Mineral Oil Submerged PC

Step 2 Modding the Aquarium

So, your materials are gathered, now to the fun part, modding! (To a certain extent). First, we measured all the dimensions to gain the right aquarium, which just so happened to be a classic 5 gallon one from K-Mart. Tester happened to have a sheet of plexi-glass that was a bit longer than the motherboard, so we used that as the back plate to hold it firmly against the side of the aquarium (plus, it will look like nothing is holding the motherboard at all). We then cut it to size, with the plexi-glass touching the bottom of the aquarium. After that, we took it out and drilled 3 holes in proper holding places so that the motherboard would remain secure. From there, we took the spare plexi glass, and broke it into 4 small 1" X 1" pieces, and glued them together with a bonding liquid that was about the strength between superglue and epoxy. After waiting 10 minutes for it to dry for each layer, we had enough time to take the plastic lid that came with the aquarium to have it serve as a slightly moded bufferzone between air and oil. As shown in the image below, a hacksaw was used to cut the appropriate amount of space for the VGA, RJ-45, keyboard, mouse, etc. to be exposed for connection.

Comments

[cwebsterlusk]

I had a board just like this until it got fried by the fools at the power company. it was had a core 2 duo in it and the evercool heat sink and fan cooled it well. plus there was a 90mm case fan. the system ran at 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) with a full load on the processor and ram, which is 20 degrees cooler than yours and it had virtually no noise.

[kvswim]

i actually have this exact board. MSI P965 Neo, correct? It's an alright board, but sucks for overclocking.

[sqeeek]

Also have had a P965 Neo-F or whatever, the longer version of this board. Runs with a P4/HT (old, i know) and it overheats like a ford. I think my problem is mostly because of shoving so many thousands of parts in a little case, but this might be a cool solution.