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- Oct 23, 2007
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- So-Cal
I have been thinking about getting into liquid cooling but something just didn't sit right with me having highly conductive liquids flowing around inside my fragile electronic equipment. Heat may be electronics worst enemy but I think water is a damn close second. So I started doing some research and came across Toms hardware oil dipping their PC in the very thick vegetable oil. Im not thinking about dipping my computer in oil that would be messy and I understand vegetable oil will burn out a pump in a matter of months. but what about mineral oil? ive seen that its been used for cooling in heaters and such because of its high flashpoint and insulating properties (rather than conductive) and i know from personal experience it is nearly as thin as water so it wouldn't stress a pump to the point of failure. So im curious would it be a viable solution to put in your watercooling system? no need to worry about bacteria or corrosion any thoughts?