Question Is there a seperate cpu cooler for submerging in mineral oil

[Antonpa]

Hi

Is there a seperate cpu heatsink design if you submerge it in mineral water, or is there a custom fan made to work better in mineral oil.

And is mineral oil like more "thicker" as like honey or is it like water?

 

[Lutfij]

Please don't think about submerging your CPU in mineral oil. It might be fun a gimmicky project but it's a waste of resources. It's not even close to water.

FYI, I'm giving you a public warning to not use the tagging system to make silly tags like the one you just did, with URGENT ANSWER NEEDED.
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[rubix_1011]

The mineral oil submersion has been marketed and shown, but effectively it is not a good way to cool a system.

Full stop.

We used to have a link in the watercooling sticky sub-section with dozens of threads around mineral oil cooling...just as a reminder of how much this idea gets recycled.

 

[popatim]

Agree'd. I used to have one but after a couple of years with it I dumpstered the whole thing. It gets to be a royal pain to maintain & work on when there are issues. The oil is not maintenance free fwiw... And then when you have to work on it, you have this massively oily & drippy mess to deal with.

 

[Karadjgne]

If you dont have @ $10k to spend on a mineral oil pc, and $2k a year in maintenance/replacement parts, then a standard air cooled/water cooled 'free air' pc is a far better option. Mineral oil pc's were made just to prove they could be done, but having been done, several times, there's no honest reason to re-do them.