Building a Mineral Oil Cooled PC Video

A fully functional Computer submerged and running in a custom Oil-Cooled Tank. Submerging the computer in oil immediately lowered the temperatures 20C! . View the photo gallery and ask questions at ultimatecomputers.net.

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Songs:
3D Galaxy? - Xor
Crimson Keys - FlashBurn
Surrealism - don't know artist.

Do you use this? ...
Do you use this? computer as your primary computer?.

45 people tried ...
45 people tried using? water to cool their PCs.

When? something ...
When? something goes wrong in these, it goes very wrong...

45 ppl? dont knw ...
45 ppl? dont knw wat they doin here

@xXjose130Xx ...
@xXjose130Xx sealing the heatsink to the cpu just to put the thermal compound? the point is that the OIL will conduct heat to the base of the sink, you? do not need thermal compound and silicone. nonsense

@Aeshmauniversus ...
@Aeshmauniversus thats why he sealed? it with silicone

@DVTUandG No s**t, ...
@DVTUandG No s**t, he? said they were parts from 2003.

Perfect? pet fish :D
Perfect? pet fish :D

@eagletwo13 its ...
@eagletwo13 its hard to maintain? clean. it turns kinda murky after few months

What is the? life ...
What is the? life rate of this kind computers?

Great work but ...
Great work but there are easier ways and more? practical right?

wrong putting ...
wrong putting thermal paste, the cavities between the cpu and the heatsink would be filled by the oil, plus the thermal paste will make your oil dirty day? after day. you have to study more before doing something.

Neat Sci Fi Video: ...
Neat Sci Fi Video: FIVE STARS FOR EXCELLENCE. Sincerely: The producer? for song number 2 in the credits.

kool? suff
kool? suff

@ ...
@AirSoftMaverick3232 the? silicon was unnecessary and thermal paste is non conductive so it can be in the oil. I also would like to know about the optical drive and HDD what is cooling them?

I? like a lot, ...
I? like a lot, thaks. Very useful.

I found the? video ...
I found the? video to be very helpful and very well done.I'm about to start a similar project involving an Intel 2600K ,16gb of ram, and (2) GTX580 3gb's in a 16gal tank/with oil cooler. My question is this...did you also seal any capacitors on your video card(s)? What kind of longevity did you see from your components over the last 4yrs? Anything you would change in how you prepped components/parts for the job? Any upgrades done over the last 4 yrs,and why?

@eagletwo13 If it ...
@eagletwo13 If it is in an air-free tank that is completely closed, but this would? be hard to do. And every time you'd have to open it, it'd be better to change the water to prevent it from ionizing and later a shortcut or some messed up thing like that

I have a few ...
I have a few questions: How difficult is it to replace or upgrade a part when it is like this? It seems like it wouldn't be easy to just pull one out and put another in... would you have to drain and refill the tank? What way would you have of reducing the heat of the oil? I've seen other videos that have radiators and fans for cooling the oil, and at high performance the temp gets to around? 60 degrees F. I want to build one of these later, just some thoughts. Thanks!

@sciguy14 wait i ...
@sciguy14 wait i got myself confused... the distilled? water will ionize... meaning Oxygen and Hydrogen separating and making it conductive?

@eagletwo13 at ...
@eagletwo13 at first, but? it would eventually begin to ionize.

uhm? would ...
uhm? would distilled water also work?

is it just me or ...
is it just me or did i see him putting the donut things and that optical drive in place like? 20 times....

@CrayzyFreakzzz123 ...
@CrayzyFreakzzz123 i was going to ask that myself?

now dump? the tank ...
now dump? the tank in a FREEZER!!

why did you ...
why did you silicone the? cpu

@TheGorillazoe98? ...
@TheGorillazoe98? The camera reflecting in the glass.

Silicone is? a step ...
Silicone is? a step for disaster. oil and silicone don't go well together

what was? with the ...
what was? with the red blinking light on the power supply??? :-/