Is this a great idea or is it stupid and been talked about before?

[YacLives]

Has anyone actually built their rig in tanks of oil to save on cooling costs and if so does it work
and did i just blow your mind or is it a stupid idea

[YacLives]

Really, no one? 

[ranlo]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

[drakahn]

You still need to cool the oil, Otherwise all you have is a deep fryer.

[Singlebyte]

It's been done

http://youtu.be/7OpjknGXZAE

[YacLives]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

[ranlo]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

[schnebi]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

Oil does Not conduct electricity......

[YacLives]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

Thats a crazy overclock and yer the condensation would be the scariest part but you can chuck a heap of those crystals that absorb moisture i guess
but i think if you dont let any of the parts touch the bottom of the tank you should be right cause i assume thats where the water will be but then again lol you
would have to keep the oil flowing around so there isnt hotspots so i have no clue how to combat that and is why i kinda made this thread im totally interested

[Rubberduckie]

There's a post over @ hardforum where someone used an oil submerged rig to cook with

[ranlo]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

Oil does Not conduct electricity......

Learn something new everyday. Googled and confirmed!

Thanks, lol.

Now then... what would be the method of cooling the oil? Mostly what I'm seeing online just deals with engine oil, =/

[Rubberduckie]

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104341

[schnebi]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

Oil does Not conduct electricity......

Learn something new everyday. Googled and confirmed!

Thanks, lol.

Now then... what would be the method of cooling the oil? Mostly what I'm seeing online just deals with engine oil, =/

I think, if you Put your rig in A large Oil tank of about 20 litres, the surface of the tank should be Huge enough to conduct the heat to the environment

[dwdoc]

There's already a dozen threads discussing this including


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56596.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=32481.0

Here's my setup- I heard pool mining was the way to go...

[YacLives]

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104341

i guess he did it for the lulz...but he did put a stove under it too

[ranlo]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

Oil does Not conduct electricity......

Learn something new everyday. Googled and confirmed!

Thanks, lol.

Now then... what would be the method of cooling the oil? Mostly what I'm seeing online just deals with engine oil, =/

I think, if you Put your rig in A large Oil tank of about 20 litres, the surface of the tank should be Huge enough to conduct the heat to the environment

Based on what the other posts say, a radiator or something be needed. Here's a quote from the top link dwdoc posted:

"A radiator will be absolutely crucial. Otherwise you will just be making a large fryolator to fry french fries in. "

I love it... fryolator.

[mm8000]

Nice! I can mine and cook fries at the same time! 

[YacLives]

Someone here did... I don't remember where the post was though. They have a lot of video cards in it.

I don't get how that works though. Is it using special oil?

you can use baby oil but not all oils because you dont want stuff to grow in it like it would in vegie oil

babie oil cost a bit but has to be cheaper then $30 a pop for a waterblock and the power needed to power it

and i would love to see a vid or a pic of someone with a serious rig in oil tanks it would be epic

i wonder how much power a small refrigerator element would cost to run in comparison

There was someone who posted on one of the OC'ing sites (I think overclockers.net or whatever it is) where they got a P4 CPU to over 13 GHZ using oil as the coolant.

But my confusion is... oil essentially is a liquid. How does it not fry the circuits? If we put even a little water on it the entire thing would be toast.

Oil does Not conduct electricity......

Learn something new everyday. Googled and confirmed!

Thanks, lol.

Now then... what would be the method of cooling the oil? Mostly what I'm seeing online just deals with engine oil, =/

I think, if you Put your rig in A large Oil tank of about 20 litres, the surface of the tank should be Huge enough to conduct the heat to the environment

Yup my thoughts too i have read that some servers farms do it and to good results  http://www.geekosystem.com/mineral-oil-servers

[devilfish]

I remember seeing some other posts about this way back. If I remember correctly, mineral oil was suggested as it will not grow anything and is generally rather inert and that it was also crucial to remove fans as they will not have a very happy time running submerged in a viscous liquid. I always wanted to try this though, maybe a weekend project.

[ranlo]

Nice! I can mine and cook fries at the same time! 

Step 1) Buy McDonald's franchise
Step 2) Replace friers with mining PC's
Step 3)
Step 4) Profit and buy the world!