy... which is stupid. apples are targeted at different group of people. mac owners buy them for ease of use and "just works" thing, while pc owners buy for price and customization.
@randrewm97 Fanboy? lol no i resent PC the only thing i use windows for is Games. Other than that i use my hackintosh for video editing music ect, Linux for general use. And i have a server running off of UNIX so im far from a fanboy of any flavor being Linux, Apple, Or MS
Yawn... I'm running 4.046 GHZ at 71 *F at idle 94 * F at load on a Phenom II 960t at 4 cores.
I unlocked a 5th Core clocked to 4.046 GHZ, and ran 78 *F at idle and 98 *F at load on a $30.00 COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520.. Only issue is the "161 WATT TDP" when you unlock to the 5th and 6th cores, not that it pulls all 161 watts, but bumping back down to four cores only pulls a MAX of 107 watts after overclocking... Stock it is 95 watt CPU..
This is neat if you are making a "Science Fair Project"
@AKCOdin i love me some amd magic. their phenom ii blacks are awesome. i switched to intel after their fx series though. my pc is an i7 2600k overclocked to 5ghz on air and idle at 80F and while playing games, rendering, or w/e else thats intense, it will go to 130F. hitting 5ghz on a 2600k will pull 200w, but its idle is 95w... going by the box but actually 85w. im pretty happy with this cpu so far
@da1krayziethug Mineral oil pretty much is motor oil which has been more refined and filtered. You wouldn't want to use the cruder oil due to cancer concerns. In fact, even untreated/lightly treated mineral oil is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen. Machinists who regularly work with "tech grade" mineral oil have higher cancer rates than the ordinary population. If I were going to use this computer setup ever, I would only use food-grade mineral oil.
@lolmassivebanana I would also submit there is a bit more to that oil than just the raw oil. Most cutting fluids have additives, or extreme pressure lubricants to assist in cutting. The oils main function is to remove heat, and therefore is also subject to breakdown into other components which are not friendly. Most of these are chlorinated, which also makes them more toxic. Also don't forget that oil vapor from extreme heat doesn't help their cause either.
@kleetus92 Both excellent points! Re: the vapor, I wrote Puget and asked if they had any issues with oil vapor. They said no, but they've only been running the thing in wide open spaces (and mainly for show, not serious use).
Do you have any idea/link to info that might indicate safe usage for cooling with food grade mineral oil? I'm thinking it's mostly a matter of keeping temperatures appropriately low, having adequate ventilation, and occasionally changing the oil. Your thoughts?
@lolmassivebanana Oil vapor isn't a problem at room temperature, or even slightly above, I was speaking to the industrial side of excessive oil exposure. For you with the oil in a fish tank, that's not a big deal at all. Mineral oil or baby oil would be fine even if not changed. Vegetable oil is about the only one I can think of that would even spoil, and start to stink, but even then it wouldn't be a problem unless you actually ate it.
Is the system still running in this oil or have you removed the motherboard from this immersion set-up? I am very curious as to how you cleaned the board of oil after it was submerged in the oil? Or how did you remove residual oil and films from the board?
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Out of curiosity, why did you use thermal paste in an oil cooled computer? Oil can suit the contact requirement just as well, possibly better than most thermal pastes. As terrible as it might sound. I used a little of what i had extra from my car (Mobil one syn 5-30) for contact on one of my computers, and it has worked pretty well for quite awhile.
Neat experiments either way. Try using a submerged pump in place of fans if decide to do this again.
you should position the motherboard so the peripherals, USB ports etc. are facing out of the top of the tank so it is easier to plug and unplug everything.
interesting, ive had my veg oil pc for a year now and it runs fine, except for oil wicking its way down cables-
so according to your first cpu graph- mineral oil is better than veg oil untill it reaches a certain temp, then its only very very slightly better- for the cost of mineral oil i was quoted, im glad i went with veg oil!!
i am currently building a core i7 setup, with 4 gigs of 2 channel ram and an average graphics card to drop into the oil, hopefully this weekend!
@BryanFRitt for it to work in water it has to be completely purified and thats hard to accomplish and keep that way.
If the smallest amount of dust or any particles get int here it will become conductive again. and since there is always some sort of dust particle on PC parts it is very hard to keep water in the non conductive state.
@KrykoStorm do they rust metal inside your cars engine? i think not, oil is used for a lubricant for oils and takes heat out at the same time.. WIN WIN
only submerge the motherboard and video card, keep the power box out of the tank to reduce more heat. if you wanted to you can put in a small submersible water pump that you can get from your local home depot.
Why dont you grab an old mini car rad, a decent size punp. run the mineral oil through the rad and thus cooling the oil.
i would suggest using again an oil pump from a car of some sort. both would need to run to an outlet though because i doubt even the 1100 watt power supple would run either of them
fuck waiting for the mineral oil to cool down after a long period of time. Just make a bunch of trays of mineral oil ice cubes and throw them in there BAHAHAHHA.
actually mineral oil will not dissolve any plastics or rubber and even if parts get hot they will not overheat and fail because no air can get to the parts therefore no parts overheating
Just because there is no air doesn't mean it won't overheat. Yes maybe there's enough fluid to dissipate the heat but I guarantee you if there was too small an amount of oil that it would over heat, air or no air.
@2lazy2troll1 I know you posted this a year ago, but neither of those is true if you use mineral oil. Puget systems has been running a mineral oil pc for four years and it's just fine. No degredation, corrosion, nothing.
@2lazy2troll1 Lazy troll, you get 12 up votes for not understanding thermodynamics. Oil dissipates heat, just look at the results of their testing, did you even watch the video? Oil degrades and dissolves some plastics over time but so does heat and as I remember the stock temperatures were considerably higher than a mineral-oil based one.....besides don't we upgrade our computer every 6-12 months anyways? Who keeps it long enough for it to degrade? I digress....
@2lazy2troll1 both statements are false. puget has an oil cooled system running for over 3 years, usually reaching 80 degrees (no active cooling) and it works perfectly fine. it also does not dissolve anything except maybe the stickers, which is no problem because the stickers don't do anything and your warrenty is void anyway as soon as you submerge your system in oil. so the only problem with oil-cooling is that you'll void your warranty. which is no problem on old systems.
@2lazy2troll1 it depends on the oil, most oils definitely, but not pure mineral oil. There's also an oil that's even better, but that stuff is extremely expensive.
hmmm? I thought you were talking about filling the tank with liquid nitrogen? even in the best of containers it wont last but about a month....you have to have some sort of powerful cooler to keep it cold, which is expensive
What, that doesn't make any sense! Rapid temp change, wth? If anything, the problem would be the slow and gradual temp change, because as some may know, its harder to heat up 1 gallon of oil, than it is 1 gallon of air or water... Clearly the problem would be that if left running for too long, the oil would be the same temp as the components after a very long time, and you would need to wait for it to cool down, and stabilize to room temp.
i did this with my pc a little over a year ago in baby oil, i have a PD3.0 4g of ram and a 8800gts 320mb the only problem is the oil eventually goes down the wired for your ethernet, monitor and mouse and keyboard, got a wireless card after, wireless mouse and keyboard, just trying to figure out what to do with my monitor, PS it only stays in the 50s range for around a hour with high end stuff and no extra cooling source IE water pump&rad or liquid nitrogen/ dry ice
@agun17 you do realise that french fries are usualy baked in oil of 190 degrees celsius right? you computer chips will get some SERIOUS damage at that temperature.
think about it what is in a transformer that powers your house? mineral oil hmmmm there ya go this has been proven to work and keep your pc way cooler than anything else.
But then I would have had to extend all of the power cables, including the 20-some pin motherboard power connector. Plus the power supple didn't kick out much heat anyways, the system only needed 300-400 watts and it was a 550watt psu.
Mobo is a 20pin+4. Anyhow, was this a science project? Because it really looks like it. Also, this would have been far more successful with the use of a radiator, or by pumping bubbles through the tank. The way it is, there is no way for the heat to dissipate from the oil.
Great job, I am thinking of doing this myself. I like how you left the fan close to the top, seems like it worked a bit better. The dry ice doesnt cause any sort of issues? The only thing I dont like about your set up is that all your connections are way down at the bottom where you would have to stick your arm way in there to plug something in. Still very well done.
fab? And a dual core intel really doesn't give much info. If it's a core2duo and that's under full load, then you must have one hell of a cooler on there. If it's a pentium D and that's at idle, then that's nothing to post on youtube about.
I have had the second rig sitting in oil since December. The only thing that the oil will deteriorate is the thermal grease (we have seen this happen first hand).
Cool to see a comparison. Although, even if veg oil was slightly better, i'd still use Mineral oil. It's clear and it doesn't go off like veg oil does. I have a setup with paraffin oil (same as mineral oil). It runs great. It's a little neater now that I have made a perspex plate with nipples for the hoses.
Liquid Nitrogen? You sure that won't freeze the computer solid??
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gangstaboy967 1 week ago
why are people thinking that it was water? clearly said mineral oil...thats why it wont short or explode cuz mineral oil is non conductive and non reactive...n00bs
thepiperatdawn 1 week ago
NOW RUB IT ALL OVER YOUR BODY
SoadOwnsUrFace 1 week ago 6
siphoning the oil into a bucket = a lot less mess.
somerville00 1 week ago
so i put my computer in water.....didnt go the way i thought :C
shadowtail2155 1 week ago
I wonder if we took pure distilled water and did the same thing would it work as it would not short?
diapysik 1 week ago
You aren't supposed to have the fans running inside when mineral water in in there
Jeronwong 1 week ago
Dam Mad Sciencetist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
gadisrael 1 week ago
how the fuck do you submerge it in water without it blowing the fuck up?
IchiJewSan 1 week ago
what gallon tank did you use?
supallama 2 weeks ago
Always thought Oil PC is interesting but not very practical, however i never thought about how having an oil submerged PC does away with the condensation problem of extreme cooling like liquid nitrogen.
eagletwo13 2 weeks ago in playlist computer modding.
"Just for the record: Thet's see a Mac do this!!!!"
Im most certain a mac could do this...computer components are all the same when you get to the fundamentals of it, they are all built the same. so in turn yes a mac could do this. :D Id love to see one in oil :P maybe fry it afterwards and feast apon some fried apples xD
erikblazer13 3 weeks ago in playlist computer modding. 2
@erikblazer13 duh, idiot.
jamminman29 2 weeks ago
@erikblazer13 sure, but not many people would do it. you cant overclock apples (at least not very easily) and apples are already pretty quiet. the only macs ive had were attached to a screen. ive had 3 ibooks, one macbook, and an imac. but maybe the little square thing. but tbh, you sound like a pc fanboy... which is stupid. apples are targeted at different group of people. mac owners buy them for ease of use and "just works" thing, while pc owners buy for price and customization.
randrewm97 2 weeks ago
@randrewm97 Fanboy? lol no i resent PC the only thing i use windows for is Games. Other than that i use my hackintosh for video editing music ect, Linux for general use. And i have a server running off of UNIX so im far from a fanboy of any flavor being Linux, Apple, Or MS
erikblazer13 1 week ago
i had a friend who had a similar set up in mineral oil, those things are a bitch and half to upgrade.
zackoct14 3 weeks ago
i can see u have watched many action movies
wyCerBotMyNem 3 weeks ago
nerds!!! XD
alvin06sarte 3 weeks ago
wouldnt it have been better to cut an I/O plate in the glass?? and take the cpu fan off
treksez 3 weeks ago
Yawn... I'm running 4.046 GHZ at 71 *F at idle 94 * F at load on a Phenom II 960t at 4 cores.
I unlocked a 5th Core clocked to 4.046 GHZ, and ran 78 *F at idle and 98 *F at load on a $30.00 COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520.. Only issue is the "161 WATT TDP" when you unlock to the 5th and 6th cores, not that it pulls all 161 watts, but bumping back down to four cores only pulls a MAX of 107 watts after overclocking... Stock it is 95 watt CPU..
This is neat if you are making a "Science Fair Project"
AKCOdin 4 weeks ago
@AKCOdin i love me some amd magic. their phenom ii blacks are awesome. i switched to intel after their fx series though. my pc is an i7 2600k overclocked to 5ghz on air and idle at 80F and while playing games, rendering, or w/e else thats intense, it will go to 130F. hitting 5ghz on a 2600k will pull 200w, but its idle is 95w... going by the box but actually 85w. im pretty happy with this cpu so far
randrewm97 2 weeks ago
I'm going to do this with electrified water. You need to electrify the water so that the electricity in the computer doesn't leak out.
JLConawayII 4 weeks ago
veg oil will start to corrode after time only mileral oil will work
biggdaddy2001 4 weeks ago
Are you sure you should be using Liquid Nitrogen? After that mineral oil spill :p Eh, accidents happen. I'm guilty LOL! :S
Plan on doing something similar one day. Of course, My electric bill will be laughable :p
omegaman7769 1 month ago
while i love rage turn fuckin music off
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2:55 okay how come mineral oil is the lowest and air was higher when it came to cpu temps?
jacketnipple 1 month ago
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jacketnipple 1 month ago
Why don't you try motor oil? It would also seem easier to buy.
da1krayziethug 1 month ago
@da1krayziethug Mineral oil pretty much is motor oil which has been more refined and filtered. You wouldn't want to use the cruder oil due to cancer concerns. In fact, even untreated/lightly treated mineral oil is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen. Machinists who regularly work with "tech grade" mineral oil have higher cancer rates than the ordinary population. If I were going to use this computer setup ever, I would only use food-grade mineral oil.
lolmassivebanana 1 month ago
@lolmassivebanana I would also submit there is a bit more to that oil than just the raw oil. Most cutting fluids have additives, or extreme pressure lubricants to assist in cutting. The oils main function is to remove heat, and therefore is also subject to breakdown into other components which are not friendly. Most of these are chlorinated, which also makes them more toxic. Also don't forget that oil vapor from extreme heat doesn't help their cause either.
kleetus92 1 month ago
@kleetus92 Both excellent points! Re: the vapor, I wrote Puget and asked if they had any issues with oil vapor. They said no, but they've only been running the thing in wide open spaces (and mainly for show, not serious use).
Do you have any idea/link to info that might indicate safe usage for cooling with food grade mineral oil? I'm thinking it's mostly a matter of keeping temperatures appropriately low, having adequate ventilation, and occasionally changing the oil. Your thoughts?
lolmassivebanana 1 month ago
@lolmassivebanana Oil vapor isn't a problem at room temperature, or even slightly above, I was speaking to the industrial side of excessive oil exposure. For you with the oil in a fish tank, that's not a big deal at all. Mineral oil or baby oil would be fine even if not changed. Vegetable oil is about the only one I can think of that would even spoil, and start to stink, but even then it wouldn't be a problem unless you actually ate it.
kleetus92 1 month ago
The worst dejave vu i have ever had
TheRunningPuzzle 1 month ago
...and mineral oil doesn't look like urine.
b2lee2 1 month ago
Lol, i laughed my ass of at 2:18
Austinflank 1 month ago
I am in college and you two could do some bamf experiments in college.
XxLawlcatxX 1 month ago
@hondakias09 You don't cook often do you? Know how hot oil needs to be to catch on fire?
BillFox1104 1 month ago 2
what if there is a spark?the whole thing will be on fire!
hondakias09 1 month ago
Now you can get 65 frames in BF3 as opposed to 64.
fcweddington 1 month ago
you should have a radiator for the oil, it would help but at that point your computer doesn't really need it.
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themodmancarl 2 months ago
Is the system still running in this oil or have you removed the motherboard from this immersion set-up? I am very curious as to how you cleaned the board of oil after it was submerged in the oil? Or how did you remove residual oil and films from the board?
Please email respond through contact at tekdgeek.com
Thanks
chmodlabsalgae 2 months ago
to the overclock on your pc cool underwater places the call of duty or GTAIV and play for one hour
Thelordkingify 2 months ago
do u need to protect the computer parts?
colinnewell844 2 months ago
"Oh mah gaaash" LOL NERD!!!!!!!!!
RoboticusMusic 2 months ago
this is what they called
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randybolhuis1 3 months ago
How does this work? I don't understand why the computer does not burn under the liquid... This is so cool!
TheChunkyKong 3 months ago
@TheChunkyKong
1. Oil is very good at leading away heat from the source
2. Oil do not transmit electricity
3. Oil starts burning when it's over a high temp and the oil is spreading the heat so it drops before it can reach those temps
ThePhotory 3 months ago
Does these 2 oil make damage to components , Materials strengt or something like that ?
i want to do this , but i dont want to make any changes to configuration ... will it be damaged ?
romeomtb96Sid 3 months ago
You should try putting a heatsink connected to a peltier cooler in the tank. You could drop the oil temp dramatically indefinitely.
bnewton81 4 months ago
impossible.
SnoopDougggg 4 months ago
@SnoopDougggg its actually not
krzvietboy 4 months ago
Is this using stock cooler?
northpaw2000 4 months ago
say this to my hyper 212+
GamersCanGame 4 months ago
I found this video of a data center that uses a similar technology:
watch?v=ZL6Ff8RKkBo
dclaguna 4 months ago
i am thinking of put my imac inside an oil tank !
TheVidalis 5 months ago
cool project looks like i was fun
oxman0313 5 months ago
Don't you mean lower viscosity? Vegetable oil is thicker than mineral oil.
orrinization 5 months ago
Use Coke :)
DjArden 7 months ago
i never thought of dropping dry-ice in the oil i think i would of tried to hang the ice in the middle of the tank, good idea though
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TiuPaaje 9 months ago
did you seal the cpu with silicone
32penn 10 months ago
how you conect an USB thingy or somethin else
1marcelfilms 11 months ago 16
@1marcelfilms Extenders?
powertoolification 2 months ago
@1marcelfilms im guessing a usb 2.0 extension cord male>female
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@1marcelfilms usb hub?
u4eagun 1 month ago
@1marcelfilms im going to guess just buy a long usb hub and pulls the hub end out of the tanks
DarkEmoE 2 weeks ago
Pardon the late comment;
Out of curiosity, why did you use thermal paste in an oil cooled computer? Oil can suit the contact requirement just as well, possibly better than most thermal pastes. As terrible as it might sound. I used a little of what i had extra from my car (Mobil one syn 5-30) for contact on one of my computers, and it has worked pretty well for quite awhile.
Neat experiments either way. Try using a submerged pump in place of fans if decide to do this again.
Kuriakakashi 11 months ago
nice video
popadopalas 1 year ago
oky... soo how can you do this with a regular tower case?
Ginounknown 1 year ago
@Ginounknown get rid of the case, get an aquarium
SeanFerrol 3 months ago
a mac could do this easily? im about to do this with one of my macs
macintoshvwindows 1 year ago
@macintoshvwindows what?
Splooshiba 1 year ago
Will higher viscosity grade mineral oil be better?
mikeccuk2006 1 year ago
very nice. science fair project or just testing? not being rude or anything just wondering. it seems that would be a great science fair project :D
nishan29 1 year ago
how come i have never seen any manufactured cases like this? it seams like such a damn good idea [asside from some obvious inconveniences]
ivankoran 1 year ago
you should position the motherboard so the peripherals, USB ports etc. are facing out of the top of the tank so it is easier to plug and unplug everything.
rweiii1 1 year ago
interesting, ive had my veg oil pc for a year now and it runs fine, except for oil wicking its way down cables-
so according to your first cpu graph- mineral oil is better than veg oil untill it reaches a certain temp, then its only very very slightly better- for the cost of mineral oil i was quoted, im glad i went with veg oil!!
i am currently building a core i7 setup, with 4 gigs of 2 channel ram and an average graphics card to drop into the oil, hopefully this weekend!
preludefan 1 year ago
mebbe side mounting the motherboard with nice holes cut for the heatsinks would allow for more efficent cooling?
dwoodsky 1 year ago
What would happen if you soak a computer in (filtered, distilled, or tap) water?
BryanFRitt 1 year ago
@BryanFRitt for it to work in water it has to be completely purified and thats hard to accomplish and keep that way.
If the smallest amount of dust or any particles get int here it will become conductive again. and since there is always some sort of dust particle on PC parts it is very hard to keep water in the non conductive state.
Sysinput 1 year ago
i lost the game
PsalmsOfPlanets072 1 year ago
fuck macssss
NewOrleanzSkater 1 year ago
@spc3334 230 mm fans are ususally whisper quite. They don't push air far though, they just push mass amounts of it. . .
vearheart42 1 year ago
damn, I wish i did this for my middle school science fair projects.
mikitymike 1 year ago
You did what?? You dropped liquid nitrogen into the tank?? What was in there at that point?
patrikk777 1 year ago
my 2 230mm fans keep my computer cooler then that and cost cheaper i bet -_-
19Derillion95 1 year ago
@19Derillion95 your not overclocking your system to 3-4x its stock capability though
Sysinput 1 year ago
water cooling still better!
sonicxlc123 1 year ago
3:02-- Lower viscosity-- Dummy--lol.........
HRVAT1975 1 year ago
3:04 -- Lower viscosity-- Dummy--lol.........
HRVAT1975 1 year ago
can you put fish in there? Or maybe snails?
coppurt 1 year ago
how loud is that? wouldn't the constant water sounds be annoying?
coffeesombi 1 year ago
So vegtable oil and mineral oil arnt conductive? They wont rust metal in the computer either?
KrykoStorm 1 year ago
@KrykoStorm Oil is not water..
catmaster141 1 year ago
@KrykoStorm do they rust metal inside your cars engine? i think not, oil is used for a lubricant for oils and takes heat out at the same time.. WIN WIN
zadoks 1 year ago
only submerge the motherboard and video card, keep the power box out of the tank to reduce more heat. if you wanted to you can put in a small submersible water pump that you can get from your local home depot.
onthecuttingedge2005 2 years ago
what mineral Oil was used? With additives or not? brand or reference!
FroziS1 2 years ago
Why dont you grab an old mini car rad, a decent size punp. run the mineral oil through the rad and thus cooling the oil.
i would suggest using again an oil pump from a car of some sort. both would need to run to an outlet though because i doubt even the 1100 watt power supple would run either of them
krunked666 2 years ago
fuck waiting for the mineral oil to cool down after a long period of time. Just make a bunch of trays of mineral oil ice cubes and throw them in there BAHAHAHHA.
GosuVu 2 years ago
Where can you buy large containers of mineral oil for building a pc like this?
GosuVu 2 years ago
V oil rots it will stink and ruin your hardware
altops 2 years ago
how viscous is mineral oil? closer to water or maple syrup?
Wouldn't it burn out the fans because they have to work harder to filter through the oil?
dcallstar51 2 years ago
@dcallstar51 i think mineral oil would be in between water and maple syrup
you would ideally use a pump that could move the oil and not fans
thagonzp 2 years ago
theres two problems with this method:
1. oils will derade and dissolve some plastics and rubber over time
2. when the oil starts to heat up after long ussaage the apparatus will start to lose efficiency.
2lazy2troll1 2 years ago 7
@2lazy2troll1
There are examples of computers submerged in oil that have gone more than two years without problems.
Plur307 2 years ago
good im glad.
2lazy2troll1 2 years ago
actually mineral oil will not dissolve any plastics or rubber and even if parts get hot they will not overheat and fail because no air can get to the parts therefore no parts overheating
rstreaper 1 year ago
Just because there is no air doesn't mean it won't overheat. Yes maybe there's enough fluid to dissipate the heat but I guarantee you if there was too small an amount of oil that it would over heat, air or no air.
botchalism 1 year ago
@2lazy2troll1 I know you posted this a year ago, but neither of those is true if you use mineral oil. Puget systems has been running a mineral oil pc for four years and it's just fine. No degredation, corrosion, nothing.
GrimLP 6 months ago
@2lazy2troll1 Lazy troll, you get 12 up votes for not understanding thermodynamics. Oil dissipates heat, just look at the results of their testing, did you even watch the video? Oil degrades and dissolves some plastics over time but so does heat and as I remember the stock temperatures were considerably higher than a mineral-oil based one.....besides don't we upgrade our computer every 6-12 months anyways? Who keeps it long enough for it to degrade? I digress....
mrluket 4 months ago
@2lazy2troll1 both statements are false. puget has an oil cooled system running for over 3 years, usually reaching 80 degrees (no active cooling) and it works perfectly fine. it also does not dissolve anything except maybe the stickers, which is no problem because the stickers don't do anything and your warrenty is void anyway as soon as you submerge your system in oil. so the only problem with oil-cooling is that you'll void your warranty. which is no problem on old systems.
zimri19 4 months ago 13
@2lazy2troll1 it depends on the oil, most oils definitely, but not pure mineral oil. There's also an oil that's even better, but that stuff is extremely expensive.
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LinkmitchTV1 2 months ago
2:20 HAHAHA xD
szitmadafaka 2 years ago
I wonder what would happen if you poured in liquid nitrogen. The temps would immediately plummet well below freezing.
Good stuff, but I can already OC my 3.2 ghz P4 w/ HT to 4.17 ghz stable off just air cooling, and manage about 55-115 F.
FrosDOwnz 2 years ago
the rapid temp change would probably damage your components
spikespeigel 2 years ago
Well poured in the oil evenly is better than pouring it directly over the motherboard.
FrosDOwnz 2 years ago
hmmm? I thought you were talking about filling the tank with liquid nitrogen? even in the best of containers it wont last but about a month....you have to have some sort of powerful cooler to keep it cold, which is expensive
spikespeigel 2 years ago
What, that doesn't make any sense! Rapid temp change, wth? If anything, the problem would be the slow and gradual temp change, because as some may know, its harder to heat up 1 gallon of oil, than it is 1 gallon of air or water... Clearly the problem would be that if left running for too long, the oil would be the same temp as the components after a very long time, and you would need to wait for it to cool down, and stabilize to room temp.
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fitimio001 2 years ago
if you read the thread correctly we were talking about pouring liquid nitrogen over running components....i was speaking in reply to that.
spikespeigel 2 years ago
You cant follow the thread, you tube sux and whenever you reply now it shows up on top.
fitimio001 2 years ago
And, that's what she said... on top
fitimio001 2 years ago
=/ just go to view all comments, then search my user name.
spikespeigel 2 years ago
That takes forever...
fitimio001 2 years ago
Works on a mac! And Works on a PC!
doonbugie 2 years ago
Maybe someone can invent a kind of liquid for pc submerging...
Something like distilled water with carbon particles disolved in it... lol
agun17 2 years ago
IT already exists...NSA uses special liquid that costs approximately $2,5000 a gallon. Want to stay cool?
MaximumRace 2 years ago
WTF U CAN SUBMERGE DRY ICE AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT IT...WOOOW!!. i'mma test this with my core 2 extreme xD right after i upgrade to phenom 2 955 be
madzane94 2 years ago
4ghz p4 xD, wonder how much a phenom 955 be would go
madzane94 2 years ago
I'm gonna try fuckin engine oil with my alien ware computer.. maybe 20W40 should do.
Immaculite 2 years ago
i did this with my pc a little over a year ago in baby oil, i have a PD3.0 4g of ram and a 8800gts 320mb the only problem is the oil eventually goes down the wired for your ethernet, monitor and mouse and keyboard, got a wireless card after, wireless mouse and keyboard, just trying to figure out what to do with my monitor, PS it only stays in the 50s range for around a hour with high end stuff and no extra cooling source IE water pump&rad or liquid nitrogen/ dry ice
parabolamadness 2 years ago
Vegetabla oil is superior. Just put some potato chips near the cpu and you'll have french fries.
Mineral oil can't do that.
agun17 2 years ago 36
wtf O_o
Immaculite 2 years ago
@agun17 you do realise that french fries are usualy baked in oil of 190 degrees celsius right? you computer chips will get some SERIOUS damage at that temperature.
zimri19 4 months ago
@zimri19
Then I'll have to overclock. I WANT MY FRIES!!
agun17 4 months ago
vegetable oil will rot~ :D
mineral oil wont~
i believe mineral oil has a much higher boiling point~ doesnt corrode and stuffs~ and wont see a dead cockroach in your pc~ :D
zomgbbqwth 2 years ago 2
I dont see this as a viable day to day pc, but looks like it would be a badass Science project. Nice job.
XhosStyleX 2 years ago
there is a marketed gaming pc encased in mineral oil and it sells for 11 grand it is called "Reactor" look it up
rstreaper 1 year ago
i hate when people use vegtible oil in these builds, you have to atleast read up about why not to use it.....
metalmonkeydoodle 2 years ago
instead of wasting your money by buying all that oil and wasting your time with it. just buy better processor
ibbecool123 2 years ago
How did people get the idea to put a computer in oil? That looks messy and a fire hazard. Vegetable oil can be explosive.
stopglobalswarming 2 years ago
if heated to 100C and water is added then yes...
L00peey 2 years ago
think about it what is in a transformer that powers your house? mineral oil hmmmm there ya go this has been proven to work and keep your pc way cooler than anything else.
rstreaper 1 year ago
@rstreaper They don't use oil anymore. They use gas now. Transformers are full of gas not oil.
EvenGodsDie 1 year ago
the PSU would have been better off outside the tank keeping the other components cool.
oasiac 2 years ago
But then I would have had to extend all of the power cables, including the 20-some pin motherboard power connector. Plus the power supple didn't kick out much heat anyways, the system only needed 300-400 watts and it was a 550watt psu.
EncryptedFilms 2 years ago
Mobo is a 20pin+4. Anyhow, was this a science project? Because it really looks like it. Also, this would have been far more successful with the use of a radiator, or by pumping bubbles through the tank. The way it is, there is no way for the heat to dissipate from the oil.
GibsonSGKing 2 years ago
dry ice? in oil? wont that mean thers water in the tank and water conducts electricity. wich mean everything will fry
L00peey 2 years ago
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide which sublimes, ie solid straight to gas.
There's no water in it, if any its negligible seeing that the water wont mix with the oil.
wowthatsweird 2 years ago
ooo thnx
L00peey 2 years ago
L00pey, dry ice is made of frozen CO2, not water :P
moyako1802 2 years ago
lol, ok never new what it was but i learn once i do know
L00peey 2 years ago
hii!! what music is??
kevinracing69 2 years ago
bulls on parade by rage against the machine
jykonrock 2 years ago
uhhh why does it not short out? oil is non conductive?
chevguy502 2 years ago
Hey, does it works on transistor and mosfets??
afdhalatifftan92 2 years ago
Great job, I am thinking of doing this myself. I like how you left the fan close to the top, seems like it worked a bit better. The dry ice doesnt cause any sort of issues? The only thing I dont like about your set up is that all your connections are way down at the bottom where you would have to stick your arm way in there to plug something in. Still very well done.
00vitaminc00 2 years ago
my CPU fab is at 30c and i have a dual core 3.2 intel CPU. hahaha oil is not meant for meh
hobohot 2 years ago
fab? And a dual core intel really doesn't give much info. If it's a core2duo and that's under full load, then you must have one hell of a cooler on there. If it's a pentium D and that's at idle, then that's nothing to post on youtube about.
GibsonSGKing 2 years ago
how long can you leave it like that
anthony360 2 years ago
I have had the second rig sitting in oil since December. The only thing that the oil will deteriorate is the thermal grease (we have seen this happen first hand).
EncryptedFilms 2 years ago
@EncryptedFilms Use thermal glue, caution though, you won't be able to remove the heat sink any more. :-)
mattg889 1 year ago
I heard you're supposed to remove all fans when you put it in oil
sk8drumdie0116 2 years ago
Yes, but we wanted some circulation in the oil, so I put in industrial grade fans (100CFM), hoping that they will last longer.
EncryptedFilms 2 years ago
Cool to see a comparison. Although, even if veg oil was slightly better, i'd still use Mineral oil. It's clear and it doesn't go off like veg oil does. I have a setup with paraffin oil (same as mineral oil). It runs great. It's a little neater now that I have made a perspex plate with nipples for the hoses.
DanKV870 2 years ago
I gotta question:
Dry Ice= Water?
pls answer :D
ImTheWiseOne 2 years ago
Actually, dry ice is frozen CO2
EncryptedFilms 2 years ago
meaning its not electrically conductive?
ImTheWiseOne 2 years ago
nope, because the solid turns directly to a gas when heated
EncryptedFilms 2 years ago
i guess flammable oil may be a bad idea.
emperorgrant 2 years ago
eh, british computer engineers originaly used motor oil in their tests, but found that it corroded components
EncryptedFilms 2 years ago
Great video, nice to see some data with graphs too!
aquaph0nic 3 years ago
Any problems with the Silicone Sealant?
Vr22s 3 years ago
In the tank? Nope.
EncryptedFilms 3 years ago
Cool
latterkatta 3 years ago
Good Job guys. I subscribed & look to see you guyes future projects:
Dont miss my oil cooled pc on youtube in 2 weeks..
JagoVsFulgore 3 years ago