Thank you, Lt.Dan, for the voice of reason. Guys, what are you talking about w/ all this oil business? Just cause some use oil for cooling doesn't mean it's appropriate for PCs. I may have missed it, but has someone mentioned some numbers comparing thermal properties of oil and water? I love to see you guys brainstorming, but seems like efforts could be used better somewhere else. Like chewboy said, "not really sure why i'm stuck on this oil kick thing".

edit: here's some numbers i found. More @ http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/notes5.htm . Value for canola oil i found on some school newsboard so don't know how accurate it is, but it's probably close.

air: .026 W/mK (Watts/ meter degree Kelvin)
canola oil: .19
h2o: .61
mercury: 140
copper: 401

So if you guys are serious, get some mercury!

So from what I read...if you mix concrete and silver together...you might have the perfect combination. :P

Tuff

Oil cooling has yet to be done (in a cooling loop), but it's worth it to go through the exercise of finding out why it's so darn difficult to do.

As for mercury, it's extremely hazardous, and expensive.

Here is a shot in the dark...I have no spec's on this product but how about Acetone?

Tuff

peanut oil works EXCEPTIONALLY WELL

the difficulty is finding the two Thai girls

Paratherm MR is most likely what you are looking for...I have sent a PM to you....Have a look

Tuff