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My buddy and I did this with a $1/ gallon fish tank, 8 gallons of horse laxative (heavy mineral oil - real cheap way to buy it in bulk) and a spare gaming pcs g
by hypercube33 2y ago
My buddy and I did this with a $1/ gallon fish tank, 8 gallons of horse laxative (heavy mineral oil - real cheap way to buy it in bulk) and a spare gaming pcs guts. it worked but wasn't impressed after it heat saturates - you definitely need to cool the oil after say 8 to 12 hours otherwise it probably is worse than air cooling.
the other downside is you absolutely need to dishwasher anything that was submerged and it makes one hell of a mess.
- hadlock 2y agoWe did this in the late 90s with an old 486 to see if it actually worked. That's the earliest I recall seeing this. We played doom on it. As you note, it created a giant mess and pretty much immediately went in the trash as soon as we'd proven it worked.
- cyberax 2y agoI tried that approach and my experience was not positive. Over time, the oil embrittled the plastic parts on the motherboard so that the PCI slots just crumbled. The smell was not an issue for me, I put the entire contraption onto a balcony and used a long VGA cable.