Oil Cooled Computer
This is my attempt at a Mineral Oil Submersion cooled computer, followed after the attempt by Puget Custom Computers at www.pugetsystems.com After constantly fighting with loud fans, heat, and dust with my computer, I stumbled upon PCC’s video about submerging a computer in mineral oil. I researched it further and ultimately decided to try it myself. I’m so glad I did! There is no noise at all, even my new computer in an Antec 900 case on lowest settings is unbearably loud after experiencing the lack of noise from this system. The only way to tell if its on is to see if the fans are spinning 
Total stability as the oil equalizes the temperatures from all components. And its completely dust free forever! In the second half of the video I purchased a small 70gph water fountain pump for $20 and a heatercore for a 1973 Ford F250 that I had bought earlier for my truck for about $14, 1/2″ vinyl tubing and clamps $7. Please comment! and I will try to answer any questions to the best of my ability. -Grey Song is “Wide Open Spaces” by Mansun
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excellent build. nice work.
LOOK TO THE ELECTRIC BILL!!!
@Kelo60 look at the yellow sheathed ATA cable, it goes outside the aquarium. guess you missed that while your jaw was on the floor.
@Kelo60 That’s what I suspected, but I needed a confirmation.
@DevilMaster
You don’t.
Lol wait… Did you say you put the hard drive in there?
FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!
The hard drive is slowed by the oil making it slow as shit.
@patrikk777 Here is the Wikipedia article on Mineral Oil: “Mineral oil is used in a variety of industrial/mechanical capacities as a non-conductive coolant or thermal fluid in electric components as it does not …” So, no it wont.
cool. I bet a Mac can’t do this (probably would, but haven’t seen on video of it yet)
So if I fill up a bucket with mineral oil, and throw all my components in there it will work ?
@zsf94 and motor oil?? can i use it?? cus my father is more of a petrol head and in my house we have more motor oild then water!
@bazengao it is not conductive
That is just fucking insane.
but why mineral oil??
I bets its more quieter in your room
im havin troubles turin it on hhahah
@Jordan92rocks I thought that I made that clear, Anyone who knows this fact, and the fact that oils including gasoline are electrically non conductive wouldn’t have any anxiety over submerging electronics in either.
@D3M3NT3Dstrang3r Gasoline doesn’t burn, only its fumes do. You could have an open spark submerged in gasoline and still nothing would happen
Well hell that’s one way to keep the dust out of it
were does the silicant go???
@fenderlove01 For someone who knows that most oils or gasoline don’t conduct electricity I don’t think that it would be a scary thought to begin with. Just think the electric fuel pump on your vehicle is submerged in gasoline. I don’t think anyone though it would be anything other than the pc just quitting if something did go wrong.
wah~ after prime95, cpu 85c, gpu 68c….
my pc is air cooled and prime95 gives me cpu 35C and gpu 40C~
and i have never seen my cpu go above 45C~
and its overclocked 10%~
wah~ after prime95, cpu 85c, gpu 68c….
my pc is air cooled and prime95 gives me cpu 35C and gpu 40C~
and i have never seen my cpu go above 45C~
and its overclocked 10%~
@UselessOpinion What will happen if I use silicone?
@xphilipgrx they heat of the oil will melt the glue and then you’d have melted glue and oil in the mechanical drive(s).
@UselessOpinion but if you close all the holes with hot glue on a hdd?