Overclock.net › Forums › Cooling › Cooling Experiments › Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC - Page 2

post #11 of 29
9/17/12 at 12:17am
Ooh bud, quick bit of advice if it hasn't happened yet - take all your heatsinks off the vid card, north bridge / south bridge / etc, and clean off the TIM. The TIM dissolves into the oil. Use a drop of the oil in place of the grease and put them all back on. That way there shouldn't be any air pockets on the contact surfaces (cause they are oiled) and the oil is a great heat transferer when compared to the air. (not as good as proper thermal grease but who cares, it's going to be submerged anyhow.) Then you don't get crappy looking oil.
Gaming and work
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7-980X @ 4.32GHz Gigabyte X58A-UD3R GTX570 SLI w/ Kuhler 620's 12G Kit (4Gx3) DDR3 1600 Corsair 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB DVD/Bluray Writer 2xRX360, D5, XPSC Raystorm Windows 7 64 Pro 
MonitorPowerCase
S24A450BW x 3 @ 5760x1200 Seasonic Platinum 1000W Corsair 800D 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Gaming and work
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7-980X @ 4.32GHz Gigabyte X58A-UD3R GTX570 SLI w/ Kuhler 620's 12G Kit (4Gx3) DDR3 1600 Corsair 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB DVD/Bluray Writer 2xRX360, D5, XPSC Raystorm Windows 7 64 Pro 
MonitorPowerCase
S24A450BW x 3 @ 5760x1200 Seasonic Platinum 1000W Corsair 800D 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #12 of 29
9/17/12 at 12:30am
Cool stuff
Still going strong
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Phenom II X4 955 Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 1GB XFX HD 6850 XXX Edition Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 XMS3 16GB (4x4GB) 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Samsung F3 1TB Hard Drive Crucial CT128M4SSD2 128GB SSD Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO Windows 7 Professional  
MonitorMonitorPowerCase
Samsung SyncMaster BX2431 1080p PCBank PB2700 1440p IPS Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 550W PSU  Xigmatek Giggas 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Still going strong
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Phenom II X4 955 Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 1GB XFX HD 6850 XXX Edition Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 XMS3 16GB (4x4GB) 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Samsung F3 1TB Hard Drive Crucial CT128M4SSD2 128GB SSD Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO Windows 7 Professional  
MonitorMonitorPowerCase
Samsung SyncMaster BX2431 1080p PCBank PB2700 1440p IPS Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 550W PSU  Xigmatek Giggas 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #13 of 29
9/18/12 at 5:42am
Thread Starter 
oohhh more people! btw mobkey man, I already finished the build, but so far the oil seems to be fine I guess. Temps aren't looking to good tho, prolly going to use some water cooling components lyk a pump and a radiator to get the oil moving. posting finished product soon!
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #14 of 29
9/21/12 at 3:06am
Thread Starter 
Update 2 ~Mineral Oil

I finished the Mineral Oil PC mostly, however I'm still planning on adding some stuff to it. I finished pouring the Mineral Oil a month ago actually, but I never had the time to get it posted up here. I even shot a time lapse of aquarium being filled which I will upload some time soon...
Also another issue I seem to be having are actually the temps of the PC. The major issue is that I'm idling at around 50c for both CPU and GPU. I really need to get a water cooling setup. Any help on this would be nice:thumb:
Anyhow, here are some HD pics to enjoy:D

Gallery:







Edited by ThriftyPo - 9/21/12 at 3:08am
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #15 of 29
9/21/12 at 5:33am
Hey man nice work! I did this about 2 years ago and LOVED the entire project. I did it on old hardware as well.

A few words of advice.

1. The thermal paste will dissolve in the mineral oil, remove it...or use indigoxtreme before putting it in the oil.

2. The fans will move slow, but they will work! Leave them in there to help circulate!

3. If you want to decrease the amount of heat take the PSU out of the case, no need to have that in there (other than for looks). you can mount that on the backside rather than have it pump heat into the oil.

4. When temps outside get low, put it outside and push for a high overclock with naturally low temperatures!

Take a look at my thread for some ideas! http://www.overclock.net/t/869290/oil-submersion#post11362535
Dedicated Huge-adv Folding
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
2600k 4.8 Ghz 1.45v ASRock Z68 PROFESSIONAL GEN3 Intel onboard Mushkin Blackline 10-11-10-28 2133 1.5v 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda N/A Rasa RX360 kit Ubuntu 10.10 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
N/A N/A Raidmax 730 Watt IN WIN Dragon Rider 
MouseMouse PadAudio
N/A N/A N/A 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Dedicated Huge-adv Folding
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
2600k 4.8 Ghz 1.45v ASRock Z68 PROFESSIONAL GEN3 Intel onboard Mushkin Blackline 10-11-10-28 2133 1.5v 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda N/A Rasa RX360 kit Ubuntu 10.10 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
N/A N/A Raidmax 730 Watt IN WIN Dragon Rider 
MouseMouse PadAudio
N/A N/A N/A 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #16 of 29
9/22/12 at 9:55pm
Thread Starter 
Hey carlos, thanks for the advice, too bad I already put in the PSU in it already... herp derp. I'm not really willing to take it out tho because its full of oil and stuff... Also I forgot to remove the the thermal grease (gah) mid way pouring the oil I remembered, but I decided it would be too big of a fuss. As for the fans, I actually added an extra fan near the stripped off PSU to circulate the oil. Thx for the advice tho, and your mineral PC looks pretty nice too! As for temps, I'm prolly just going to add a watercooling setup, using the aquarium as the reservoir and pumping it through a radiator. Would it work if I had the pump inside the aquarium and then pumping out the mineral oil into a radiator? Would it require a strong pump push the oil through? I'm a complete noob at water cooling.....
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #17 of 29
9/22/12 at 10:02pm
Where are the fake fishies at?
SKYnet
(17 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @3.8! MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970  EVGA 670 FTW 2gig EVGA 670 FTW 2gig 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
G. Skill Ripjaws X 4x4gb 1.5tb WD Caviar Green SATA A blah IDE for whatever storage HP USB DVD 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
Antec Kuhler 620 Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Samsung 24" 1920X1200 Razor Lycosa 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Silencer 910 Antec 902 It clicks.............. IKEA $1 pad 
Audio
M-Audio studiophile AV-40 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
SKYnet
(17 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @3.8! MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970  EVGA 670 FTW 2gig EVGA 670 FTW 2gig 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
G. Skill Ripjaws X 4x4gb 1.5tb WD Caviar Green SATA A blah IDE for whatever storage HP USB DVD 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
Antec Kuhler 620 Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Samsung 24" 1920X1200 Razor Lycosa 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Silencer 910 Antec 902 It clicks.............. IKEA $1 pad 
Audio
M-Audio studiophile AV-40 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #18 of 29
9/22/12 at 10:07pm
Thread Starter 
funny isn't it? I have money to spend on oil, a gpu an aquarium and a power supply, but I ran out of money to buy a cheap fish and rocks for the bottom. tongue.gif
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Current PC
(17 items)
 
Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC
(19 photos)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i5 2500K @ 4.9 Asus P8Z68-V AMD Sapphire Vapor X 7950 Boost Corsair Vengeance 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Seagate Momentus XT OEM DVD drive Corsair H100i Akasa Apache Black 120mm 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Dell 2030M Cherry Corp MX-Board 2.0 Brown Switches Corsair HX650w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
CM 690 II Logitech MX518 Razer Goliathus Logitech Z523 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #19 of 29
9/25/12 at 8:55pm
How are you cooling the oil? Your temperatures are going to rise continuously if you don't suck the heat out of the oil somehow. I hit 70°C in 3 hours on mine before the acrylic tank failed. I had an external rad set up next to a small window fan, but a faulty pump meant I wasn't moving oil through the rad. New pump plus a second pump and new fans on the rad and problem solved (temporarily).

Another thing I would do is have a break in the cables coming out of the case. Put female-female adapters going through the PCI slots or something, and make them flush with the metal on the tank side. This will prevent the oil from wicking up the cables and out of the case and onto everything else you don't want it on.
Edited by tippy25 - 9/25/12 at 8:59pm
Mr. Bubbles
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2GHz Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Sapphire Radeon HD6870 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
2x WD Caviar Black 1TB LG Blu-Ray burner Koolance CPU-370 & VID-AR687, Phobya 4x120mm rad Windows 7 Pro 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
19" Acer X193W+BD Generic Logitech Corsair HX-750 Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 
MouseAudio
Logitech MX Revolution Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mr. Bubbles
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2GHz Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Sapphire Radeon HD6870 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
2x WD Caviar Black 1TB LG Blu-Ray burner Koolance CPU-370 & VID-AR687, Phobya 4x120mm rad Windows 7 Pro 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
19" Acer X193W+BD Generic Logitech Corsair HX-750 Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 
MouseAudio
Logitech MX Revolution Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #20 of 29
9/27/12 at 9:39am
Im surprised no one mentioned this site but these guys built a very nice oil cooled PC. so if you have any problems I would just read up on their builds to get some ideas.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
Aisaka Taiga
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
PhII 940BE (3.5ghz) Biostar TA790GX3 Gigabyte HD 7850 OC OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 (1gbx4) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
WD1TB, Seagate 640GB Asus DRW-2014S1 Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Samsung T190 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Roccat Isku Thermaltake Toughpower 850 Antec P182 Roccat Kone+ 
Mouse PadAudio
Steelseries Qck Audiotechnica ATH-Pro5v 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Aisaka Taiga
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
PhII 940BE (3.5ghz) Biostar TA790GX3 Gigabyte HD 7850 OC OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 (1gbx4) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
WD1TB, Seagate 640GB Asus DRW-2014S1 Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Samsung T190 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Roccat Isku Thermaltake Toughpower 850 Antec P182 Roccat Kone+ 
Mouse PadAudio
Steelseries Qck Audiotechnica ATH-Pro5v 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Cooling Experiments
Overclock.net › Forums › Cooling › Cooling Experiments › Bubble Fish - The Mineral Oil Cooled PC