That's sick dude!! But I like it

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I've always been scared about using water cooling.

I mean, first off, water and electricty don't mix. What if by some strange chance one of the hoses got loose, splled water all over the inside the computer, thus runining the computer and being a potential saftey hazzard for pets.

Not only that, but some of the radiator units to cool the water look absolutely rediculous, check this one out :

http://www.3dcool.com/product_info.php?products_id=1473

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I have heard about water cooling before, But I haven't ever seen a picture of what it looks like. For one, the picture of the computer someone put in, It looks to big to fit in a computer. I think it is impractical unless you find a way to make it a lot smaller. You don't want the entire computer filled with a hose, pump, and container of water. I haven't done much research on the subject, but in my opinion, Just get a bigger fan or somthing.

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ive got watercooling in my pc and its really good, its so mcuh better than stock fans, ive got 2 heat sinks one on the cpu and one on the chipset, a single 80mm radiator and a wicked pump, then its all hozed up adn it rocks, i have my cpu overclocked to 3.2 ghz from 2.8 i dont want to go any further in case of blow up and it still runs and 34 degrees c, ha its so cool any ways thats my story and just a warning dont buy cheap water cooling beacsue its crap and it really sucks, cool see ya later

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An other solution is plce the complete PC in Oil without FANS.
At least some one has done it before : http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/

I don't know if that works, after while you warm-up something in it I think.

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wow no way. i had no idea that something like that was capable.
I mean i just figured it would go to crap once you pour any thing into it like that.. that is a really good find . pc case filled with oil and pc runs...

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first things first how the hell is that even possible with thee cooking oil? I just don't see how that is even possible with all the circuts and junks. Thats just insane. Wonder how much money they spent cooking that idea up (if you don't get that so sad).

instead of spending hours looking at how its done someone explain in if I was an idiot. How does the water travel through the system. From the looks of the pictures its keeping the metal cool am I close to that assumption?

Cause I don't see how putting water on the circut boards and the chips will help it function properly.

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With water in it will not work.

Because the water will split in ions due to electrical current.
So those water ions will become a conductor wich will result in a useless mainbord.

With oil it seems to work, since oil can't split in ions.
The rest is easy to explain :
When the oil heats up, it becomes lighter so I goes to the top.
The cooler oil is heavier so it goes down.
When the oil is on top it comes in contact with the normal air so it gives its heat off to the air just above.


Another advantage of this is that all component are cooled.
Like memory modulles , the mainbord chipset , Video card and so on.
A disadvantage is that a leak can kill everything and it's not easy to make a memory upgrade.

The only question how much oil do you need to cool a system properly, and how long does such things work.

I've never tried it, and possibly will never do it also.
I keep it on air cooling , it's the cheapest and most used.

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water cooling is not always component - unfriendly. There are submersed computers too. The liquids usually used are anti freeze and non-conducting. Water is just used, because those liquids dont absorb heat as well. If you use solid copper water blocks witha long waterway, you can cool your PC down pretty well, and possible overclock a TON.

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Let me start out by saying that the PC OpaQue mentioned looks a bit typical - aside from the garbege can filled with water. I read the thing on oil cooling - it seems interesting, but not something I would want to try. Water cooling is a pretty efficient way to cool down your computer, but sometimes it's just not for the person.

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