Cool idea for 'Cool' pc

Dicehunter · 29 Apr 2008 at 07:35

I was thinking today about heat and ways to disperse it, then it hit me, WATERCOOLING, not normal watercooling but complete watercooling, im talking the whole pc submerged in water obviously all the parts insulated properley but imagine the peformance, you could put a refrigirating device in to the water at the front of the tower with a pump of sorts pushing the water towards the back to maintain a really cool temp so you could over clock the comp to insane heights and then a pump at the back sucking in the water from the front towards the cooling device, ive started concepts for this idea and have put it to a few tech experts and apparently it can be done wih the right component insulation and heat dispersion methods, so im very excited to see if this idea would one day make it to the mainstream market.

Devil_Spawn · 29 Apr 2008 at 07:45

I'm pretty sure that this has been done with mineral oil!

edit: found a vid, maybe not the best but you get the idea

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

drunkenmaster · 29 Apr 2008 at 07:46

wow, just wow, amazing idea.

Now just queue up behind the other one hundred and eleven thousand, six hundred and thirty four people to have the idea before you who all thought they were original brilliant and super cool who all failed. THey all realised it could only be done using flurinert, an expensive non electrically conductive liquid with decent properties and that this also has been done hundreds , if not thousands of times just to find its not that cool, not worth the effort and no one on earth cares in the slightest.

See you in two weeks when you make a new thread entitled, "whoa, great idea, how about putting an ENTIRE COMPUTER man, an entire computer IN A FRIDGE or freezer, how cool am I" .

semi-pro waster · 29 Apr 2008 at 07:47

I don't think you are likely to see it as mainstream any time soon, there simply isn't a need, most people (even overclockers) get good enough performance with air cooling. However if you are interested there are a few people who have used oil cooling, this is one of the early attempts but I think there have been more.

thegoonden · 29 Apr 2008 at 07:49

LOL, a sealed PC under water would melt in seconds, the air inside it a rather efficient insulator, the hear would never get to the water.

As stated, hyperchilled fluinert would do, then you could fill the case with it, but the point is?

Nick1881 · 29 Apr 2008 at 09:15

How about a pc submerged in oil in a fridge? lol

Memphis · 29 Apr 2008 at 09:18

drunkenmaster said:
wow, just wow, amazing idea.

Now just queue up behind the other one hundred and eleven thousand, six hundred and thirty four people to have the idea before you who all thought they were original brilliant and super cool who all failed. THey all realised it could only be done using flurinert, an expensive non electrically conductive liquid with decent properties and that this also has been done hundreds , if not thousands of times just to find its not that cool, not worth the effort and no one on earth cares in the slightest.

See you in two weeks when you make a new thread entitled, "whoa, great idea, how about putting an ENTIRE COMPUTER man, an entire computer IN A FRIDGE or freezer, how cool am I" .

What a nice chap you are

. That was the nicest way you felt you could put your opinion across was it?

semi-pro waster · 29 Apr 2008 at 09:21

mr_x_plosion said:
How about a pc submerged in oil in a fridge? lol

The condensation would be the main issue since the oil won't freeze until well below -10C but if you could keep that from affecting the components I suppose you could, however fridges are at their most efficient when full or nearly so and a PC isn't likely to fill one.

Oh Ed not again. · 29 Apr 2008 at 09:30

drunkenmaster said:
wow, just wow, amazing idea.

Now just queue up behind the other one hundred and eleven thousand, six hundred and thirty four people to have the idea before you who all thought they were original brilliant and super cool who all failed. THey all realised it could only be done using flurinert, an expensive non electrically conductive liquid with decent properties and that this also has been done hundreds , if not thousands of times just to find its not that cool, not worth the effort and no one on earth cares in the slightest.

See you in two weeks when you make a new thread entitled, "whoa, great idea, how about putting an ENTIRE COMPUTER man, an entire computer IN A FRIDGE or freezer, how cool am I" .

Definitely not a morning person, more coffee for that man

Gogl · 29 Apr 2008 at 10:11

Dicehunter said:
im talking the whole pc submerged in water

Great idea!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cooling#Liquid_submersion_cooling

Let us know how you get on, then maybe you could lend a few of us a few million each to try it ourselves.

Next time you're on to the tech people, ask them to try and bring my idea into reality:

Chips that don't emit any heat! :rolleyes:

Ahh well, at least you've got an eye the future.

P.S. Some may find the Tom's Hardware linky at the bottom of that page of interest.

Dicehunter · 29 Apr 2008 at 10:56

Actually the part you mentioned about chips not emmiting any heat is quite interesting and im not poking fun but with all the r+d that goes in to tech nowa days you never know it might happen in the near future, just look were we where 50 years ago, you tell someone back then thte stuff we have now and they would have carted you off to a nut house lol

Gogl · 29 Apr 2008 at 11:16

I'm sure it will happen, it's just that I can't see much of it becoming mainstream anytime soon.

The chips of the future will probably be mini brains, and if so, why not give them a body and make one your pet.

"Listen fluffy, either you run GTA MCCLIV at 2.8 million FPS or it's no Scooby Snacks for you!"

robbi187 · 29 Apr 2008 at 11:19

drunkenmaster said:
wow, just wow, amazing idea.

Now just queue up behind the other one hundred and eleven thousand, six hundred and thirty four people to have the idea before you who all thought they were original brilliant and super cool who all failed. THey all realised it could only be done using flurinert, an expensive non electrically conductive liquid with decent properties and that this also has been done hundreds , if not thousands of times just to find its not that cool, not worth the effort and no one on earth cares in the slightest.

See you in two weeks when you make a new thread entitled, "whoa, great idea, how about putting an ENTIRE COMPUTER man, an entire computer IN A FRIDGE or freezer, how cool am I" .

alright m8, calm the **** down. Obviously you've never made a stupid post in your life

robfrancis · 29 Apr 2008 at 19:46

Gogl said:
I'm sure it will happen, it's just that I can't see much of it becoming mainstream anytime soon.

The chips of the future will probably be mini brains, and if so, why not give them a body and make one your pet.

"Listen fluffy, either you run GTA MCCLIV at 2.8 million FPS or it's no Scooby Snacks for you!"

That made me lol.