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- Nov 10, 2008
we were having a discussion at uni about overclocking (i'm pro, somebody is against), and we came to the subject of cooling. a bit of yapping later, and i jokingly suggested putting your rig in a freezer. then got berated about condensation, and how not even putting it in a plastic bag would work. and obviously putting it in water would just short it. but then pure water can't carry electricity because it has no ions to carry it. however it would be made very impure by putting your computer in it and end up carrying a charge. then somebody suggested oil, and our lecturer overheard, and mentioned that oil (specifically vegetable oil) doesn't carry electricity, therefore eliminating the issue of condensing water and what not. so we came to the conclusion that sticking your whole rig in a vat of vegetable oil (including the psu) and then in a freezer is the best way of keeping your whole rig nice and cool. naturally the harddrive and anything with moving parts would be kept out of the oil... but then that's where solid state drives come in
imagine... vegetable oil and liquid helium... sorry, pointless rant over. anybody willing to try?
sorry, did a search after and turned up some interesting results...
imagine... vegetable oil and liquid helium... sorry, pointless rant over. anybody willing to try?
sorry, did a search after and turned up some interesting results...