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post #21 of 29
9/28/12 at 8:21pm
That was actually the kit I used. I used their V2 kit that they had out several years ago. It was an interesting experiment and I might revisit it someday. Not likely, but I won't rule it out.
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post #22 of 29
10/2/12 at 1:43am
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hey tippy, big fan of your work on Mr. Bubbles. I need to get some custom water cooling parts for my PC in order to cool it. It reaches almost 60c on full gpu+cpu load. I'm currently leaving it off right now, and figuring out how to cool the thing. I'm having trouble finding custom water cooling parts in hong kong, however I found a place that sells the Thermaltake Bigwater 760 plus. Maybe I can modify it so that it can cool my machine. The issue is that the pump is pulling the coolant from the reservoir, however, the reservoir is going to be above the tank, meaning I cant pull the oil from my machine. If I plan on buying it I will probably need to modify it. How is your oil cooling setup?
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10/2/12 at 3:16pm
A large ID rad will help with the extra viscosity, maybe a small auto rad would be what you need. A submersible pond pump or something like that should (! research) work, and it would have a larger head pressure to push through the larger rad .
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10/2/12 at 3:51pm
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hey tippy, big fan of your work on Mr. Bubbles. I need to get some custom water cooling parts for my PC in order to cool it. It reaches almost 60c on full gpu+cpu load. I'm currently leaving it off right now, and figuring out how to cool the thing. I'm having trouble finding custom water cooling parts in hong kong, however I found a place that sells the Thermaltake Bigwater 760 plus. Maybe I can modify it so that it can cool my machine. The issue is that the pump is pulling the coolant from the reservoir, however, the reservoir is going to be above the tank, meaning I cant pull the oil from my machine. If I plan on buying it I will probably need to modify it. How is your oil cooling setup?

If you're going to stay with oil cooling, I would recommend getting a good air cooler and a high rpm fan. I recommend staying away from anything that would require modification to work. I would say get at least a thick 480 rad and a pump (or two or three) that can turn over all the oil in the tank in at most 5 mins. You should be able to just submerge the pump(s) and have it pull from the tank. If using more than one pump, you should stagger the location of the pumps so that they're drawing from opposite areas in the tank.
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A large ID rad will help with the extra viscosity, maybe a small auto rad would be what you need. A submersible pond pump or something like that should (! research) work, and it would have a larger head pressure to push through the larger rad .

While you might be able to get a car rad to work, it'd be easier to get something like a TFC Monsta or multiple thick rads that were made to have fans mounted on them. That heat still needs to get out of the oil and having fans mounted directly on the rad is better than having to rig something up with a box fan and a car rad. Automotive rad fans are LOUD, too.

Careful on recommending a pond pump. Some of them have such high flow rates and pressure heads that you could damage the rad if you're not careful.
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10/3/12 at 8:34am
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hmm thanks for both the tips, but it looks like i'll have to stick to the thermaltake bigwater. I dont have much else to choose from. However, the pump included is supposed to be around 500l/hr which is just under 2min to fully pump out all the oil. seems good so far.
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post #26 of 29
10/4/12 at 5:36am
i really like the thought of taking the oil cooled PC out into the cooler weather for an OC run.

i may have to try this someday.
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Don't try to pump the oil....add another radiator to the system and keep the cooling circuit closed. You'll get better results using the alcohol to transfer the heat to the air and using a pond pump to push the oil past the rad in the tank. I learned from experience that it is easier to pump water than oil lol.
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post #28 of 29
10/6/12 at 3:29am
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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

Don't forget uber ultra high quality thermal pads are an option too.

EDIT: or a super ultra mega high quality lap job, Ive sen but, 1 lap job that worked so well it didn't even need thermal paste, grant it it would require a stud/screw mounted retention bracket type cooler for the needed pressure.
Edited by cdoublejj - 10/6/12 at 3:31am
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4/12/13 at 12:38pm
Buy a MagDrive pump and a small car radiator. GOLDEN. You could run it passive and still be fine.thumb.gif
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