Am Samstag, 10. November 2012, 23:46:52 schrieb Dale: > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > Oh, we like digressions :-) > > > > I recall that sometimes last year, Tom's Hardware tested running a > > system without heat sink... but completely immersed in... cooking oil! > > They made a large acrylic container, poured in gallons of high-quality > > cooking oil, then proceeded to overclock the CPU and GPU to unholy > > frequencies... > > > > And, IIRC, Seymour Cray likes to use some inert fluoride-based coolant > > to dunk the components of his supercomputer machines. And he would > > even go to lengths to design a "coolant fountain" that's not only > > functional, but also decorative. > > > > > The only caveat, is to get a cooling system, that is made of robust, > > > > quality > > > > > components. Also, monitoring the temperature is important, and it'd be > > > nice to have a micro pressure transmitter, downstream of the pumping > > > > mechanism > > > > > to ensure no leaks by detecting tiny leaks BEFORE they happen (delta-P). > > > > That's the only qualms I have Re: water-coolant. I always an afraid of > > leaks. So, I always wimped out and use the thermal wick kind of > > almost, but not quite, somewhat similar to liquid coolant ;-) > > > > Rgds, > > -- > > I seen on a show once that they use mineral oil when they put those > robots in deep water. You know, the ones that are remote controlled and > go VERY VERY deep. Anyway, they put mineral oil in it because it is not > conductive, transmits heat pretty well and it doesn't let the water > pressure crush the little robot. It can't crush it since it is full of > a liquid already. > > If that is true, why not use mineral oil instead of water? I understand > that could mean a change in hoses and such but still, if they can make > hoses that can stand up to gas and other really nasty stuff then why not > mineral oil too? At least with that, if you get a leak it won't burn > out your mobo or whatever else it gets on. It would be messy tho. o_O > > Dale > > :-) :-)
lets see.. toxic, expensive, has to be recycled... vs water... also, submerging mobos in cooking oil is nothing new nor special. It smells horrible after a while and any change is fucking time consuming (and dirty). -- #163933
