Fish Tank PC?

[Cosco]

Quick question, how to people build functional PC's under water in a fish tank?

 

[imreloadin]

1 minute ago, Cosco said:

Quick question, how to people build functional PC's under water in a fish tank?

 

It's not "water" and is normally submerged in mineral oil or some other kind of non-conductive fluid.

[Cosco]

1 minute ago, imreloadin said:

It's not "water" and is normally submerged in mineral oil or some other kind of non-conductive fluid.

Thats super weird, my friend tried to make one and he put water in the tank and ruined his 2070

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Cosco said:

Thats super weird, my friend tried to make one and he put water in the tank and ruined his 2070

That would ruin it alright.  Mineral oil has its issues too.  

[Cosco]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

That would ruin it alright.  Mineral oil has its issues too.  

he somehow got his money back by saying he "sneezed" on it so the store would accept his refund

[Letgomyleghoe]

3 minutes ago, Cosco said:

Thats super weird, my friend tried to make one and he put water in the tank and ruined his 2070

That’s pure stupidity, water is conductive, and corrosive, if you try to start up a wet pc, or a pc submerged in water, you will kill it.

[Cosco]

Just now, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

Why do you want to build a PC submerged in a fluid of some kind?

nah my friend did and failed but still wants to

 

[NumLock21]

There was a PC case back then with an aquarium built in. It was basically a fish tank that was built into the side panel and it came with some fake fishes

[SenKa]

2 minutes ago, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

Why do you want to build a PC submerged in a fluid of some kind?

Mineral oil PC's have impressively low temps (lower than conventional water cooling), at the expense of high maintenance.

[Bombastinator]

Just now, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

Why do you want to build a PC submerged in a fluid of some kind?

The theory is it’s totally silent all-over cooling that lasts forever.  The problem is thermodynamics is a harsh mistress.  it isn’t totally silent and it doesn’t last forever and on top of hat 5 gallons of mineral oil is a huge awful mess.  Mineral oil PCs are rarely done more than once.   I remember one attempt at an industrial application.  It almost worked except upgrades turned out to be incredibly brutal and took all the advantage away plus some.

[Letgomyleghoe]

1 minute ago, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

Why do you want to build a PC submerged in a fluid of some kind?

It looks cool, not much of a performance increase if any

[Cosco]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

There was a PC case back then with an aquarium built in. It was basically a fish tank that was built into the side panel and it came with some fake fishes

i think i need one of those

[imreloadin]

9 minutes ago, Cosco said:

he somehow got his money back by saying he "sneezed" on it so the store would accept his refund

Your "friend" is an asshat...

[Cosco]

1 minute ago, imreloadin said:

Your "friend" is an asshat...

indeed he is

[atxcyclist]

1 hour ago, Cosco said:

he somehow got his money back by saying he "sneezed" on it so the store would accept his refund

I don’t know if I’m more shocked that someone used this excuse, or that it worked.

[AdvilLobotomite]

32 minutes ago, atxcyclist said:

I don’t know if I’m more shocked that someone used this excuse, or that it worked.

Yeah that is hilarious!

[Cosco]

4 hours ago, AdvilLobotomite said:

Yeah that is hilarious!

yeah you see hes not a friend hes more then like an acquaintance and i'm confused myself

[Bombastinator]

31 minutes ago, Cosco said:

yeah you see hes not a friend hes more then like an acquaintance and i'm confused myself

He must be lousy at logic and critical thinking, but great at BS and screwing over other people.  Everybody’s good at something..  Seen that particular skill set somewhere recently....

[LogicalDrm]

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