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Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 10. November 2012, 23:46:52 schrieb Dale: |
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>> Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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>>> Oh, we like digressions :-) |
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>>> I recall that sometimes last year, Tom's Hardware tested running a |
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>>> system without heat sink... but completely immersed in... cooking oil! |
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>>> They made a large acrylic container, poured in gallons of high-quality |
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>>> cooking oil, then proceeded to overclock the CPU and GPU to unholy |
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>>> frequencies... |
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>>> And, IIRC, Seymour Cray likes to use some inert fluoride-based coolant |
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>>> to dunk the components of his supercomputer machines. And he would |
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>>> even go to lengths to design a "coolant fountain" that's not only |
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>>> functional, but also decorative. |
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>>>> The only caveat, is to get a cooling system, that is made of robust, |
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>>> quality |
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>>>> components. Also, monitoring the temperature is important, and it'd be |
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>>>> nice to have a micro pressure transmitter, downstream of the pumping |
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>>> mechanism |
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>>>> to ensure no leaks by detecting tiny leaks BEFORE they happen (delta-P). |
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>>> That's the only qualms I have Re: water-coolant. I always an afraid of |
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>>> leaks. So, I always wimped out and use the thermal wick kind of |
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>>> almost, but not quite, somewhat similar to liquid coolant ;-) |
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>>> Rgds, |
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>> I seen on a show once that they use mineral oil when they put those |
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>> robots in deep water. You know, the ones that are remote controlled and |
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>> go VERY VERY deep. Anyway, they put mineral oil in it because it is not |
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>> conductive, transmits heat pretty well and it doesn't let the water |
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>> pressure crush the little robot. It can't crush it since it is full of |
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>> a liquid already. |
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>> If that is true, why not use mineral oil instead of water? I understand |
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>> that could mean a change in hoses and such but still, if they can make |
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>> hoses that can stand up to gas and other really nasty stuff then why not |
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>> mineral oil too? At least with that, if you get a leak it won't burn |
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>> out your mobo or whatever else it gets on. It would be messy tho. o_O |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> lets see.. toxic, expensive, has to be recycled... |
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> vs |
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> water... |
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> also, submerging mobos in cooking oil is nothing new nor special. It smells |
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> horrible after a while and any change is fucking time consuming (and dirty). |
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I didn't say to use cooking oil, I said to use mineral oil. Also, how |
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is mineral oil toxic? Baby oil is mineral oil. I have psoriasis and I |
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put on baby oil at least once a day, sometimes several times a day. If |
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it is so toxic, why would people be putting it on babies? Heck, if it |
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is so toxic, why am I still alive? How can cooking oil be toxic |
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either? I cook with cooking oil and then eat the food I cook with it. |
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It may be something but hardly toxic. |
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Let's see, baby oil, not toxic, doesn't short out and blow up stuff when |
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it leaks. Water, one leak and you could have to buy a new rig. Cost of |
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mineral oil versus a new rig. I don't think that is even close. lol |
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Also, it doesn't have to be a "new" idea to work. |
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Just thought it worth a mention. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |
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