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Old 02-28-2006
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Doesn't the oil go bad after a while?

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/...ans/page2.html

Very, very insane stuff. Innovative, but perhaps a little too far outside the box to have come from a person with a full set of marbles?
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Old 02-28-2006
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Doesn't the oil go bad after a while?
Yes it does. Anyone knows, you can only fry so many chips before the oil needs changing.

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Old 02-28-2006
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I'd say change the oil and filter after 3,000 to 5,000 miles. Your mileage might vary.
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Old 02-28-2006
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Is that something custom or can anyone do that to there pc??? :bounce:
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Old 02-28-2006
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Is that something custom or can anyone do that to there pc??? :bounce:

It`s deffinitely a custom job(if it`s for real).

I don`t know if I`d be to keen to try it.

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Old 02-28-2006
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lol i dont think its real either, i would have to see the actual video.
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It's just as well the actual video is available for download in three different formats on the bottom of the page then

I did wonder if it was real purely for the fact that they were running an FX-55 CPU without a fan, and was supposedly playing a video as they filled up the case. That said, even though it wasn't using a cpu fan, it was running a KILLER heatsink which might have been enough to run without the fan for a short time.

After the case has been filled up on the video, you can see the lights flashing away on the mainboard. Toms hardware is usually pretty good I think, and so I go with it being real.

Incidentally, these guys have a link on page one of that article to their 5Ghz project. They nitrogen cooled an intel chip, used Corsair DDR550, and O/Cd it to 5.25 GHz - so CPUZ said anyway.
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k ill look into it
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Old 02-28-2006
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They should use synthetic oil.
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Old 02-28-2006
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It's definitely for real... I've seen quite a few of these before over on [H]ard|Forum Extreme Cooling.

It's usually done with mineral oil or some non-conductive coolant though... because it doesn't go rancid
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vegitable oil breaks down naturally from bacteria and will go rancid over time. Motor oil has some acidic qualities (espcially cheap brands). Synthetic motor oils work well as they are designed not to break down, however, they're quite expensive. (I know I use it on my truck.)

I was thinking using pure propelyne glycol (anti-freeze without the water)
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