Mineral Oil Submerged Computer

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Puget Custom Computers shows off a truly unique computer, built in an aquarium! Cooling is provided by submerging the system in mineral oil. With lights and bubbles, it looks great, and is not as expensive or difficult as you might think.

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Mineral Oil Submerged Computer

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Could I
do this with just water. Maybe salt water. Then I could also get some real fish and have them in the tank. Hopfully they won't end up in the power supply. Also it wouldn't be as messy as changing the oil.
By y2lismuas 1197860557 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7262416~~
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- water, especially salt water is
  conductive to electricity as opposed to mineral oil, which is used among other things as a cooling fluid for high voltage transformers
  By UBIQ.TV 1200003793 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7008100~~
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Great idea
I have a friend who is a modding geek, definately gonna show him this one... Where can I see the perfomance tests for this kind of cooling? Cause i see you guys running 3dMark in the vid ;)
By Mixxxxx 1180452542 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2656934~~
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- it works...
  we did this at a tech shop i worked at before. it was a rumor, so we got old parts tried it and oh man it stays so much cooler, better than water cooling systems, and safer. 5**** and fave. good demo video.
  By gilbot3030 1188978817 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4170721~~
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- Oh, NVM, found it in your link ;)
  Great job!
  By Mixxxxx 1180452619 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2656934~~
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wow! that is cool
so is it worse of better than standard cooling systems with air? also could you use something to cool the liquid? cos if so i REALLY want one
By randomvideos 1179074075 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5146524~~
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hmmmm
wouldnt that be dangerous????
By kazamaza888888 1229421012 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~10342321~~
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Mineral Oil
Does mineral oil go bad over time?
By Whatough 1197785000 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7339055~~
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WHAT THE?
Awsome dude, 5 and fav, this thing rocks! my old pc almost runs as fast as my new one! and looks better!
By Mike Davis 1197510517 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7311560~~
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wouldn't this
slow down the harddrive rpm?
since its a raptor it would have 10000rpm, but how many do you got when its submerged?
By lucian90 1194633644 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5384040~~
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- lol
  i thought the same, but if you check it out at the left of the Compaquarium, you see that he has an external HDD
  By Mike Davis 1197510645 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7311560~~
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- yeah but,
  then why install the raptor?
  i just want to know what the effects on the harddrive will be.
  By lucian90 1197575880 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5384040~~
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- Of course
  That its speed will be drasticly reduced, you can see at the moment that the power fan is filled up, it slows down a lot, the hardrive would also, it would be really slow tho, not a nice thing to do at all.
  By Mike Davis 1197615393 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7311560~~
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- the hard drive should be hermetically
  sealed, since the heads are microns above the surface of the spinning disks, any dust particle would cause a dissaster, therefore the disk is hermetically sealed and no oil should be able to get inside
  By UBIQ.TV 1200004001 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7008100~~
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- yes but
  i was saying that his hard drive is external, stop at 2:20 and u see at the left of the aquaryum the external HD. oh and of course, not advised to submerge Disk Drives, unles u like to hear slow rotation musics... :P
  By Mike Davis 1200208732 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7311560~~
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- still,
  the powerfan is ment to move air, or in this case mineral oil. so i would think that since it is flat(aerodynamic) it would not slow down as much as you think.
  By lucian90 1197843945 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5384040~~
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Glass fish
Some blown glass fish would be nice!
By joanieDRUM 1194456763 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6975747~~
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- Why not some real fish?
  Tropical fish can support up to 20Âº, as soon as they die we know that the computer is too hot! better have a cat, would be a waste of fish ;)
  By Mike Davis 1197510716 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7311560~~
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Wow
Great ...
By art.z 1192420575 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6583461~~
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wow cool !!!!
so where do we put our disk ?
By Little DuDeZ 1180440383 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5158942~~
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- in the fish
  in the fish
  By kazamaza888888 1229421111 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~10342321~~
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- lol
  haha
  By gotyx 1198669308 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6610110~~
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Heat
At 3:00 min you can see some heat.
By Ripper25 1179152278 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4920240~~
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- its
  water movement, i think.
  By zmoneymillz69 1179159317 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4870011~~
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Wrong Link
Hi jonbach, thanks for the nice video. The link that you provide at the end of the video is wrong. The link that you provided ends in /submersion.php whereas the correct link ends in /submerged.php

Kindly fix the error.
By linguist 1179091030 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3934375~~
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  Fake floating fish would be cool too.
  By Hero_Sky 1179109124 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1828919~~
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- Link is not incorrect
  The link works, and points to the same page. It is intentionally different.
  By jonbach 1179091912 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5313490~~
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nice job
Very cool! Five stars! Fat Boy Slim bonus!
By phatires 1179076819 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3591560~~
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Cool!
I'd sure love to have one.
By Duhh 1179025874 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1461927~~
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Water
I guess it works beceause of the oil and that it won't work on water?
By Ripper25 1178719682 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4920240~~
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- Water works
  It would work with water, the distilled pure kind that does not conduct electricity (any salt or such would mess it up). Anything that doesnt conduct electricity would work, like cooking oil, motor oil, gasoline etc, all those would be kind of permanent solutions though.
  By h41fGOD 1179069948 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5133406~~
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- did he just write...
  gasoline.... good luck my friend, even if it dont conduct i wont try that with any electical parts...
  By gilbot3030 1188978998 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4170721~~
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- de-ionized
  water will work
  By blahsdfas 1180580279 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1824427~~
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- not quite
  Even "pure" water wouldn't work, because you can't prevent minerals (even minimal amounts would be a problem) from getting into the water. It has been tried on a German TV show.
  By floele 1179083853 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5372006~~
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lol
forget the fake fish put your hand in there i am sure this is safe lol
By Photoman67 1207519823 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8470094~~
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I know where he got the idea from!
On youtube, there was a video called vegetable oil pc which was nearly the same, but in the comments people kept suggesting mineral oil.
By Omfgpie 1194187279 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6923074~~
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kool
any way, it is sooo cool,
i want to try one at home. but i am sure it wont work. :D

By halleycomet 1179343000 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3130666~~
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fishtank
haha u could have fish living in there
By deadflappin 1179046631 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4527522~~
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- Hehe
  Like sardines? XD
  
  http://www.bienmanger.com/images/genre/1037_Sardines_Olive_Oil.jpg
  By JohnTheBaptist 1179068182 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3444297~~
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- Fish living in Mineral Oil?
  I don't think that would be feasible. Maybe you could though!?! Hahah, Juuuuuust Kiddin'!
  By jdennis218 1179439102 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4665710~~
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let me clarify something...
...if those coolers are supposed to work in air, it will be hard for them to work in oil and i think that at a certain time will colapse...all pieces of hardware with coolers will colapse sooner or later...
I'm thinking of Source of Power, Video Grafic Card, even MB chipset...I dont' want to try this method of cooling with my desktop....
By Mijareta 1179937320 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3869170~~
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- well...
  what me and my friends did was cut off the wings from the fan to prevent stress on the motors, cause your system will not work if a fan dies until you replace it. (depends on the mainboard if it protects from overheating and sensors are triggered due to a dead fan)
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