Am Sonntag, 11. November 2012, 09:35:35 schrieb Dale: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > 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). > I didn't say to use cooking oil, I said to use mineral oil. Also, how > is mineral oil toxic? Baby oil is mineral oil. I have psoriasis and I > put on baby oil at least once a day, sometimes several times a day. If > it is so toxic, why would people be putting it on babies? Heck, if it > is so toxic, why am I still alive? How can cooking oil be toxic > either? I cook with cooking oil and then eat the food I cook with it. > It may be something but hardly toxic. > > Let's see, baby oil, not toxic, doesn't short out and blow up stuff when > it leaks. Water, one leak and you could have to buy a new rig. Cost of > mineral oil versus a new rig. I don't think that is even close. lol > Also, it doesn't have to be a "new" idea to work. > > Just thought it worth a mention. > > Dale
and since baby oil is so great for the job we use it as lubcritant and for cooling in engines.... > > :-) :-) -- #163933
