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Title: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on May 30, 2008, 02:37:12 PM
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

pretty cool ... get it ... coooooool. See what I did there was..

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Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Arkanine on May 30, 2008, 02:48:40 PM
omg ...sweet


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: thrun on May 30, 2008, 03:06:14 PM
Your mom runnig to hot? Just fill her up with mineral oil. 

FIXED! 


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Redbear8 on May 30, 2008, 03:32:04 PM
You can actually use any type of oil, i've seen this done with cooking oil and motor oil.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Troyer on May 30, 2008, 04:02:36 PM
The bubbles are schweet.

        BABOOLES!!


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on May 30, 2008, 04:10:06 PM
You can actually use any type of oil, i've seen this done with cooking oil and motor oil.

Yeah I saw a few with vegetable oil,  this one just looked like a pretty clean and easy set up. I've read up on it out of curiousity and I guess its a pretty viable and working solution for heating problems. I might scrounge around here and find some old parts and build it, just to do it.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Redbear8 on May 30, 2008, 04:48:30 PM
Yeah, i have yet to see a better way to dissipate heat, the only major problems can be A) Leaks are a bitch to clean up and will eventually happen; B) when you need to repair something, it's all covered in oil.

I've thought about doing this at home, and still might if I can build a system worthy of the trouble.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: thrun on May 30, 2008, 04:50:06 PM
The only thing that would worry me is something growing in the oil.   Sounds like it could get nasty. 


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on May 30, 2008, 05:24:21 PM
yeah the leaks would be a problem, but if you used a fish tank and top loaded like the vid it prob wouldn't be an issue. and i read the veggie oil can get pretty nasty but the mineral oil is a lot cleaner, plus if you seal it up properly it stays that way. who who knows. if i can score the parts i'll try it out


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Redbear8 on May 30, 2008, 06:03:29 PM
I was going to use an acrylic case with silicone sealant to keep in the oil. It would be pretty leak proof. You would need to design a removable top though, so you wouldn't ever be able to leave it on it's side. Also, you couldn't use an internal CD/DVD ROM.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on May 30, 2008, 06:18:22 PM
hmm we'll see the thank they suggested seemed pretty simple and they just cut a piece of plexiglass to fit the top of the tank. I'll do some more research. Yeah I think the HD and cd/dvd would have to be outside the tank... but we shall see.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Kith on May 30, 2008, 07:05:12 PM
Anyone have a spare room I can move into when Snacks burns the house down with this thing?


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on May 30, 2008, 07:08:41 PM
Hmmmm...

(http://i28.tinypic.com/2encodl.jpg)


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: thrun on May 30, 2008, 07:55:07 PM
Hmmmm...



I lol'd in my pants a little. 


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Stugots on May 31, 2008, 03:19:15 AM
Just throw an oil filter on it.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Kastil on May 31, 2008, 09:45:23 PM
who else wants to attach a rubber glove in one of the fan ports and make sweet compy love?  Yah, me neither.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Farkas on June 02, 2008, 01:17:44 PM
Ok Kas you dont normally disturb me like you do some others but you have me on that one. im even giving you a karma for it.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Arkanine on June 05, 2008, 02:48:55 PM
If mineral oil works why wouldn't antifreeze??? Is there a difference??? if can it handle an engines heat out put it should handle a cpu...


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on June 05, 2008, 02:51:36 PM
mineral oil and distilled water works because it doesn't conduct electricity ... not sure about anti-freeze


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Redbear8 on June 05, 2008, 03:11:17 PM
mineral oil and distilled water works because it doesn't conduct electricity ... not sure about anti-freeze

I was curious about this so I read on it a bit. Apparently most anti-freeze sold commercially is essentially ethylene glycol, which has a high boiling point and a low freezing point, and will not conduct electricity.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Jim Tressel on June 05, 2008, 07:46:13 PM
That's it, I'm filling my case with Honda blue after work.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Stugots on June 06, 2008, 05:59:30 AM
That's it, I'm filling my case with Honda blue after work.


Make sure the holes are plugged, or...well if you did it already you know...


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Jim Tressel on June 09, 2008, 07:58:17 AM
well the case is nice and watertight.  Now I just have to get a new top for my car so that, too, can be without leaks.  Fucking asshole thieves...


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Turkley on June 09, 2008, 08:53:25 PM
well the case is nice and watertight.  Now I just have to get a new top for my car so that, too, can be without leaks.  Fucking asshole thieves...

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Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Jim Tressel on June 09, 2008, 11:41:45 PM
Ze Germans came and broke into my car this weekend while I was in Kansas getting fucked up.  I spent 16 hours yesterday trying to get home only to find the soft top on the Miata sliced open and the interior thrashed.  Sweet.  Adjuster is coming out tomorrow and he better bring his check book.  And his green hat.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Turkley on June 10, 2008, 02:54:00 AM
Wow that sucks dude.  Hopefully you can get some new parts to install on it.  Also make sure that the insurance company pays you a hourly rate to do the install yourself.  I have Geico and they did that for me once.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Redbear8 on June 10, 2008, 02:07:54 PM
Yeah, people go through my jeep a couple times a year, but I leave the doors unlocked and don't leave anything valuable in it. The top is worth $800, so if they cut it I'm out a lot more money than anything they could take out of it. Granted it only has liability insurance.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Jim Tressel on June 11, 2008, 03:54:40 AM
Well that went well.  The car came pretty close to being totalled, but I managed to keep the title clean and I got a big ass check for a bunch of stuff I'm going to fix myself instead of replacing with new parts.  I am going to have to order a new top shortly.  I think I'm going to follow Rando's lead and leave the doors unlocked from now on.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Snackcakes on June 11, 2008, 12:44:23 PM
Well that went well.  The car came pretty close to being totalled, but I managed to keep the title clean and I got a big ass check for a bunch of stuff I'm going to fix myself instead of replacing with new parts.  I am going to have to order a new top shortly.  I think I'm going to follow Rando's lead and leave the doors unlocked from now on.

I told you that a long time ago JT should have listened to the snacks


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: Jim Tressel on June 11, 2008, 01:25:03 PM
My faith in you shall never falter again.


Title: Re: PC running too hot? Just fill the case up with Mineral Oil
Post by: JesterDTM on June 19, 2009, 05:19:02 AM
Mineral Oil FTW


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