Re: [LUG] Oil Immersion Cooling (OIC)

[Max Siegieda <maxsiegieda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have already bought a tank, thanks, although in the future I am thinking of purchasing one of the huge glass fish tanks that turn up at Newton Abbot tip, just recently saw one capable of holding approximately 64 machines with dual gfx cards each, a car radiator would cool this perfectly and the power of the cluster would be amazing. On old systems that do not require a heatsink on the CPU or GPU, or maybe if they require only a small heatsink, then it would not be required in oil, for most modern purposes however all heatsinks and fans are to be used as normal.

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

maxsiegieda@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Posted by "Max Siegieda" <maxsiegieda@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hello again, while posting the email about the antec 1200 for sale I was reminded that there is a conversation and a half available on this topic, so we might as well enjoy it. The plan is to immerse the computer (well, minus disk drives) in mineral oil, which is more commonly used as horse laxative, baby oil, and "personal lubricant". Mineral oil has a very high heat capacity, doesn't absorb water, and is non-conductive, more so than vegetable oil which requires the sealing of the CPU pins to prevent short outs. The oil shall be stored in a fish tank, the oil will be pumped using a pond pump, and the radiator will be a car radiator for their terrific dissapation potential. Any questions? statements? general comments?
>

Sounds like an interesting idea.  If you need a tank, I have a 3ft fish
tank sitting here not doing anything (hasn't got a lid though).  It's
always something I wanted to try but I figure with kids running around
if the tank gets broken it'll get messy but I can certainly appreciate
the cooling that it offers.

I can never remember, does something like this still require heatsinks
on the CPU, GPU etc?

Rob

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