submerged cooling

ambient · 07-05-2002, 10:48 AM

Hey I hope someone could help. I know there are a few articles out there about submerging the whole computer in oil or some other liquid from 3m. Anyone got some linkage on that. Thanks in advance...

bigben2k · 07-05-2002, 12:35 PM

check out the supercooler at octools.com

The "stuff" is Fluorinert.

gmat · 07-05-2002, 01:08 PM

The Cray 2 was totally immersed as well. Try a google search with "cray" "immersion" and "fluorinert" ... i feel lazy all of sudden (whoo hoo it's the weekend)

ambient · 07-05-2002, 01:27 PM

same with the lazzies.. thanks for the info. I was lookin specifically for the guys in europe that had the mineral oil in the fish tank with all the lights.

mhayenga · 07-05-2002, 03:30 PM

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...al+oil+cooling

That's probably not the one ya were talking about, but its one...

airspirit · 07-05-2002, 05:18 PM

Hmm ... take a fish tank, submerge your components in oil with the leads for peripherals such as kb/mouse, CD drive, hdd, etc strung through a sealed port on top. On the sides, string 1" hosing out to run through a pelt chiller unit and pump (chiller unit so the oil is cooled evenly to cool ALL components), and have the pelt chiller unit (oh, lets say 2x226W) watercooled through a seperate relay. Once all is assembled, seal a vacuum evaporator on top of the fishtank to keep the space above the oil at a near vacuum (or just fill it flush removing ALL air) and then insulate the bejeezus out of it. It might be an interesting toy .... Naturally you'd want to keep your cpu bare ....

Volenti · 07-05-2002, 11:48 PM

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Naturally you'd want to keep your cpu bare ....

so you can watch it cook, you'll still need a "passive" heatsink of some sort, too much heat being generated in too small of an area to expect oil or whatever to conduct it away, you might get away with it if the intake coolant flow is directed straight at the cpu die...mabie.

airspirit · 07-08-2002, 11:23 AM

Good point. I didn't think of that. Heh.

ambient · 07-08-2002, 02:29 PM

thanks for the links guys

07-05-2002, 10:48 AM	#1
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	submerged cooling Hey I hope someone could help. I know there are a few articles out there about submerging the whole computer in oil or some other liquid from 3m. Anyone got some linkage on that. Thanks in advance... __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

07-05-2002, 12:35 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	check out the supercooler at octools.com The "stuff" is Fluorinert. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101 Last edited by bigben2k; 07-05-2002 at 01:12 PM.

07-05-2002, 01:27 PM	#4
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	same with the lazzies.. thanks for the info. I was lookin specifically for the guys in europe that had the mineral oil in the fish tank with all the lights. __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

07-08-2002, 02:29 PM	#9
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	thanks for the links guys __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

07-05-2002, 01:08 PM	#3
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	The Cray 2 was totally immersed as well. Try a google search with "cray" "immersion" and "fluorinert" ... i feel lazy all of sudden (whoo hoo it's the weekend)

07-05-2002, 03:30 PM	#5
mhayenga Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 46	http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...al+oil+cooling That's probably not the one ya were talking about, but its one...

07-05-2002, 05:18 PM	#6
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Hmm ... take a fish tank, submerge your components in oil with the leads for peripherals such as kb/mouse, CD drive, hdd, etc strung through a sealed port on top. On the sides, string 1" hosing out to run through a pelt chiller unit and pump (chiller unit so the oil is cooled evenly to cool ALL components), and have the pelt chiller unit (oh, lets say 2x226W) watercooled through a seperate relay. Once all is assembled, seal a vacuum evaporator on top of the fishtank to keep the space above the oil at a near vacuum (or just fill it flush removing ALL air) and then insulate the bejeezus out of it. It might be an interesting toy .... Naturally you'd want to keep your cpu bare ....

07-08-2002, 11:23 AM	#8
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Good point. I didn't think of that. Heh.

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