Build for oil cooled computer

This sounds like a real cool idea. Why not just mount a AC Compressor on the back. Now im not to sure i dont know to much about AC's but doesn't it work by running freon through pipes and air blowing over it??? Just eliminate the air. Have those pipes running through the oil???? Or is that not how they work???:confused: lol
 
I'm sorry but I must be the only person here that thinks this idea is stupid.

I mean-- why? What advantage do you think your gonna have? I dunno, a project is one thing but this one seems to be for the birds...or should I say fish?

Sorry just my 2 cents.
 
The question is not why. Its why not??? If it can be accomplished then go for it. Bedside it could look real cool and he could say that his pc sits in a fish tank. lol
 
FatalityTech said:
The question is not why. Its why not??? If it can be accomplished then go for it. Bedside it could look real cool and he could say that his pc sits in a fish tank. lol
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I guess!

I'm not dissing him...I guess its ambitious and all but really, is it worth all the potential catastrophes? And how good is a fishtank filled with oil and computer parts floating around gonna look....honestly.

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FatalityTech said:
This sounds like a real cool idea. Why not just mount a AC Compressor on the back. Now im not to sure i dont know to much about AC's but doesn't it work by running freon through pipes and air blowing over it??? Just eliminate the air. Have those pipes running through the oil???? Or is that not how they work??? lol
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If you have an in-tact vapor compression cooler that will fit, then sure you throw the evaporater in the oil and it will work. However, if you have to tear apart or modify a unit you're better off going direct die cooling for the amount of effort you'll put in, not to mention obtaining lower temperatures.

scooter said:
I mean-- why? What advantage do you think your gonna have?
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If done right it can cool better than water cooling while cooling the entire system and not have the risk of leaks. Submersion and spray cooling are commonly used in supercomputers (e.g. Cray).

scooter said:
I'm not dissing him...I guess its ambitious and all but really, is it worth all the potential catastrophes?
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Aside from being messy and hard to clean up if you decide to take it out of the oil, there aren't really any hazards. Mineral oil is a dielectric material often used in high voltage transformers, so you should be safe electrically. The only thing you have to watch is the temperature - if you have a poor setup and are running constantly the temperature can get pretty high.
 
atentora said:
On a small tangent, I've been planing on how to make a working mini fridge a computer case. Biggest problem is the cables coming in and out of the fridge and not having them imbeded in the thing. (would need to be upgradeable after all)
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Actually, I'm betting your biggest problem would be keeping the condensation off of the parts.
 
PohTayToez said:
Actually, I'm betting your biggest problem would be keeping the condensation off of the parts.
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I agree. Cutting holes won't be too hard, but condensation could cause short circuits and all kinds of other problems. Tbh, I wouldn't even try. Maybe with old components, but definitely not with new ones. Not worth the risk.
 
scooter said:
I'm sorry but I must be the only person here that thinks this idea is stupid.
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Not true. I just can't see the point. It's either gonna leak, or the oil isn't going to do what it's supposed to. Apparently (been reading some reviews), you still need to apply some kind of cooling technique to the oil, because if you run constantly (or even for extended periods of time), it burns out the components anyway.

Why not just get an Antec 900 and be done with the whole thing. No more complications, no more oil, no more messy upgrades, and no more fish. Sorted.

EDIT: Sorry for the harsh words, but I think this is just a project to try something out. It isn't really practical in everyday life. Oh yeah, and sorry for ranting on about the Antec 900 - it's just a great case! Have it on 3 PC's now. . .
 
An oil cooled computer is not a "solution" to heat but rather a "project", something to do with old parts when you are REALLY bored. I wouldn't imagine doing this to a new computer build. It is a stupid idea but it would still be fun to do regardless. Same as using a refrigerator, it is stupid but fun. There are plenty of easier ways to make a computer virtually noiseless, which is really the only advantage.
 
gamerman4 said:
An oil cooled computer is not a "solution" to heat but rather a "project", something to do with old parts when you are REALLY bored. I wouldn't imagine doing this to a new computer build. It is a stupid idea but it would still be fun to do regardless. Same as using a refrigerator, it is stupid but fun. There are plenty of easier ways to make a computer virtually noiseless, which is really the only advantage.
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I am in complete agreement. I was reading Tom's Guide (along the same lines as Tom's Hardware), and they even have an article on a single core Celeron processor overclocked to 5Ghz! (Using liquid nitrogren of course). It's just ridiculous, and completely pointless, not to mention stupid. But I'd love to try it.

Why is that?
 
Here is link to pretty well made oil cooled computer. they didnt seem to have much problem with keeping at a good temp even without a radiator. but i was planing on adding a radiator. When they had the radiator hooked up they had a tamp around 45 degrees without any fans. I think that with they radiator and 4 120 millimeter fans i should be able to overclock it. another alternative is to use a large heat sink for thy cpu to help disperse the heat into the oil. maybe add some fans to help push the oil through the heatsink

http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
 
It's all good and that, but why risk it? It's much easier and cheaper to just buy a case with some decent fans. If you have a few fans, set them all on low and they could even be whisper quiet. With the reviews of oil cooled computers, some even burn out at standard clocks. It's a project, but I would never overclock in an oil cooled environment. You could end up trashing the entire PC, specially seeing as its a new build. You wanna put an older build in it, go ahead, be my guest. But a new one? Personally, I think its a stupid idea.
 
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