New outlook on Liquid Cooling

[blazin]

wow, i feel bad for hardware sometimes...the punishment it takes in the name of better cooling :|

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/

 

[Preferred User]

Nice. Not too practical. I need to get into mine and move it every now and then. But a fun project. Thanks Blazin.

 

[mindido]

Blazin,

Interesting article. But I don't think I'd try that either. It would be heavy and a real pain to swap anything out. And, after awhile, it would probably begin to smell pretty bad.

one,

"what about HDs and Cd drives. they cant be submerged..."

I didn't see a CD drive on the thing but the HD was outside and on top of the box.

 

[blazin]

lol trust me i ain't running for oil jugs...i feel pity for the hardware...still cool to see though i admit

 

[Preferred User]

Yea it's a fun idea but.....after awhile all that heat has to go somewhere...the oil just delays the heat build up. And once all that oil heats up, wouldn't it transfer to components that don't normally achieve high temps? You don't have to be an engineer to know that the plexiglass isn't going to transfer much heat to the air.

 

[mindido]

blazin and preferred,

Yeah, I can't imagine that idea is going to take off any time soon. Interesting idea but not very practical.

 

[blazin]

hahaha i have no doubt it won't take off, its just interesting to see/read about people playing around with this stuff. i made the post more on how silly of an idea it is rather than an idea that we should all go out and do. I mean everything goes through stages that are not so great before being perfected and this just looks like one of the interested ideas people have come up with so i figured i'd share it lol.

 

[mindido]

blazin,

Have to agree. That is how science works. Try and fail, try and fail. Until eventually something actually works. I know I never would have thought of immersing the innards of one of these infernal machines in oil but you never know what will come of this.

 

[hoppi]

yeah i think this was made some poor german geek who didn't want to buy a new fan.
this pic ( http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/oelpc_ende.jpg ) says i'm right. :banana:

 

[mindido]

hoppi,

Check the URL, I'm getting a 404 error.