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From: badgolferman on 27 Jan 2006 12:26
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/

Common sense dictates that submerging your high-end PC in cooking oil
is not a good idea. But, of course, engineering feats and science
breakthroughs were made possible by those who dared to explore the
realms of the non-conventional.
From: AcidX on 27 Jan 2006 13:14
That's... Weird...
I bet it's heavy =P Pretty cool though... Imagine trying to install new
hardware, putting you hands in all the oil, eeew... I hate that stuff.
No doubt a revolutionary idea though. I guess this'll be the next thing
in PC cooling... They'll probably find a substitute liquid though...
Cooking oil isn't expensive enough =D

From: Ken Maltby on 27 Jan 2006 16:29

"AcidX" <acidecks(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> That's... Weird...
> I bet it's heavy =P Pretty cool though... Imagine trying to install new
> hardware, putting you hands in all the oil, eeew... I hate that stuff.
> No doubt a revolutionary idea though. I guess this'll be the next thing
> in PC cooling... They'll probably find a substitute liquid though...
> Cooking oil isn't expensive enough =D
>

Good start, now add a small transmission cooler radiator in
the case. Run cold water through the radiator and out to your
water cooling system.

To remove that much heat I would pump the cooling water
outside through another radiator that is situated in the looped
airflow of a small "window" conditioner. With the AC unit
running continuously and insulated cooling runs, the cooling
water/antifreeze fluid should get very cold.

If you use a sheet metal shroud to direct the AC air flow
and mount the unit in a dog house, your neighbors might
nominate you for an award from the Humane Society.

Luck;
Ken


From: John@Smith.com on 28 Jan 2006 14:00
On 27 Jan 2006 17:26:13 GMT, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/
>
>Common sense dictates that submerging your high-end PC in cooking oil
>is not a good idea. But, of course, engineering feats and science
>breakthroughs were made possible by those who dared to explore the
>realms of the non-conventional.

Ive heard that technique a long time ago and I suppose it is the
ultimate way of getting a quiet PC if you are a super noise freak but
the thought of trying to clean a super greasy , oily 7800GT ,
motherboard and AMD 64 X2 if you decide to sell it later makes me
queasy.

From: kony on 28 Jan 2006 22:35
On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:00:22 -1000, "John(a)Smith.com"
<JohnS(a)Newscene.com> wrote:

>On 27 Jan 2006 17:26:13 GMT, "badgolferman"
><REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/
>>
>>Common sense dictates that submerging your high-end PC in cooking oil
>>is not a good idea. But, of course, engineering feats and science
>>breakthroughs were made possible by those who dared to explore the
>>realms of the non-conventional.
>
>Ive heard that technique a long time ago and I suppose it is the
>ultimate way of getting a quiet PC if you are a super noise freak but
>the thought of trying to clean a super greasy , oily 7800GT ,
>motherboard and AMD 64 X2 if you decide to sell it later makes me
>queasy.


Not necessarily, note that the power supply is still above
the oil and must continue using a fan. If someone has a cpu
'sink with a giant low RPM fan and an aftermarket video
cooler arranged similarly, the power supply fan may already
be the loudest part, and likely the one with most noise
emission from the case due to being mounted on the outer
wall with such a large hole.

As for cleaning off the oil, a strong detergent bath should
clean that right off, though I'd not quite confident the
capacitors will fare well after long-term exposure to the
oil. AFAIK, nobody has subjected such a system to
long-term use in a random (cooking) oil to determine
long-term effects. If we didn't have to worry about
long-term effects, even pure water would suffice for the
duration of a Tom's Hardware video.
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