Comments on: Oil computer ver. 2

By: discus fish

discus fish — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:00:23 +0000

Hello there, great site, where did you come up with the info in this synopsis? Im happy I found it though, I’ll be checking back soon to see what other articles you have.

By: dynexus

dynexus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:29:06 +0000

why not put it in a metal case with a copper layer attatched to the heatsinks of an overclocked quad xeon system then use it to fry up some chicken at the lan party?

By: Steven Koepke

Steven Koepke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:59:16 +0000

What about aerating the oil with, say, potpourri? Or maybe a nice oilfall. Those are nice

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:41:09 +0000

the problem with hydraulic oils, several types will eat rubber, plastics. Just look at your car’s brake system. I worked at a facility that manufactured underwater ROV’s and we used pure mineral oil for inside the vehicles with no problems. And that was down to several thousand feet. The pressure balance tube was simply a piece of garden hose.

By: pragma

pragma — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:12:32 +0000

I know the opportunity for aesthetics here is tempting, but seriously, why use an aquarium?

A PVC bucket, like the general purpose ones they sell at Home Depot, would be *ideal* since its built to hold things much heavier than water. Plus, its a single piece, so there’s nowhere for the oil to leak to. *plus*, it comes with a handle!

By: jesteri4

jesteri4 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:10:43 +0000

Is there another way to cool the oil other than running it into a radiator outside the tank? Otherwise after some long term gaming you get some very hot oil but still stable system.

By: max powers

max powers — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:40:17 +0000

When I saw The Fish Tank Computer I thought it was a joke. So The IT Department at Seneca High School(my Job) wanted to try to build the crazy idea. Many of my coworkers though I was crazy. When I brought in fish tank and some cooking oil. When searching for a computer to destroy we found the one of the Administrators old home computer. We took plenty of Picture as we pored in the oil . It has been 6 weeks and it’s still running we never turn it off.

By: max powers

max powers — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:37:52 +0000

By: Marcos

Marcos — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:18:55 +0000

Has anyone really tested cooling improvement?
I mean, wouldn

By: Jappe

Jappe — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:07:28 +0000

just made my first oil pc, kinda nice, the only thing is that he stinks up the place!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:19:11 +0000

http://multimediapcs.blogspot.com/2005/07/computer-cooled-with-mineral-oil.html

I at least built my own custom case when I did mine. And my custom case didn’t even crack. I still need the updated pictures on there.

By: Hsian su

Hsian su — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:46:51 +0000

Hydralic Fliud? Can anyone make a list of oils that wont go bad and list them together? I want to try this experiment on some of my older PC’s.

By: Ed Tapanes

Ed Tapanes — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:55:22 +0000

Twitchy – “two guys in Walmart together buying 11 bottles of cooking oil.”

ROFLMAO!!!!

By: Eliot Phillips

Eliot Phillips — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:53:34 +0000

No, he’s talking about 3M’s Flourinert

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1098/

By: digitalFX

digitalFX — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:26:11 +0000

QUOTE
A better solution may be a liquid developed by 3M it is expensive but sounds great. Cheapest solution is hydralic fluid.
/QUOTE

If you’re talking about “saphire” this evaporates at lower temperatures than water to help suppress fires and it also eventually becomes corrosive if it comes in contact with water. This is why it has to be stored in a container with a drier. It can’t even be stored in open air becuase it will absorb the moisture from the air.