Water Cooling?

[Dougieman1001]

So I was In science today and we were going over specific heat capacity. We went over oil and how it is much easier to heat up..

 

So I started thinking, wouldn't a PC Cool better with oil in stead of water so An oil cooling loop instead? Oil cools quicker than water, it absorbs heat quicker than water. 

 

So what would happen If I put mineral oil or some other form of oil in a water cooling loop?

 

Please tell me if I'm wrong thinking this.

 

Cheers, Doug

[zzenigmaxzz]

bad idea... oil is thicker and would have a harder time getting through the small channels in the heat sinks, would make your pump work alot harder and probably burn out

[Taswell]

It would eat the tubing

 

you would have to use hardline or copper ( it might still eat the hardline)

[Dougieman1001]

What if you just 'beefed' this up? Bigger Pipes and pump?

[W-L]

So I was In science today and we were going over specific heat capacity. We went over oil and how it is much easier to heat up..

So I started thinking, wouldn't a PC Cool better with oil in stead of water so An oil cooling loop instead? Oil cools quicker than water, it absorbs heat quicker than water. 

So what would happen If I put mineral oil or some other form of oil in a water cooling loop?

Please tell me if I'm wrong thinking this.

Cheers, Doug

 

it's more about mineral oil if your talking about that having a lower specific heat capacity and ability to hold as much heat as distilled water or cooling fluids, and the most difficult part is transferring that heat to the air through the rads for mineral oil.