How about THIS for liquid cooling?

[CruddyLeper]

This guy is a genius. Slightly mad but a genius.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=802563&page=1&pp=20&highlight=Submerged

1Kw PSU, anybody?

 

[Civrules]

I never thought I'd see something like this.

The amount of work and dedication shown is amazing. I can see how well it works, but with all that liquid in there, it must be very heavy!
A heck of a mod indeed. All is needed are some more powerful fans and the liquid will circulate and help even more with cooling.

 

[steviejay]

very impressive the amount of time/effort and planning that must have went into that to get it to work........ very clever.

My first thought was..........could you put fish in there?? then I realised it's a kind of oil but the thought of having fish floating about inside your computer does sound kinda cool.

I think I'll stick to my old method of cooling...... having my girlfriend sit beside my computer and fan it with a towel

 

[Genocidicbunny]

My first thought was..........could you put fish in there?? then I realised it's a kind of oil but the thought of having fish floating about inside your computer does sound kinda cool.

They would conduct electricity and shorten the thing

 

[CruddyLeper]

Fish would drown in Mitel fluid. No dissolved oxygen in there.

 

[homeyg]

That is the most rediculous thing I've ever heard!

 

[CruddyLeper]

Maybe, but even if there is dissolved oxygen in their, poor fishes will slowly boil anyway.

 

[taper]

Large power transformers are commonly cooled with mineral oil, so why not home PC's? BTW, slashdot first had an article on immersion cooling 6 years ago.

 

[steviejay]

yes I am aware that no fish could survive, that was why it was my "first thought", when I read more about the article I discovered the details.

Does it say anything about how much it does to cool the computer? I glanced at it but never got an answer

 

[CruddyLeper]

The liquid on it's own doesn't cool down the computer.

Notice the big fins at the back? They are there to radiate the heat.

Must get warm in there.

 

[MarineCorps]

Saw this a while ago at Voc. Still amazing to see.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

That is pretty cool. Though it must be a pain lugging around a 95 lb computer.

 

[stormbind]

It is a highly detailed modification, but it is not the earliest example of submerged liquid cooling.

 

[IglooDame]

Must be hell to add RAM to that box.