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Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around January 2006:
 
www.tomshardware.com/2006/0...

Vegetable Oil filled PC.
Totally Working
Totally Silent
Totally the coolest thing ever
(apart from the upgrading nightmare)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
i'm sure i saw this, or one just like it, last year or the year before

good, innit!
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
i wonder...

[chain of thought: diesels can run on vegetable oil and...]

you could use diesel fuel too, couldn't you? and it's probably got better heat conductivity than vege.oil, so you could run your chips faster and hotter.

not much fun for the poor bastard who has to upgrade it, tho. "oops, my computer leaked"
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
Hmmmmm. Chips.
/me diet
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
They were suggesting engine oil as the best thing to use. They had reasons for using vege oil but can't remember what they were, certainly nothing technical.

They also suggested that you could have a really slow fan churning the oil up which would dissapate the heat better.
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
You are right about upgrades being a nightmare
but i guess it could be used in these non upgrade boxes. Like some of these media centre pcs where the idea is it sits under the telly and just does media tasks. Could cut down on noisy fans.
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
Although it might make the room smell of chips. Which some people might consider to be a negative.
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
If the fans fail in a standard PC it can make the room smell like burnt chips.
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
(Hmmm. burnt chips)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 21st January 2006:
 
sul gets major bonus points for making a geek joke sound non-geeky
Posted by Grim..., around 22nd January 2006:
 
THIS is how to cool a PC... www.avforums.com/forums/sho...