so to watercool, you just fill up the tower case w/ water, right?

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  1. Lord Bacon, Jan 23, 2006
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    el oh el...

    i got this off digg, and its damn funny.

    http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56924
     
  2. Jux, Jan 23, 2006
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    Not only is it wicked old, but it WAS a joke.

    Following the link you posted, it becomes quite clear around page 5 or 6 (if not sooner) that it's a joke. The thread creator even started his own poll, where he asked:
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    Funny story, but it's hard to believe it for more than a moment or two.
     
  3. Zero Prime, Jan 23, 2006
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    I wonder how many dumb asses tried this.
     
  4. Kickback, Jan 23, 2006
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    Wow, talk about brushing off the cobwebs on an old thread.
     
  5. Neomarsala, Jan 23, 2006
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    I have a friend that made a working computer submerged in liquid. He used a fishtank and some kind of special mineral water or something. He didn't do it for cooling reasons, but just because he likes doing weird stuff with computers.
     
  6. MegaMoonMan, Jan 23, 2006
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    I have heard of that stuff. The whole computer (except drives, I suppose) can be submerged in a special liquid, and therefore cooled nicely.
     
  7. TSFC, Jan 23, 2006
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    Oil works. PCMagazine I believe did this with oil. They show you how to seal the case, caulk the entry spots around the Processor, Ram, etc, and then submerge it. Kept the entire system cool for extended periods of time.

    No. I don't have the cajones to try it myself.
     
  8. Ops_was_a_truck, Jan 23, 2006
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    The thread is relatively amusing, but I remember reading about this like a year ago?
     
  9. Aaron, Jan 23, 2006
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    Wow... Don't know what's funnier, that someone might do it, or that someone believed that it was done.
     
  10. Lance Halberd, Jan 23, 2006
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    A little from Column A, a little from Column B ....