Oil cooling question: how to dry?
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funkysnair
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is covering your computer in oil really necessary lol?
just a noob
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you can't remove the oil from the motherboard, thats one problem with the oil, its just impossible to remove, and you don't need to seal anything, just keep the power supply, hard drive, and cd drive out of the oil, and you'll be fine
from what ive read,putting a pc in oil isnt realy all that great.
they reccomend you seal around the cpu socket with silicone so that the oil doesnt get between the pins if your using an older cpu.
Any fans you have on the board,cpu cooler often fail after a short time because they cant cope with pushing around oil.
realy not worth it tbh
they reccomend you seal around the cpu socket with silicone so that the oil doesnt get between the pins if your using an older cpu.
Any fans you have on the board,cpu cooler often fail after a short time because they cant cope with pushing around oil.
realy not worth it tbh
massahwahl
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I agree with the others, seems like a time consuming waste of money 
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diduknowthat
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from what ive read,putting a pc in oil isnt realy all that great.
they reccomend you seal around the cpu socket with silicone so that the oil doesnt get between the pins if your using an older cpu.
Any fans you have on the board,cpu cooler often fail after a short time because they cant cope with pushing around oil.
realy not worth it tbh
I think the fans actually do fine. I forgot where I saw this, but I'm pretty sure there's a website out there that is dedicated to mineral oil + fish tank + radiator cooling. It actually cools quite well if done properly.
mac550
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you can put the PSU in the tank, just not the HDD or CD/DVD/BR drive
if you use vegetable oil it will go cloudy and you wont be able to see your hardware. go to a vet and see if they have horse laxative, its almost the same as mineral oil
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just a noob
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if you add a radiator, you'll get better temperatures, but you'd need something along the lines of a heater core and diesel pump to move the oil efficiently, and the warmer the oil stays, the faster it will degrade(i think vegetable will eventually begin to smell/go nasty) oh, and its pretty much just throw the board plus psu(don't expect the fan to last all that long) in the oil, keep the hdd/dvd drives out of the oil, and that should be it
I used vegetable oil because it was just an experiment; I wasn't totally convinced that it would work, so I tried spending the least I could. And horse laxative? lol
What do you mean by heater core? Well, I was actually thinking of using an ordinary computer pump, but it is a way better idea to get a huge one that'll just suck out the hot oil and cool it down. Where can I buy an inexpensive (or not very expensive) pump and heater core with big tubbings?
What do you mean by heater core? Well, I was actually thinking of using an ordinary computer pump, but it is a way better idea to get a huge one that'll just suck out the hot oil and cool it down. Where can I buy an inexpensive (or not very expensive) pump and heater core with big tubbings?
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just a noob
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junkyard for the heater core, just make sure that you flush it out before using it, and the reason why you shouldn't(couldn't) use a normal computer pump is because of the viscosity of the oil
Motoxrdude
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I say do it. Post pictures 
ronster667
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if you clean it i would just get a roll of paper toewls and q tips and go to town, thats about the best you could do
dont spend 40 dollars on a water cooling pump that will die from pushing oil,
go to the pet store and buy a submersible pump for like 8 dollars, i got one for 6 that moves 200 gph, witch is more then alot of water cooling pumps i found
besides you can put it in the oil
dont spend 40 dollars on a water cooling pump that will die from pushing oil,
go to the pet store and buy a submersible pump for like 8 dollars, i got one for 6 that moves 200 gph, witch is more then alot of water cooling pumps i found
besides you can put it in the oil
Sure thing. I've taken pictures of the oil computer using old parts I bought, I'll have to upload them.
At first I used a huge plastic container to hold the oil, but realized that I'd have to use a lot of oil to get it to reach the tip of the motherboard, plus the IDE cables were too short, so I bought a smaller one.
I cut out a peice of the plastic top so I can plug in the monitor and stuff, and made a small slit to hold the power button. The only thing I didn't like about it was having to stick my hand in there to take out the power plug (I was borrowing the one from the computer I usually use, since the old computer I bought didn't come with one). So what I'm thinking of is putting the PSU ontop of the tank, along with everything else.
I had some trouble with the whole "cealing the CPU" thing. The computer was really old- it had an pentium II. The thing was huge, and I had no idea if I had to ceal it. I just added silicone around the open parts, and some extra ontop so I could stick on a fan. It came out pretty well, but I used WAY too much silicone.
Afterward, I downloaded a few programs to check out the temperature, but none of them worked. So I'm not sure what the temperatures were. I just know the oil probably stayed a little below room temperatore (70F?)
Well, making the real oil computer will probably take a while because I need to have the tank custom made (having the I/O part cut out, with those "card I/O slots" so the oil won't seep out). The tank'll be kind of like a motherboard tray.
Btw, I have a *question Just A Noob (lol), where can I buy a diesel pump? Is that also part of the heater core? I don't know much about cars, so, lol.
At first I used a huge plastic container to hold the oil, but realized that I'd have to use a lot of oil to get it to reach the tip of the motherboard, plus the IDE cables were too short, so I bought a smaller one.
I cut out a peice of the plastic top so I can plug in the monitor and stuff, and made a small slit to hold the power button. The only thing I didn't like about it was having to stick my hand in there to take out the power plug (I was borrowing the one from the computer I usually use, since the old computer I bought didn't come with one). So what I'm thinking of is putting the PSU ontop of the tank, along with everything else.
I had some trouble with the whole "cealing the CPU" thing. The computer was really old- it had an pentium II. The thing was huge, and I had no idea if I had to ceal it. I just added silicone around the open parts, and some extra ontop so I could stick on a fan. It came out pretty well, but I used WAY too much silicone.
Afterward, I downloaded a few programs to check out the temperature, but none of them worked. So I'm not sure what the temperatures were. I just know the oil probably stayed a little below room temperatore (70F?)
Well, making the real oil computer will probably take a while because I need to have the tank custom made (having the I/O part cut out, with those "card I/O slots" so the oil won't seep out). The tank'll be kind of like a motherboard tray.
Btw, I have a *question Just A Noob (lol), where can I buy a diesel pump? Is that also part of the heater core? I don't know much about cars, so, lol.
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just a noob
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check ebay? lol, i don't really know where exactly to buy a diesel pump, and this is a heatercore
and, sealing the mobo with silicone was unneeded, oil is completly nonconductive(future advice if you ever decide to do it again
tossy
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I use a vacuum cleaner with one of those crevice tools attached to the flexible hose to get out the major accumulations of dust and cobwebs inside the chassis, fans, slots, and other areas, I just stay away from touching the actual PCB and IC chips. But I don't think we can remove the oil from the motherboard....