Submersive Cooling?

[bigfoot]

I have a small question, Has anyone ever seriously submersed their entire machine an something like that......aaw...aaw...aaw, shoot, I forgot that word, whatever that non conductive water is called. I'm thinking that would be awesome, except things like your hard drive and CD-RW probably wouldn't like it too much.

[Killer Chef]

Originally posted by bigfoot
I have a small question, Has anyone ever seriously submersed their entire machine an something like that......aaw...aaw...aaw, shoot, I forgot that word, whatever that non conductive water is called. I'm thinking that would be awesome, except things like your hard drive and CD-RW probably wouldn't like it too much.


Distilled water?:confused:

[The Overclocker]

dont use distilled water, it is still conductive, 3m make stuff that works be it is expensive, there are only a few things you should have to cool anyway, northbrige , cpu and gpu

[bigfoot]

Yes, thats the stuff, distiled water, but if it's still conductive then what was the advantage of using it suposed to be? I thought you should use distiled water so if it leaks you'r not screwed. Oh and I asked just because I thought it would look awsome to seriously see a hole computer submerged.

[Chromium]

No, it's.... oh heck now i forget brb. Ok it's a few things, Mineral Oil, here watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

I didn't bother looking for the ohter, i think it's another form of oil, don't remember

[biosboy4]

Wow.... that's amazing! I want to do it!

[Kasm]

You can't use distilled water because within minutes the distilled water picks up enough ion to make it conductive again. I remember seeing a video that timed how long a submerged MB worked and though it worked initially, it shorted out in like less than a minute.

Minerial oil is a viable option as it is relatively cheap, but it makes a mess and soaks into all the pc components causing them to fail over time. Plus heat dispersal through mineral oil stinks.

There are other really expensive liquids but they all have one problem or another. Either high evaporation or toxicity, etc.

As for the OP question about CD and Hard Drives, they aren't usually submerged. Well not if you want them to work.

EDIT: Damn, just noticed this thread was dug up from the dead. 7 year old thread.

[supra]

tomshardware did something similar a few years back, but I believe with transformer oil

[dicko555]

Looks cool:cool:. But can you think of the dramas every time you wanted to change something in your system. What a mess.:eek:
As Kasm there will be other problems in time.:eek:

[dark bishop]

its not distilled it de-ionized that picks up the electrons, distilled is just pureified water with the minerals and such removed.

one of the problems is then you have to have some way to cool the oil and keep it moving.

[TazExtreme3]

Uh, 7 year old post FTW!!! 11-19-01:sn:

[muddocktor]

Uh, 7 year old post FTW!!! 11-19-01:sn:

Heh, thread reserrection from hell, this! :eek:

So, I will shoot it in the head and put it where it belongs permanently. :cool: