Submerging 101 for me please.

[IcedFoxtrotter]

Could someone give me a heads up to submerging?

I have an unoverclocked as of yet XP2500 in a Aspire X-Infinity case, 2 hard drives, 2 roms and a coolmax 450W ps that I do not mind disposing of in a few months or so. It has 6 fans in it and I hate listening to them, the more I can get rid of the better.

#1:Can I viabley pull it off? I have plenty of metal and plastic work experience, and I don't mind hard work if the ends justify the means.

#2: What do you guys fill them with? Sapphire liquid? Transformer fluid?

#3: What materials are needed besides sealer, plexiglass, a fluid pump, fluid, and patience?

Any links to reading material on it would be nice too.

 

[killernoodle]

You probably will want to work with a desktop case layout, not a tower. Also, keep the volume low (you dont have to put it at the bottom of a 3 ft bucket and fill it all the way up).

I'd start with something already known to be watertight, like a rubbermaid tub. Build the rest of the computer from that.

The motherboard must be sealed to prevent contamination from outside sources. No air should touch the fluid. Be sure everyhting has been cleaned well before putting it in there.routing the cables out of the compartment would be easier if you put extension cords off of each of the plugs and surface mounted them to the outside of the case airtight.

You will also need a pump and radiator to circulate and cool the liquid. If you find an aluminum project box or something big enough you might be able to get away with that. Either way, you will need a pump to run water across the heatsinks and keep the heat moving.

Transformer oil should work, as would flourinert. I heard turbine oil is the same stuff as transformer oil, and it can be bought pretty cheaply by the quart instead of by the 55 gal drum.

Do not submerge any HDDS or optical drives (duh!)

I'll keep listing stuff while I remember it.

 

[DarkMonkey]

Search around for stuff on Project Thinktank, lot of good info on submerging there. (Although that's probably where you got the idea for this from)

 

[IcedFoxtrotter]

Thanks guys.
No, I haven't been to Project Thinktank, ...yet...
Edit: Can you give me a link? I'm not finding much for project thinktank via google.
Edit #3: If this is what you mean: http://www.projectthinktank.com/, than that is useless, I cant get it to do anything...

I have toyed with the idea for years, but realy didn't get into the idea too much till I built my current computer and saw this picture:

 

[kubalaTF]

I was thinking about looking at submersion after I found the product here Linky. Saw it in time magazine of all places, and it looks promising. Seems to have the viscosity of water, which is better than most submersion fluids I hear. I'll probably be doing more research into it though. Just thought I'd put it out there.

Edit: Hmmmm, just found out it takes seconds to evaporate. Boils at 49C. Perhaps if you could keep it under pressure, but it mike take some doing.

New Stuff

 

[DarkMonkey]

Hang on, I meant search for it around here on the forums. But yes that's the project Thinktank I meant. In his thread the person who made it explains how he did everything. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=802563 There's your link.

 

[BrainEater]

You'll be pleased to know , my worklog is nearly complete.
I'll post ya a linky when I getter done.


Just out of curiousity , where'd ya see that photo if it wasn't here ?



also , There's a discussion about submersion liquids here :
Submersion liquids

 

[kubalaTF]

Thanks for the submersion discussion link. Good conversation in there.

 

[BrainEater]

hey....The Thinktank worklog is up.....