My highly organized workplace. In fact, it is so organized that by some divine intervention of some sort I tripped and nearly fell. Fortunately I was able to block my fall by throwing my hands down in front of me, however this also broke off that little bracket I had made for the radiators.
Oops.
Instead of attaching it again I took this opportunity to rethink what I was going to do with the radiators... and considering how I was not really impressed with my initial design I have decided to make a mobile radiator platform (MRP). This platform will of course need to be attached to the case with both the intake and outlet hoses and the power cables for both the fans (2 nexus 'real silent' case fans... highly praised at silentpcreview.com). The platform will be placed wherever I find it convenient within the 4 foot tether that it will have. Nifty, eh?
A gutted power supple takes up considerably less space, lets the oil flow through much easier, and looks pretty cool. Have to be kind of careful about not letting certain things touch, but once everything is bolted in it should be fine.
Attached the pump platform. I was initially going to let the pump be attached to the case and not the motherboard tray but I don't want to hassle with inserting the tray with a bunch of tubing getting in the way. This way the whole thing should slide in and out rather painlessly.
Blurry... but I'VE BEEN FOOLED!! You are looking at some standard 'non-solid' capacitors there. As a matter of fact, they are scattered all around the motherboard, with the only 'solid' ones being right round the cpu socket. Upon further inspection of the biostar website I found the advertised 'solid caps' thing again, however upon hovering the mouse over it a pop-up message says something along the lines of 'solid caps supporting the cpu' ... lame.
I knew I should have spent the extra dollars on the other one I was looking at... which specifically mentions ALL 'solid' caps.
Everything (mostly) assembled. Still don't have the heatsinks on the gpu or cpu... don't have the cpu installed at all actually. Need to wait until the oil comes so that can be used as the thermal interface material between the chips and the heatsinks. If I used standard thermal paste the oil would likely dissolve it eventually, and I don't want murky oil if I can avoid it.
Close up view of the pump. Because it is cool. Understood?
Back view of the installed power supply. Colorful cables are also very cool.
Side view of power supply. Had to remove the power switch and plug from the case, but it all went fairly well.
Close up of the graphics chip. I'll have to clean it off, obviously. (take note, multicolored cables and tubing... very cool)
This is the configuration that I'm thinking I'll put the radiators in. They will be connected so that one dumps into the other with the fans blowing the opposite way, so that the hottest oil comes into contact with the coldest air.
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Where the heck is my oil? I'm going to call the feed store and see whats up if it doesn't get in by tomorrow.
Feed store? Oil in a PC! I'm excited to see how this turns out, how could a PC function with oil around it? I'm assuming your using it like a liquid cooled system. Cant wait for the finished product pictures!
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ReplyDeleteIt is not common, but not unheard of either. A google search of 'mineral oil pc' with show quite a few examples. Theoretically speaking, an oil pc should act just the same as an air one, just replace the surrounding air with oil and, voila!
I've contacted the feed store and the oil should be in later today, so expect another update tonight. FYI, mineral oil is commonly used on farms as an intestinal laxative for animals... yummy!