PC Mods – Aquarium PC Mod – Fully Submerged PC – Cooled By Mineral Oil
Posted 16 Jan. 2008 7:43 PM in Mods by Roland Hutchinson
Check out this amazing PC, built inside an aquarium.
It is cooled by mineral oil, and the oil is great for absorbing heat.
After about 2 hours, the temperature settled at a new maximum of 84C on the CPU under load. So, the bubbles did have an effect, but not as much as we were hoping for. Interestingly, the bubbles also hurt the video card temperature, causing it to rise by a few degrees! It seems the bubbles also served to agitate all the contents of the aquarium, bringing everything to a more consistent temperature throughout.
Check out this video of it in being built and working.
Puget Computer Systems via TecheBlog
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February 3rd, 2008 at 12:17 am
if you took one of the clear sides (probably the one on the right) with a giant heatsink and attached silent fans to it the oil would stay much cooler.
November 29th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Hello, thats a pretty nice complex .
I am a bit qurious – what type of oil you used and if there is any
future plans on extending a outboard cooling device for the oil 84 degrees is a bit high for my personal taste
Regards
Grottis
November 29th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Hi Grotis
Check out the computer systems link above, there are full details of what they used on their site.
Cheers
October 6th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Does it smell?