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Old 09-13-2006, 02:30 PM   #11
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How about mercury? Would that work? I think a glass box filled with liquid silvery stuff would look awesome. Especially with some bubbles coming from the bottom to show that it's actually liquid.

Right up to the point when the floor is covered with a thick layer of something both poisonous and very hard to sweep up.
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Old 09-13-2006, 02:54 PM   #12
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Yes, go ahead and fill your computer with a conductive metal
EDIT: Fluorocarbons are banned, no?

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Old 09-13-2006, 03:21 PM   #13
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EDIT: Fluorocarbons are banned, no?
I am not sure if they are completely banned or if they can be used in a completely sealed system. I suspect they are banned, but we have played around with them at work (we sealed a mock-processor in a small chamber and filled it with a liquid fluorocarbon--it worked like a champ).
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Old 09-13-2006, 04:50 PM   #14
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Mercury is a metal... And as such will conduct electricity. So it'll short everything out, and completely fry the computer.
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Old 09-13-2006, 04:59 PM   #15
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So will all liquid salts.
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Old 09-13-2006, 06:25 PM   #16
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It's idiotic.

How can people think this will work? It's basic physics. I'm an engineer, trust me. If that computer is left on any length of time, it'll fry.

Yes it will be quiet, but it'll fry.

The oil will retain the heat. There is no way for the heat to dissapate. It's like having a car without a radiator. It's stupid.

There is no oil flow to help with cooling either, the oil sits there motionless. It needs passing over a cold surface so heat exchange can take place, removing the heat from the oil.

Sorry, but im laughing at those of you who actually think this works.
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Old 09-13-2006, 07:11 PM   #17
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Until now, I had assumed there is a separate radiator tank somewhere, but your post made me actually read the THW page. They really didn't install a radiator anywhere. So yeah, that would not work like that, as the whole case would reach a temperature equilibrium, and then you'd get rench fries ot of your motherboard.
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Old 09-13-2006, 07:41 PM   #18
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Ok, Bozo has seen sense.

Anyone else wanna retract their "awesome" statements?

Lol.
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Old 09-13-2006, 08:22 PM   #19
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Ok, Bozo has seen sense.

Anyone else wanna retract their "awesome" statements?

Lol.
Well I never made one

Anyways, the systems that I have seen built like this have used a refrigeration system that cycles and cools the Oil. Unfortunantly the thing is then as big as a house and weighs about as much too.
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Old 09-13-2006, 08:32 PM   #20
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You could use a radiator or an intercooler.

Both would work, but would require pumps for the flow of oil and water/air (depending which way around you'd want it). The oil has to move to release the heat. The water/air in the radiator/intercooler has to be cycled as well, to release the heat.

Basically this is not a feesable idea. It takes too much aux equipment. Minimum of two pumps etc.

A refrigeration plant would also work, but then, you need even MORE stuff. Condersor, Compressor, Expansion Valve and evaporator. Plus the refrigerant itself.

And you could either have the oil flowing through a refriegerator, or make the housing the fridge.

Either way, another stupid/pointless/expensive idea.

Sorry Amphetimine Machine, if you actually decide to make this your an idiot.



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