well I guess that idea won't save any money.
I have read about google moving server farms so they are close to hydroelectric dams.
I have personally spoken to people that live within a few miles of large hydroelectric dams and they pay .01/kwh for electricity.
Also I wonder if using a nat gas generator could save mining costs due to the low cost of nat gas right now.
Topic: Submersing a rig - page 6. (Read 5792 times)
In pure oil you must mean.
Or in some non-conductive water-cooling liquid. Those are pretty expensive though.
If you actually fancy using water you're on your way to frying the rig.
The whole operation will likely by extremely messy and destroy any resale value of your equipment.
There's a reason liquid cooling isn't done this way, you know.
Or in some non-conductive water-cooling liquid. Those are pretty expensive though.
If you actually fancy using water you're on your way to frying the rig.
The whole operation will likely by extremely messy and destroy any resale value of your equipment.
There's a reason liquid cooling isn't done this way, you know.
when it is submerged it it still functions the same way the heat heats the oil and it needs to circulate to keep it cool the oil in this case just takes the place of the air in air cooled systems
even laboratory grade pure H2O that is used in the electronics industry witch is made using a system several times more pure that 7 step reverse osmosis would still cause problems and be prohibitively expensive to boot
Why does that guy that submersed his computer in mineral oil still have the fans running?
I would expect that even if you started out with pure water, that enough substance would dissolve off the equipment and into the water to make it not stay pure for very long. It takes very little impurity to make water conductive. You would need an endless stream of distilled water.
you can do this if you use mineral oil i have seen it done but i am not sure how good it is long term for the system
I was wondering if it would be possible to submerge a mining rig in pure water to keep it cool.
I would think you would have to disable all fans which would save some energy as well.
Anyone have any experience with this?
I would think you would have to disable all fans which would save some energy as well.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Heat transfer between metal and air is not as fast as metal and liquid, so you are on the right track. You just need to use something other than water which is corrosive and conductive (unless distilled). Water is not good to have in your computer.
Try this:
http://duckduckgo.com/?q=oil+cooled+pc
Great idea if you like to kill all your hardware. If you want to submerge it, at least use mineral oil, but even then the consensus is that its not a good idea. Its expensive, messy and it will not cool as good as air cooling. If you want silence above all else, and dont mind plumbing an oil pump, filter and oil radiator, it can be done though.
I was wondering if it would be possible to submerge a mining rig in pure water to keep it cool.
I would think you would have to disable all fans which would save some energy as well.
Anyone have any experience with this?
I would think you would have to disable all fans which would save some energy as well.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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