oil cooled pc (pic intensive)

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.

thealmightyone · 03-20-2007, 06:55 PM

Sweet. What full load temps do you get?

**The_Other_One** · 03-20-2007, 07:29 PM

Did you seal the CPU any? I've heard of some people saying you needed to put some sort of seal to keep the grease away from the pins. I can't see why it would matter but I've not tried it myself

And why do you have a fan on the CPU? For a pump?

nffc10 · 03-20-2007, 07:42 PM

Why put it in a fridge? Wouldn't that keep it cool anyway without doing all that other stuff?

Nevakonaza · 03-20-2007, 07:43 PM

hehe thats cool,

ive seen some clips on yourtube about oil cooling,But on theirs they submerged the Cpu fan too and the fan was spinning realy slowly.
Should the guys of posted this submerged their fan?

cryption · 03-20-2007, 07:44 PM

well the fan is on it to just push the oil through the heatsink.

it's in the fridge to stay extra cold and it's overclocked about 40%

at load overclocked 40% it gets to about 40, and I'm unhappy with that so I'm thinking about taking a fishtank pump and pumping the oil out of the computer thing, over the coils for the fridge and then back into the computer to get the oil even colder. Also maybe a few fans to circulate the oil a bit better just so it cools easier.

Also I didn't seal the CPU or anything, i tore it out of my shuttle XPC and put it right in the oil.

g4m3rof1337 · 03-20-2007, 07:47 PM

So you have a computer...submerged...in oil?

Lol.

Neat.

cryption · 03-20-2007, 07:50 PM

as soon as i can get it cooled off a bit more I plan on overclocking it much more. For the time being it's staying in the safe zone, but not cool enough for my tastes. I was just thinking I found a heater core for an old buick for cheap ... so perhaps run the oil through the heater core (looks like a radiator) .. put that in the fridge with fans on it to really cool the oil itself down.

PohTayToez · 03-20-2007, 08:17 PM

Looks awesome, but don't you think the fan will burn up... it's gotta be hard on it running in oil.

cryption · 03-20-2007, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PohTayToez

Looks awesome, but don't you think the fan will burn up... it's gotta be hard on it running in oil.

i might, but they're cheap

I had a fan running in oil in my fridge before I started this project for a month. Then I added water. It's funny because the fan mixed the oil and water so efficiently that it caused the oil and water to hydrogenate and create margarine in the bottom of the container it was in. I assure you that fan was running when removed from the fridge to start the full project.

03-20-2007, 06:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
cryption Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 318	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.

03-20-2007, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,163	Did you seal the CPU any? I've heard of some people saying you needed to put some sort of seal to keep the grease away from the pins. I can't see why it would matter but I've not tried it myself And why do you have a fan on the CPU? For a pump? __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

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Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: C:/Windows Age: 19 Posts: 6,779	hehe thats cool, ive seen some clips on yourtube about oil cooling,But on theirs they submerged the Cpu fan too and the fan was spinning realy slowly. Should the guys of posted this submerged their fan? __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300 OC'd @ 2.7Ghz AC Freezer 7 Pro MSI P35 Neo Combo(45nm ready) 3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 772 Mhz (Dual channel) Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler WD Caviar 400Gb Sata II Gigabyte GZ-X1 Black case Lite-On 48X DVD writer Dual layer. Windows Vista Ultimate x64 And soon MacOS 10.5.1 Leopard

03-20-2007, 07:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
cryption Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 318	well the fan is on it to just push the oil through the heatsink. it's in the fridge to stay extra cold and it's overclocked about 40% at load overclocked 40% it gets to about 40, and I'm unhappy with that so I'm thinking about taking a fishtank pump and pumping the oil out of the computer thing, over the coils for the fridge and then back into the computer to get the oil even colder. Also maybe a few fans to circulate the oil a bit better just so it cools easier. Also I didn't seal the CPU or anything, i tore it out of my shuttle XPC and put it right in the oil.

03-20-2007, 07:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
g4m3rof1337 Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 6,309	So you have a computer...submerged...in oil? Lol. Neat. __________________ Desktop - E6300 @ 2.80/Gigabyte 965P-DS3/RaidMax 700Watt/OCZ 4GB/ WD 200GB/Sceptre 20.1''/G15/MX518/OCZ Vendetta/CM Stacker 810 MacBook - C2D @ 2.0/1GB/80GB/13''

03-20-2007, 07:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
cryption Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 318	as soon as i can get it cooled off a bit more I plan on overclocking it much more. For the time being it's staying in the safe zone, but not cool enough for my tastes. I was just thinking I found a heater core for an old buick for cheap ... so perhaps run the oil through the heater core (looks like a radiator) .. put that in the fridge with fans on it to really cool the oil itself down.

03-20-2007, 08:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 18 Posts: 2,533	Looks awesome, but don't you think the fan will burn up... it's gotta be hard on it running in oil. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

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