Claws Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Thinking about cooling my computer with mineral oil. Here are my system specs http://prntscr.com/1vruxm I have 1 ssd and 2 other hdds. I will put the hdd's outside of the mineral oil because of moving parts viscosity etc. I'll be using a 20 gallon fish tank for this and then pumping that mineral oil and cooling it through a 6 fan radiator to keep the liquid moving. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21RRrynVYHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg Why am i doing this? im rich (i have about a 1000 buck to blow) im not rlly rich its an interesting project crazy overclocking pls tell me your thoughts on this project its looks kewl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaOfPain Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You should upgrade your computer specs first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Seems cool, but having to change out a part would be nasty/a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delink Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Sounds... cool I guess, make sure to post some pics when you get it done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 You should upgrade your computer specs first. lol wot my specs are fine for what i play unless i wanted to stream bf4 and record it then i dont rlly need new specs :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 People who do this only do it for show/old hardware. As opposed to actually liquid cooling (radiator blocks tubing etc) this doesn't perform well at all. The water cannot go below freezing (duh) EDIT(actually mineral oil can get to about -20F before it freezes so tech you can get it colder than water. The amount of radiator needed to get this cold or about 32 f in a fish tank like setting would be crazy like take the rad out of your car crazy). so the water will sit around room temp even with the rad. You are cooling a large amount of space with a radiator. When you do a loop (regular water cooling) you condense this water in a small space that only cools the hot parts (gpu, cpu, some mobo parts (not nec at all). And as far as crazy overclocking goes....you will be able to get colder temps on the cpu/gpu with a aftermarket air cooler and even better with a actual water cooling loop. I am not saying your system isn't nice, but your not going to get far with a locked cpu..... You will not go above 3.2 ghz (intel turbo boost isnt OCing tho) on that chip. If you do this, just do it for show. I want to do one but would only spend about 400 on hardware and whatever the actual supplies for the tank and water/rad etc. No one in there right mind would drop a brand new 400 chip in this. For you my friend i think a better and more fulfilling project would be to buy some upgraded items (K cpu) and maybe a new gpu. then spend about 400 on actual water cooling supplies (block rad case etc) Start with just the CPU then you can add later on down the road. Heres a link to some information also the forums is a great hardware forum that I am an active member http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=674257 http://www.frozencpu.com/ Decent site for water cooling supplies. Hope this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mago Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Looks really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 I know that this might not be the most efficient use but again im doing this as a fun project and because it looks nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mago Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Hope it turns out well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuIcY Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I would go on TS and talk to SuperSkreech, he is godlike on builds and has advice worth hearing if your serious about doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I know that this might not be the most efficient use but again im doing this as a fun project and because it looks nice. Just make sure you can get a back up machine or can put together a new one in-case of failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Yeah these kind of things can fail. Example the liquid shouldn't be over 60 c (breaks acrillic glass) which takes a long time to heat anyways but still if a crack or something happens im kinda screwed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) Yeah these kind of things can fail. Example the liquid shouldn't be over 60 c (breaks acrillic glass) which takes a long time to heat anyways but still if a crack or something happens im kinda screwed What size radiators will you cool it with? Edited October 11, 2013 by BranHorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mago Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Seems like a challenging project for sure but once it's all done, it will be cool. I'd love to try this someday for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 What size radiators will you cool it with? i dunno maybe 6 120mm but right now im reconsidering maybe i will do this when i have a new pc in 3 years lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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