Submerged Computer.

Wondering what Techies and Members opinions are,on this concept?
My first reaction was,WHY.
Read where one Company is selling DIY Kits.
I can see a lot of oil stained Carpet,when changing Hardware.LOL

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok"]YouTube - Mineral Oil Submerged Computer[/ame]

 

I seen this thing before some time ago.

Good find Dougie.

 

well if you want something that looks different and that will not require dusting, but will be a pain to change/replace or add any hardware to then its great, lol would be interesting to see what temps it runs at.

 

I note the oil is a light laxative. Usually makes things 'go' faster.

 

I love this idea, I have actually sunk one of my very old PC's in a tank full of mineral oil. It still works and is good fun to do, just don't do it with your £4000 self build PC! I've also seen some with fish in but that's using a specially designed tank with 2 compartments

 

Yeaap, lovely idea as for me too...
Not sure about tank But some supermandesigner is go to help, that for sure...

 

Seen these a few times - they are harmless as the liquid use does not carry current, not for the unexperienced or faint hearted lol

There was a company that was selling a PC already made which was like this was around 10K from memory.

 

Just reading, for Quad Core, and any Video card above 8800GT,an external cooling Radiator is advised.
So why bother, with the Submerged concept.

 

Its basically due to the heat - with a quad and a good GPU there is no where for the heat to escape to and an external radiator is used to regulate and keep the temperature of the solution cold

 

The point I was making is,if the oil is not capable of keeping High End Gamers CPU cool,then why bother with all this expense,and Add Ons?
Makes more sense to me to use a conventional Tower and Water Cool it.

 

I would say that water cooling is still only used by experienced users and high end enthusiasts.
The fear of using water inside something that costs above 1K is enough to scare most people away and the fact that there are air cooled solutions that are significantly cheaper and offer around the same cooling.

What you have posted would be of no benefit to anyone over a decent air cooled system

 

It's a personal choice,what method of cooling, high end Gamers use to keep their CPU cool.

Overclockers Aust, is a huge site and I have read that Water Cooling, is the most favoured method of Cooling.

Not looking through 8 Million Posts to find where I read it a number of times.LOL.

 

The simple fact is that Water cooling is expensive and offers very little benefit over air cooled system as water cooling is still affected by ambient temperature.

I have tested £200 water cooled setups to £20 coolers and IMHO the cost outweighs the performance, lets also remember that Overclocking does stress the components through heat and that is often why water is used. (and the fact that its quieter than Vantec tornado fans lol)

Bring on the LN2 (liquid nitrogen for those who don't like chemistry )

 

I think the main reason why water cooling is "favoured" is the same reason why people submerge their PCs in oil.

It's a gimmick, so they can add big strobe lights and light up the see-through water tubes in their system, and because saying "I have a water-cooled gaming PC" sounds better than "I have fans"

LOL

 

I agree. I saw an Image where this person had bubbles rising in the Oil,like a Fish Tank.
I have 2 Towers beside me,6 fans in total, and the drone of all the Fans, becomes annoying,16 hrs a Day.
That's why I would favour a good Water Cooled CPU,if needed,instead of yet more Fans.

 

Watercooling does have its limitations though - it can cool the CPU, GPU, RAM, Northbridge and Southbridge and HDD's.
to cool all the above you would actually need 2 radiators to actually cool the system.

Add in cards would still be heated by the ambient temperature of the case as would the optical drives, heat would still be generated by the MOBO and as such it is a gimmick as you suggest as it does not cool the whole of the system as fans do.

In my water cooled system, I still use some fans especially around the capacitors (dont want them to pop lmao)

 

Yeah, it is a known fact that you also need fans to cool a system alongside water cooling, that's why some motherboards also include little mini fans the attach to your motherboard to keep it cool if you have water cooling

 

Yes and they are that small that they emit a whine similar to what I envisage a banshee would sound like
as such making your 'silent watercooled solution' sound louder than an air cooled system