Mineral Oil Cooled M-ITX

[The Benjamins]

I wanted to do this for the fun of it and to see how much it will improve to OK cooling of this PC.

Temps in oil:

CPU:

30c-40c Idle

78c Full Load after 2 hours of running.

VRM and RAM stay alot cooler then passive.

Oil temp:

24c idle

35c full load after 2 hours

 

Build Specs:

AMD A10-7850k 4.2Ghz CPU 900Mhz GPU(may fiddle with more now that its in the oil)

16 GB G.Skill Trident X 2400 Mhz

120 GB Samsung 840 EVO

Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI MOBO

120mm RAD

Noctua NH-L9a CPU cooler

450W gold SFS PSU

Koolance QD3 quick disconects

Puget systems ITX V1

 

WARNING: DO NOT use quick disconnects the mineral oil destroyed the rubber o-rings and they broke.

 

[SAV1OUR]

that pc looks awfully close to the side of the desk... shame if someone were to push it... 

[mcmad358]

Looks soo ghetto haha but good job, i could never do that. 

[Interfectorem]

I don't think 86C is very healthy for an AMD CPU, correct me if I'm wrong.

[Bosspro1]

wow that looks very nice! B)

[vern021]

84c might be too high don't you think?

[DrewKho]

careful man, dont want to spill that oil.

[Bosspro1]

I don't think 86C is very healthy for an AMD CPU, correct me if I'm wrong.

Ya I agree with you, All of those temps seem pretty high to me. B)

[vern021]

I don't think 86C is very healthy for an AMD CPU, correct me if I'm wrong.

running at 60c in FAH on my 4.2GHz at 1.3v FX-8320. I think 84c is too much.

[Osmium]

That is so cool! Mineral oil PCs are awesome

 

As for the temps you could easily tone down the CPU voltage to alleviate some of those temps. Or add MOAR radiators! On a side note I am pretty sure you will be fine submerging that SSD in the oil, only HDDs can't be submerged.

[Interfectorem]

running at 60c in FAH on my 4.2GHz at 1.3v FX-8320. I think 84c is too much.

My 8320 @ 4.4GHz (Stock Voltage, 4.5 on Stock gets unstable) maxes at  62C (Even at that temp, I get a bit nervous) in Prime95 Small LFFT. But I only get to 49C when playing BF4. 43C when playing TF2. I would go further but my CPU cooler is crap, I don't think it will handle any more voltage. I might get the NZXT Kraken X61 along with a S340.

[vern021]

My 8320 @ 4.4GHz (Stock Voltage, 4.5 on Stock gets unstable) maxes at  62C (Even at that temp, I get a bit nervous) in Prime95 Small LFFT. But I only get to 49C when playing BF4. 43C when playing TF2. I would go further but my CPU cooler is crap, I don't think it will handle any more voltage. I might get the NZXT Kraken X61 along with a S340.

Max temps and volts that I might tolerate is 70c with 1.375 volts.

[Interfectorem]

Max temps and volts that I might tolerate is 70c with 1.375 volts.

Yea, another thing is the wierd CPU temp readings on AMD cpus. In CoreTemp, HWMonitor (CPU "Package" section) I get readings of 45C max while Prime95, but on Asus Suite, and under the "Motherboard" section of HWMonitor, I have another reading named "CPU", and that one reads the same as Asus Suite. So I just go by the higher number (which seems to be more accurate) better safe than sorry.

[Interfectorem]

That is so cool! Mineral oil PCs are awesome

 

As for the temps you could easily tone down the CPU voltage to alleviate some of those temps. Or add MOAR radiators! On a side note I am pretty sure you will be fine submerging that SSD in the oil, only HDDs can't be submerged.

But if you don't have to, why would you? You'll probably have to open it up afterwards to let it dry

[Osmium]

But if you don't have to, why would you? You'll probably have to open it up afterwards to let it dry

 

Nah the point of mineral oil is it is 100% non conductive so you can literally submerge it and it won't be affected at all. It does nothing to let it dry at all, the only reason HDDs can't go in there is the liquid would cause the read/writing arm to stop moving. Although yeah I guess it is easier to swap out drives when they aren't under-oil.

[Interfectorem]

Nah the point of mineral oil is it is 100% non conductive so you can literally submerge it and it won't be affected at all. It does nothing to let it dry at all, the only reason HDDs can't go in there is the liquid would cause the read/writing arm to stop moving. Although yeah I guess it is easier to swap out drives when they aren't under-oil.

I know what the point of mineral oil is I'm just saying is that an SSD doesn't need any cooling at all so why submerge it if you don't need to. It'll be more of a hassle to let the SSD dry out to be used in another system, assuming this one is temporary.

[The Benjamins]

I have no idea what my OC settings are, I do know its a dirty OC i put on it a long time ago. and the SSD is not in it because the MOBO tray has mounting for it on the outside. it will make it easier to reuse the SSD.

I will look at the OC tomorrow.

[GhostWindGamer]

@Slick this is something you might be interested in

[flibberdipper]

You're gonna want a better CPU cooler... That is too high, buddy.

[ItsComrade]

that pc looks awfully close to the side of the desk... shame if someone were to push it... 

 

KA SPLOOSH

[ForsakenLive]

Ya I agree with you, All of those temps seem pretty high to me. B)

 

84c might be too high don't you think?

That's not the CPU temperature, that's the iGPU's temp, which is always higher than the CPU temp (which wasn't over 51°C on the picture).

 His temps are fine, considering he OC'd the iGPU quite a bit.

[Spotswood]

Why use a CPU cooler at all?   :wacko:

[The Benjamins]

Why use a CPU cooler at all?   :wacko:

To transfer heat better to the oil.

[ZeetoVW]

I say shove that build into a customized fish tank. It will look better, and be much safer than an open container on the edge of your desk.

 

(And on that note, get a new desk too.)

[The Benjamins]

I say shove that build into a customized fish tank. It will look better, and be much safer than an open container on the edge of your desk.

 

(And on that note, get a new desk too.)

 

Its on the that desk when I was working on it, I added a lid to it. But as of now I have no idea what I am going to use the PC for.