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cryption · 03-20-2007, 06:52 PM

I've been browsing the forums for a while but didn't want to really register until I had something worth adding. Here is my project. On my other car club forums someone was building up a badass watercooled PC. That got me and my roommate thinking. Vegetable oil is completely non conductive, and dissipates the heat a computer puts out relatively efficiently. Especially when it's in the fridge. The pictures kinda speak for themselves. We have an Athlon XP 1ghz running at 1.4ghz ... and the temps give us lots more room to go. It isn't a fast machine by any means, but well .... we got bored.

Here is what we tested it with first.

and then the actual computer (shuttle XPC)

Yes, we're nerds.

03-20-2007, 06:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
cryption Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 314	oil cooled pc (pic intensive) I've been browsing the forums for a while but didn't want to really register until I had something worth adding. Here is my project. On my other car club forums someone was building up a badass watercooled PC. That got me and my roommate thinking. Vegetable oil is completely non conductive, and dissipates the heat a computer puts out relatively efficiently. Especially when it's in the fridge. The pictures kinda speak for themselves. We have an Athlon XP 1ghz running at 1.4ghz ... and the temps give us lots more room to go. It isn't a fast machine by any means, but well .... we got bored. Here is what we tested it with first. and then the actual computer (shuttle XPC) Yes, we're nerds.