Alternative Cooling Fluids

Switch · 09-27-02, 10:53 PM

With processors getting faster and hotter, water cooling is starting to look really good. Only problem is I don't want to be cooling my PC with something that could essentially destroy it. I'd rather go for something that was not conductive. Any ideas? Iso Alcohol comes to mind though I'm not sure what the performance would be compared to other cooling fluids.

thcdru2k · 09-27-02, 11:01 PM

i remember a while back a 200mmx that was completely drenched in mineral oil..lol.. that thing overclocked crazy.

LORD-eX-Bu · 09-28-02, 01:14 AM

Yeah, I saw that too. What you could try to do is go to your electric company and ask for a few gallons of the transformer oil that they use, I mean, you'd probably have to buy it, but it is non-conductive and works great. It not only cools, but it suppresses all noice. You'd have to get a fishtank or something and set it up to hold everything, but you don't want to put the HD or any CD-rom on it, otherwise it will get ruined. ANyways, I doubt anyone would do this, but hey, its cool.

fishlung · 09-28-02, 01:17 AM

Distilled water is the best you can do, unless you're important enough to have access to methods to cool your components by submersing them, like some supercomputers or some such.

Alcohol and oils conduct heat poorly. Far more poorly than water. I suggest adding a little Water Wetter, made by Redline Racing, to your distilled water setup. It will really, really reduce metal corrosion and algae growth. Good stuff.

As long as you test your water system for a day or two, to make sure it doesn't leak, and to run out the air bubbles and such, before installing it into your PC, you should be fine.

My system has been up and running for almost a year now with no problems. My temperatures aren't as good as they could be, but that's because I'm using a small radiator, and it lives inside my PC where it doesn't cool as well as it could.

Have fun!

Switch · 09-28-02, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by fishlung
Distilled water is the best you can do, unless you're important enough to have access to methods to cool your components by submersing them, like some supercomputers or some such.

Alcohol and oils conduct heat poorly. Far more poorly than water. I suggest adding a little Water Wetter, made by Redline Racing, to your distilled water setup. It will really, really reduce metal corrosion and algae growth. Good stuff.

As long as you test your water system for a day or two, to make sure it doesn't leak, and to run out the air bubbles and such, before installing it into your PC, you should be fine.

My system has been up and running for almost a year now with no problems. My temperatures aren't as good as they could be, but that's because I'm using a small radiator, and it lives inside my PC where it doesn't cool as well as it could.

Have fun!

Hmmmm... no alcohol and no oil...

oh well. Distilled water and that water wetter stuff doesn't sound bad then. Is algae growth really a problem in a water cooling setup? Never heard of that before.

**vampireuk** · 09-29-02, 06:40 AM

well if you gave up on the water cooling you would have a ready made fish tank complete with algae

Matthyahuw · 09-29-02, 05:12 PM

I heard tomato juice works well...

Switch · 09-29-02, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by Matthyahuw
I heard tomato juice works well...

lol

09-27-02, 10:53 PM	#1
Switch Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 149	Alternative Cooling Fluids With processors getting faster and hotter, water cooling is starting to look really good. Only problem is I don't want to be cooling my PC with something that could essentially destroy it. I'd rather go for something that was not conductive. Any ideas? Iso Alcohol comes to mind though I'm not sure what the performance would be compared to other cooling fluids.

09-27-02, 11:01 PM	#2
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	i remember a while back a 200mmx that was completely drenched in mineral oil..lol.. that thing overclocked crazy. __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

09-28-02, 01:14 AM	#3
LORD-eX-Bu Horus the pointy master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 4,609	Yeah, I saw that too. What you could try to do is go to your electric company and ask for a few gallons of the transformer oil that they use, I mean, you'd probably have to buy it, but it is non-conductive and works great. It not only cools, but it suppresses all noice. You'd have to get a fishtank or something and set it up to hold everything, but you don't want to put the HD or any CD-rom on it, otherwise it will get ruined. ANyways, I doubt anyone would do this, but hey, its cool. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

09-29-02, 05:12 PM	#7
Matthyahuw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 919	I heard tomato juice works well... __________________ Shalom!

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09-28-02, 01:17 AM	#4
fishlung "Steempy, you nVeediot!" Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 100	Distilled water is the best you can do, unless you're important enough to have access to methods to cool your components by submersing them, like some supercomputers or some such. Alcohol and oils conduct heat poorly. Far more poorly than water. I suggest adding a little Water Wetter, made by Redline Racing, to your distilled water setup. It will really, really reduce metal corrosion and algae growth. Good stuff. As long as you test your water system for a day or two, to make sure it doesn't leak, and to run out the air bubbles and such, before installing it into your PC, you should be fine. My system has been up and running for almost a year now with no problems. My temperatures aren't as good as they could be, but that's because I'm using a small radiator, and it lives inside my PC where it doesn't cool as well as it could. Have fun!

09-29-02, 06:40 AM	#6
vampireuk **** Holster Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The armoury Posts: 2,813	well if you gave up on the water cooling you would have a ready made fish tank complete with algae