Where can I get mineral oil to do this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

can use non-synthetic motor oil they are minerals

If you want to do this, keep in mind most oils will leave deposits which may cause damage. The oil used in that video in your link can be used safely, but is nearly impossible to wash off. You can easily consider your waranty completely void.

omgh are you nuts? :S oil!?!?

the video should have shown a temp reading of the system to know whether the mineral oil really does the cooling..

oil can serap alot heat without changing temperature alot

tats because the heat is not dissipated...the oil will absorb the heat but theres no mechanism to eliminate it..unlike water cooling (radiator) and air cooling (fans)..but maybe the bubbles can do the job...

put fan to blow the oil la
i think cooking oil is mineral oil rite?

actually, putting oil decreases the efficiency of the heat cooling .. becoz the oil itself is not a good heat conductor, u may assume the heat from the processor and graphics card may not able to transfer heat fully into the oil .. (best is 50%)

then again .. when u cool ur oil, the same thing happen, even u get thermochill rads or something, it still wont disperse the heat it as good as water, maybe 30% dispersed .. u may end up having the oil boiling at 60 deg celcius after running 1 hour

back to back, water is the cheapest, better heat conductor medium .. but u can try ... it'll just make the hell of stain out of ur pc and you .. not to mention if the bugs go in .. which they like to oil surfaces ..

This post has been edited by Serpentarius: Dec 17 2007, 03:46 PM

This is the best mineral oil to use .... SHELL DIALA AX ...

shell diala ax

but I dunno where to get it in Malaysia ..
anyone know where to get this product ?

dam price for 1liter rm110.....
here not shop sell it....if got..hard too find
err wan try use cooking oil (make u mom mad hehee)

Can also use TRANOL 360 by petronas ....
how u know shell diala ax is rm 110 perlitre ? where u find out ? .. u know where to get ?

got from my uncle he find to me.(donno real price ...he buy for me for 1liter only ) ..... i plan want build but .....errr dam so exp
..... dont waste money..... go to WC LA ...
he buy from UK ....

This post has been edited by meons: Apr 2 2009, 01:49 AM

any non conductive oil can be use. for cheaper solution just buy cooking oil. i read it before in tomshardware. get a aquarium of it. too little it will get too hot too fast. use a pump to flow the oil(like waterfall) so that it cool down faster.

edited. added website reference

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/strip-fans,1203-11.html

This post has been edited by tjay_tj: Apr 2 2009, 12:54 PM

this is insane..
i would like to built one

This post has been edited by lowprofile: Apr 4 2009, 08:23 PM

i would one to see one. even with the old hardware

who want use cooking oil.. the color not that nice to be inside the aquarium lol~

is it true??
how come the oil did not damage the hardware??
sorry... i'm noob!

oil is not electric conductor. water only conduct electric
(electric cannot go through)


if you really want to use mineral oil ..... get baby oil (it's mineral oil) or other extra (double) purified mineral oil for better efficiency

baby oil is purchasable in supermarket, pharmacy, or kedai runcit
avoid fragrance ones, coz those are addictives

you could also use silicone gel (lubricant), which purchasable in supermarkets, autoshops, hardware shops. keep in mind, silicone gel is not a good heat conductor, compared to the mineral oil

besure to keep in mind to get a a good pump which can deal with high vicosity fluids ... if you want to keep the oil cooled



this is an old thread ... someone should close this thread (my previous post is 2007!)