100% passive cooling

[shadowpr]

Interesting design.

http://metku.net/index.html?path=mods/passive/index_eng

[Cricket]

Wow, lots of work...too bad he scrapped the whole thing in the end. Nice try at a totally passively cooled system though.

:) Cricket

[shadowpr]

Looks like it could have worked. The problems were from probably the bad motherboard, so I think he was successful.

Definately a lot of effort, but would be a nice tihng to try one day.

[Lespaul20]

I like the idea of using the case as an integral part of the cooling as in directly cooling components. I like quiet PCs.

[matthews]

I like quiet PCs.

As opposed to some people who like loud PC's? :P lol, just kidding you. Yeah, nothing worse than a wind tunnel for a computer sitting next to your face or at your feet. Too bad it didn't work out in the end and he junked it. Would have been nice to see it working properly.

[shadowpr]

I'm still interested in trying that pc that was in oil.

I wonder how that would compare to this.

[Masaki 7-11]

I'm still interested in trying that pc that was in oil.

I wonder how that would compare to this.

Have fun trying to upgrade a computer like that ;)

[shadowpr]

Have fun trying to upgrade a computer like that ;)


Or trying to send a bad part back...lol

[doubledragon5]

Waaaaaay to much work for nothing.. Waaaaaay to much time on his hands for sure.. Imagine if it did work how much it would have cost to actually put it into production..

[liambl]

I think it would be possible for a low end PC, with say a Celeron dual core and integrated graphics. There are passive PSU's out there, but they rely on the air movement caused by case fans in a normal PC, so I don't think it would work without opening it and mouting bigger heatsinks with heatpipes.

[phigdon]

neat idea, but i would rather have a noisy computer. that case had to have ended up the size of a small refrigerator.

[shadowpr]

This will be a future project for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok&NR=1

[liambl]

I wonder if the oil PC would be OK being on 24-7? I mean, eventually the oil would get really hot, the case doesn't have much surface are to dissipate the heat. And I don't think I would trust an oil filled PC in my lounge with $3000 of brand new carpet just installed. Imagine waking up and seeing 40 litres of mineral oil soaked through your lounge :/

[shadowpr]

I was reading the site that made a video about their oil pc. and it said that they have kept the computer on and the temps max at 88. They later added a radiator, and that dropped the temps to a large degree. They used no fans on the radiator either, so it should work.

A nice radiator, and some good fans on it could make for good overclocking.

[doubledragon5]

Good video, my only question is how long before the oil heats up and then kills the system..

[shadowpr]

http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

[phigdon]

shadowpr, i liked the bubbler, outstanding touch. when i actually get around to building my kids each a computer I'm going to give this a try. I think usb bracket added to the top of the tank lid would be a good idea.

[shadowpr]

I like the idea of having a divider in front, and filling that with water, and then adding a fish to it.

[phigdon]

how about some plastic fish?

[shadowpr]

Na. I like the real ones.