ClownPrince
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- Dec 6, 2017
So we've all seen the fancy pants "underwater" computers and most of us have thought about a build at some point in time, for me that time is now.
3M, as well as a number of youtubers, have submitted footage of computers being partially or completely submerged in this seemingly miracle liquid. Several more science based channels show the basis of cooling the vapors toward the top of the tank and even suggest using a bellows or balloon top to prevent loss from the gasses created by the rising of heat being pushed past the cooling zone, but none have quite addressed my concerns.
C4F9OCH3 by nature would create water as well as various gasses when boiled and the subsequent vapors cooled unless I'm mistaken, and I may be though with 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom present in the formula one can easily see where the concern comes from. So how would one deal with this unwanted downfall without just letting it fry your board? How often would one need to change/add coolant to an otherwise sealed system because of water exposure as well as other factors? How would one even go about creating an enclosure to house this thing while still being able to plug in ones mouse, keyboard, hdmi, etc? But most importantly how does one make this system anything more viable than a expensive data timebomb due to the bubbling inevitably leading to capacitors and the like coming detached from the board?
The reason I ask these questions is because my next build centers around the Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 2066 140W BX80673I77820X and the X299 Aorus Gaming 9 motherboard. The processor it's self is known to run rather hot; lets face it with an rgb integrated board it would be a shame if the rest of the system didn't have some flair to it, and what's more flair than than committing the ultimate pc taboo of drenching it in liquid?
Obviously the 7100 eats plasticizers for breakfast which would cause a bit of problems holding the led strips to the board but simply waiting for the lights to start floating and re-securing them to the board using a good clear epoxy wouldn't be much of a problem for anyone with a steady hand.
Back to the matter at hand tho Has anyone been able to work out the problems of making this a viable cooling option? Does it remove enough heat to actually be considered a match for such a hot chip? Most regrettably I also ask that if submersion cooling still isn't a viable long term solution to dealing with the heat (and it's only going to get hotter as I plan on upgrading various parts including the chip when I save up the cash for it) what should I look at as an alternative?
3M, as well as a number of youtubers, have submitted footage of computers being partially or completely submerged in this seemingly miracle liquid. Several more science based channels show the basis of cooling the vapors toward the top of the tank and even suggest using a bellows or balloon top to prevent loss from the gasses created by the rising of heat being pushed past the cooling zone, but none have quite addressed my concerns.
C4F9OCH3 by nature would create water as well as various gasses when boiled and the subsequent vapors cooled unless I'm mistaken, and I may be though with 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom present in the formula one can easily see where the concern comes from. So how would one deal with this unwanted downfall without just letting it fry your board? How often would one need to change/add coolant to an otherwise sealed system because of water exposure as well as other factors? How would one even go about creating an enclosure to house this thing while still being able to plug in ones mouse, keyboard, hdmi, etc? But most importantly how does one make this system anything more viable than a expensive data timebomb due to the bubbling inevitably leading to capacitors and the like coming detached from the board?
The reason I ask these questions is because my next build centers around the Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 2066 140W BX80673I77820X and the X299 Aorus Gaming 9 motherboard. The processor it's self is known to run rather hot; lets face it with an rgb integrated board it would be a shame if the rest of the system didn't have some flair to it, and what's more flair than than committing the ultimate pc taboo of drenching it in liquid?
Obviously the 7100 eats plasticizers for breakfast which would cause a bit of problems holding the led strips to the board but simply waiting for the lights to start floating and re-securing them to the board using a good clear epoxy wouldn't be much of a problem for anyone with a steady hand.
Back to the matter at hand tho Has anyone been able to work out the problems of making this a viable cooling option? Does it remove enough heat to actually be considered a match for such a hot chip? Most regrettably I also ask that if submersion cooling still isn't a viable long term solution to dealing with the heat (and it's only going to get hotter as I plan on upgrading various parts including the chip when I save up the cash for it) what should I look at as an alternative?
