...Underwater Aquarium PC?

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2007-08-15 04:40pm

Okay, so it's not water, but non-conducting oil... but it looks pretty awesome. I want bubbles in my PC!

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

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2007-08-16 08:02am

That looks very slick. I particularly like their FAQ at the end:

Dood! Put fishez in ur tank!!!1

Answer: No.

Turin · Post by **Turin** » 2007-08-16 08:36am

Cool looking, but there's a part of me that can't help thinking what a mess that would be to clean up if one of the seals goes bad. 6 gallons of mineral oil all over my apartment? At least the hardwood floor would be really shiny!

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2007-08-16 02:24pm

Turin wrote:Cool looking, but there's a part of me that can't help thinking what a mess that would be to clean up if one of the seals goes bad. 6 gallons of mineral oil all over my apartment? At least the hardwood floor would be really shiny!

I believe the Eclipse tanks that size are one piece of plastic (or acrylic). There really are no "seals," like those you would see in a caulked glass tank.

That said, even a standard glass fishtank would be less prone to fail than something like my Koolance water cooling kit. In fact, just recently I had to super glue a spigot back onto my reservoir because the plastic nozzle broke. The cooling kit in the article is completely self-contained, eliminating the need for hose and clamps. It also would benefit from equalizing the cooling over the entire PC instead of just whatever chips you happened to have a water block for.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2007-08-16 03:19pm

Well, the updated one isn't completely self contained. They added a radiator to the system. Reduced the temperatures by about 40 C.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-08-17 02:30am

I wonder how long they can keep the oil untill it needs replacement. 60 bucks isnt cheap if you have to do it regulary.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-08-17 02:50am

Certainly a much cheaper alternative to Fluorinert, which I remember seeing a couple of "EXXTREEEME OVERCLOCKING" webpages using in conjunction with piping in liquid nitrogen.

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2007-08-17 12:23pm

wautd wrote:I wonder how long they can keep the oil untill it needs replacement. 60 bucks isnt cheap if you have to do it regulary.

They've had it running for 2 months now, so it doesn't seem like it need to be replaced with much frequency, if at all.