News - Oil used to cool - not cook, Intel proves the concept

[killer7xx]

They use mineral oil, not cooking oil. Cooking oil would rot, and that is not good for a pc.

[agello24]

this has been done by several people on youtube. its messy when its cleaning time.

[ik9000]

this has been done by several people on youtube. its messy when its cleaning time.

But with a sealed system there's far less need for cleaning. No dust getting sucked in/blown around. Only problem is swapping components in and out.

[deejayburnout]

I saw a rig on you tube that was submerged in baby oil. Looked to be fully working in the video

here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eub39NaC4rc&sns=em

Brap Brap

[Scribe]

i thought that oil was great at first, but it retained the heat and eventually got extremely hot, so it would still require a pump and radiator?

Guess it depends on your usage scenario. If you use PC x hours a day or go into low-power mode etc, perhaps just an enclosure with good conductivity is enough.

[Biscuit]

I would be interested to know for sure how the heat really escapes. I mean in a car the oil is pumped around and cooled right? Surely the concept is barely different in principle.

[ik9000]

I would be interested to know for sure how the heat really escapes. I mean in a car the oil is pumped around and cooled right? Surely the concept is barely different in principle.

Probably pumped to some kind of heat exchanger eg radiator, just like water cooled. Would the metal case do the job? Possibly...but surface area be a bit lacking for high heat - so I imagine as the earlier links in the thread, a radiator.

[najiro]

already seen it in action. the pc looked like an aquarium. good stuff!

[DarkMantis]

It seems to work quite well from what I've seen but it is a bummer when you want to change components orswap things around. It isn't easy to completely clean off the system parts.

[gingerBen]

What, no silicon chips jokes

[Krusher33]

Been done so many times. Why are they acting like it's new?

Besides, oil submersed computers are messy. I mean really... how many times do you need to reset CMOS when overclocking.

[Biscuit]

Been done so many times. Why are they acting like it's new?

Besides, oil submersed computers are messy. I mean really... how many times do you need to reset CMOS when overclocking.

But that's home users, it seems Intel are talking about data centre use. Acceptance in this scenario takes more than just people at home modding it together, takes a lot of testing to prove its worth and reliability.

[holy god of nil]

Be a teency bit of a hassle when you want to open your case to do anything

[ehhhhhhh]

How about filling a WC loop with oil? I wonder if it would be better than a normal coolant.

[Spank]

I would think you would need a more powerfull pump due to the higher viscosity

[ik9000]

How about filling a WC loop with oil? I wonder if it would be better than a normal coolant.

I would think you would need a more powerfull pump due to the higher viscosity

yup - one of the articles linked early on describes just that.