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Hey guys, finally finished my Mineral Oil submerged PC project. I don't have many pics of it being built, but here are some final pics. Fell free to ask questions or to leave comments.

Lol was bored so here's a Youtube vid of my project:

You used paraffin?

I really hope you don't have any shorts/sparks in the case... Could turn out interesting

No no no... I thought too it was paraffin, but actually it's paraffin oil, also called liquid paraffin. There is a difference between paraffin and paraffin oil

ah no flames im disappointed in this submerged pc now

what was the diffrence temp wise

Lol, ye flames probably would have looked cool, but thats unfortunately not an option

I'll post some screenies of temps tomorrow, but it dropped like 10 Celcius...

I can see a small problem when you try sell parts

That is a good idea for a media PC, completely silent! (I'm guessing)

Yes, I am using it as a media pc.

Regarding the reselling of these parts, I don't think that's gonna happen, unless it's cleaned real good... Lol, I wonder if warranty covers hardware submerged in oil

Please watch your caps. One of the guys on bit-tech did a mineral oil pc. He found the transformer oil at his capacitors on his mobo and graphics card.

otherwise, cool!

Wow, nice work. I can't believe someone in SA actually did this

Quick question: Why didn't you throw the HDD in there too?

Nice work man

Thanks Dae, there is one problem with submerging a HDD under fluid - pressures must be maintained in a HDD. I don't know if any of you ever noticed the small hole somewhere on a hdd, that is for keeping balanced pressures.

But if somebody will sponsor me a SSD I'd be more than glad to submerge that...

he he he , nice work man! submerged pc, i will have to get some details from you...
well done, some more pics would be nice

well done man!~~~!!!!!

Can we get some clearer pics? and a bit further back? so we can see it as a whole?

but awesome work mate.....

very nicely done! wow!

looks really orsom hun gratz!

Thanks a lot guys. I'll post more pics later today.

Very cool... I think the "fish tank" look is really nice!

ps, is that feet in the 5th photo?

Oh dear, that is my little brother's feet, he stood there while I was taking the photos

Some more pics as promised...











The fish tank is temporary on the ground until I find a crane to lift that thing