Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Doubtful. Even with the heat consumption of modern chips, the
reliability drop from having that mechanical part is large and
catastrophic ie. everybody knows who and how to pin the blame when the
part fails.
"that mechanical part"? What mechanical part? Are you referring to the
water pump? My computer has a fan which is just as critical as the water
pump would be in a liquid cooled solution. I think it is probably
possible to get a better quality and longer lasting water pump than a
fan. I have been replacing fans lately. When I was away in VN the case
fan on one of my machines go so gunked up it stopped and burned out the
motor. The machine didn't die but it was running really hot and the
little cpu fan was screaming at max rpm trying to keep up. Now the hard
drive in that machine has 9 bad sectors. The high airflow in modern
computers cause them to gum up with dust pretty fast, even in a decent
environment. Whenever I shutdown a machine with more than a month of
runtime on it I get out the canned air, open it up, and clean it out.
Especially home/office computers. Air cooling is loud, has many moving
parts, and collects gunk which means the machine will die unless you
clean it. Water cooling is much quieter, can sink a lot more energy, and
doesn't even need a fan with a large enough radiator.
I am still pondering the best way to completely submerge a machine in
silicone oil.
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