Mineral Oil PC!

[Skripka]

Ok, thanks This is on my list of things to do. Did you do any special lighting inside?

I'd wager you'd want to use cold cathodes-as just about anything else bright enough will cause more heat issues. You can get 'em on NewEgg for only $6-10 a tube.

[Rainstride]

Ok, thanks This is on my list of things to do. Did you do any special lighting inside?

oh yeah, we added a neon blue light, one of those long bar lights(kind of like this http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/directron_2055_119150782 except not as weird). we hung it on the under side of the lid using those plastic pull ties, the glue pads wouldn't stick because we got oil on them. that and we figured the heat would kill the glue anyway. makes things a little safer. also, that is another reason to use mineral oil, mineral oil is clear, vegetable oil has a yellow tent(looks disgusting.)

we also put fish tank rocks and a little castle in there. MAKE SURE you know what your putting in there is made of something that wont break down in heat, and is non-conductive. glass is good, if you can, use that. and if the parts you are using are old, take a can of air to them or you will end up with dust floating in the top of the tank.

i also suggest using the tank it the video, or one made of Similar material. glass can break and cheap stuff can melt, and you don't want 6-7 gallons of oil soaked in to your stuff.

[Vostrocity]

I wasn't really familiar with mineral oil before this, but after some research I've decided that mineral oil rocks! Just look at all of its uses.
-Baby oil
-Laxative
-Suffocates parasites on animals
-Mechanical lubricant
-Shoe polish
-Wood finish
-Making Swedish Fish
-Remove adhesives
-Firebreathing fuel
-Lava lamps
This is seriously the coolest kind of oil ever!

[H2SO_four]

oh yeah, we added a neon blue light, one of those long bar lights(kind of like this http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/directron_2055_119150782 except not as weird). we hung it on the under side of the lid using those plastic pull ties, the glue pads wouldn't stick because we got oil on them. that and we figured the heat would kill the glue anyway. makes things a little safer. also, that is another reason to use mineral oil, mineral oil is clear, vegetable oil has a yellow tent(looks disgusting.)

we also put fish tank rocks and a little castle in there. MAKE SURE you know what your putting in there is made of something that wont break down in heat, and is non-conductive. glass is good, if you can, use that. and if the parts you are using are old, take a can of air to them or you will end up with dust floating in the top of the tank.

i also suggest using the tank it the video, or one made of Similar material. glass can break and cheap stuff can melt, and you don't want 6-7 gallons of oil soaked in to your stuff.

Very nice 6 gal of oil all over my floor would be a disaster

[mamamia88]

do you put the harddrive and dvd drive in the mineral oil too?

[H2SO_four]

do you put the harddrive and dvd drive in the mineral oil too?

No, those need to be dry. wont work in oil. Except Solid State HDD. Also on the wish list

[mamamia88]

No, those need to be dry. wont work in oil. Except Solid State HDD. Also on the wish list

cool thanks looks like it would be pretty awesome to try to build one of these maybe when i get some spare cash i will

[Rainstride]

Very nice 6 gal of oil all over my floor would be a disaster

imagine how long that would take to clean up.

[rookcifer]

Mineral oil is a good insulator and cooling mechanism. It's been used for years as a coolant in high power "dummy loads" for tuning and testing transmitters. Should work with not problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_load

Some of the old Cray supercomputers also had certain circuit boards submerged in Fluorinert. So the idea isn't new, just sort of a novelty with PC's at the moment.

[Rainstride]

cool thanks looks like it would be pretty awesome to try to build one of these maybe when i get some spare cash i will

its a lot of fun to build, the best part is when you finally turn it on and it works.