mineral oil / baby oil cooled computer

ok so some people have been asking for a vid of my ' OILRIG ' so here it is
any questions i'll be happy to answer

1 YEAR OLD 20 AUG 2011 and everything still works great SUPER reliable ZERO maintenance

1x 5 year old pc with cooling and noise issues
1x £20 fish tank from pet shop
42x 500ml bottles of johnsons baby oil

equals ..... silence!!!!
and something a bit diffrent and cool.

)(TANK SIZES.... LENGTH 40cm .....WIDTH 25cm...... DEPTH 28cm)( £19.99 from petsathome.com cheapo kiddies starter pack tank thingy

video filmed on my htc desire with the colour turned down a notch (the blue lights were a bit bright and over powering on camera)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mineral
• oil
• cooled
• pc
• computer
• submerged
• cooling
• fishtank
• johnson's
• johnsons
• baby
• extreme
• silent
• liquid
• fluid
• Mineral Oil

[angusis2fast4u]

and what? cause it's baby oil it doesn't matter if the motherboard and components are turned on working in the oil? (like it would in water?) with no "protection"?

[BUBBABLACKMEAT]

@angusis2fast4u nope .... no protection.... nothing special has been done to anything that is in the oil ......it's just normal pc parts

[jakedowmanfrench]

I bet you have an aquarium for a screen saver! :P

[SoldierCyfix]

man i wanna try something like this but the idea of drowning a thousand dollars worth of gear in baby oil is just too risky for me

[partyboy417]

Where is the monitor?

[bbvibrabb]

@angusis2fast4u The oil doesn't conduct electricity

[MrRemoted]

The sad day you're going to a LAN party, and has to move it...

[longhorndb]

What is that the bubbles are making spin?

[BUBBABLACKMEAT]

@owndapwn i was very lucky on the ide cables, they only JUST reach. you can get power connector extension cables no probs. just make sure your tank is not to big as mine is BANG ON perfect for atx size. it was just a kids starter tank.

look at my tank sizes in the video description..then if you wanted to cut some cardboard up and stick it together with tape you will be able to see the size of my tank right there in front of yourself..and you will know what size you need to get

[BUBBABLACKMEAT]

@ThegamzerPolice idle...oil 35c ... cpu 40c ... gpu 49c ... audio card 37c

100% maxed out for 24 hours ... oil 40c ... cpu 57c ... gpu 58c ... audio card 51c

remember this system is NEVER turned off ... its always on

i never built it to win any temperature wars... i wanted something different , silent and dust free

its not over clocked either

it does take about 12 hours to go from idle temp to max temp where i bet an aircooled cpu will do that in 5 minutes

[BUBBABLACKMEAT]

@MegaSp1200 this is all you need ....imagination then....

just take a computer apart, remove ALL dust, dump everything (exept optical drive and hard drive) in a plastic box, connect all cables back up, fill box with mineral oil, turn on, and finally make it look good,

[BUBBABLACKMEAT]

@Techsified i had them squeezed in a 10 ton press .... but you only get 100ml in a baby so it does take over 200

[Techsified]

if peanut oil is made from peanuts and corn oil is made from corn.. does baby oil come from baby's?