Mineral Oil Submerged Computer

Stv1082 Says:

Nov 14, 2008 - White Mineral Oil. Mmmmmmmm, oil will oxidize (deteriorate and turn dark) with the interdiction of air. I wonder if any long term use has been done other than this gizmo-demo.

rls242m Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - The first thing that comes to mind is a perfluorocarbon based liquid, But those can cost anywhere from $300-$1,000 a gallon.

sxilentx Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - they've had this machine running for well over a year, check their website.

sxilentx Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - forgot to mention: that nelson mandela video is a nice touch...lawl

CatmullRoom Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - I think you should remove the fans before imerging all the stuff, after 2 days there motors must have blown up and heating even more the all in the mean time... look nice anyway.

xojix Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - If you checked their website, after 6 months the fans were still moving, there's no real reason for them to blow up as you put it. It doesn't really do anything in the system though, they just did it for fun.

gilbert928 Says:

Nov 20, 2008 - yay no more air dusting!

myhipsi Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - You're right, pure distilled/deionized water doesn't conduct electricity and it is a much better conductor of heat than oil. The problem is, is that pure water never stays pure and will start to disolve any metal it comes in contact with thereby making it conductive again. So a PC submerged in pure water wouldn't last long before it shorted out. It's the same reason why you'll never see pure water in nature.

drinkbudyXD Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - all i can say is dang :)

dmdrummer23 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - they left the hard drives on top. Thats cause they are mechanical and would not work in oil.

DarkMission91 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - Did you put the power supplier aswell?

gangstabrutha Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - lolz, another job....."Im changing the oil........no, on my computer"

MrHappyface Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - The computer would be too heavy for LAN parties and too messy to upgrade.

tisaacso3625 Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - Why do you have to be such a spoil sport?

gats1788 Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - It's just for aesthetics really. Its not a very practical idea for cooling because although the oil will conduct heat away from the components it will just eventually heat the oil. So unless you had a cooling system for the oil itself to be pumped round it's not very usefull. And upgrading or replacing a faulty part would be very messy. Does look good tho, i wonder if you can get a UV reactive mineral oil ?

gats1788 Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - just to add, having seen the end of the video, the air bubbles providing the air was cool, might just provide enough cooling for the oil but im not sure

OTAlucard Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - to cool the oil put it in the freezer

R1bena Says:

Nov 27, 2008 - you'd never have to worry about dust getting into your components :P

colleenbbmbradley Says:

Nov 27, 2008 - Dude, look again. That's a cd rom on top, the hd IS in the oil.

Nimise08 Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - The HD is in the top(lid thing), you can't see it but I know it is not in the oil.

Demondave2580 Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - OMG that's awesome

jman1863 Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - You sound jealous about the fact that you did not think of this cool (pun intended)idea before they did?

jman1863 Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - My last comment was for MrHappyface and gats1788. Give them credit for being very creative.

xojix Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - While that is true, it takes quite a while for any decent level system to really heat the oil, and when you attach a radiator the temps are typically lower than air or watercooling, phase change is cooler obviously but bulky, ugly and not a practical application for most people.

xojix Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - Nimise is right, the HD is within the lid, if you use a solid state you can drop it in but a regular hard drive would have screwed up seek times because the oil slows the head's movement.