Skitso

I have recently Submerged my computer into a fish tank full of mineral oil. it seems to run 40C to 53C. I have recently hooked up 1 1/2 inch clear tubing to a 300gph (gallons per hour) fish tank pump and ran the tubing through a mini fridge's freezer. Then sealed the tubing. The mineral oil seems to pump slowly, but i thought that would be good so it can chill the oil as it passes through the freezer. It still runs at the same temp even though it is pumping through.

I was thinking of wrapping the clear tubing inside the fridge with copper wiring and then wrapping them with those gel freezer packs. I am almost thinking that the pump is too slow or something. Anyways i need suggestions. Should I get rid of the CPU fan? please help.

oh yea there is one or two bubbles in the tubing.

BTW sorry if this is a repost. It's my first day here.

Skitso

Here are some more pics




Sorry for double posting. I wasn't sure if the pic's were going to work or not (never posted pics on a forum.)

Rolandooo

Wow looks very messy for me, what are you overcloked to with that? fill out your system specs in user CP.

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Skitso

This is not my main Pc. I will post my main pc's specs in the usercp. This comp is actually only an amd 1800+ with a nvidia 5600 256mb vid car. the fsb is 200mhz right now. I have not overclocked anything on it yet. i need to find a sufficient way of cooling the tank before i do so. I want to run below 25C steady.

GigaByte

If its below 0c where you live stick it outside

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johonm333

Congrats, but why? Did a fan 'whir' too loudly? (sorry, lame joke)

I can see the CPU fan moving some of the oil over the heatsink a bit more rapidly, but i find this method of cooling the most cumbersome.

(no, seriously. whats wrong with air?)

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Skitso

If i can cool the oil sufficiently The overclocking possibilities are endless. I just need to know how to cool the mineral oil well and keep it cooled for long periods of time. The colder the better!

Guruboy

Puget ran their oil through a gigantic fanless radiator and it lowered temps significantly. My senior project for school involves mineral oil and cooling, but I'm not revealing my plans yet hee hee hee...

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jbrown

There used to be a thread here about this cooling method.


Hmm

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Polo224

A guy from TeamATI had a submerged rig at a LAN I went to last year. He had a couple of TEC's in the loop with a 360 rad(if I remember right) and claimed that he saw a significant drop in temp. Sorry, I don't have more details, he wasn't the most pleasant guy to talk to and I had gaming to do! Good luck.

EDIT: Not the best pic, but here.....

Submerged

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