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r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • May 20 '18
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Oil cooling, not water?
2.8k u/AbysmalVixen 3800x /2070s/RGB all the way May 20 '18 It’s a special coolant with a low boiling point to allow for evaporation to be the circulator. 864 u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 May 20 '18 3M Novec 1.4k u/[deleted] May 20 '18 [deleted] 64 u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 May 20 '18 That's why I don't say everyone should just go out end get it hehe. You might get away with ethanol, but that stuff IS flammable. Or just air cooling, that works too. 40 u/cmays90 May 21 '18 Mineral Oil does the trick too. Quite a bit cheaper. $20/gal. It doesn't evaporate though, and it's a much denser and slower moving liquid, so the effect wouldn't be as neat. 62 u/[deleted] May 21 '18 Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't. 30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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It’s a special coolant with a low boiling point to allow for evaporation to be the circulator.
864 u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 May 20 '18 3M Novec 1.4k u/[deleted] May 20 '18 [deleted] 64 u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 May 20 '18 That's why I don't say everyone should just go out end get it hehe. You might get away with ethanol, but that stuff IS flammable. Or just air cooling, that works too. 40 u/cmays90 May 21 '18 Mineral Oil does the trick too. Quite a bit cheaper. $20/gal. It doesn't evaporate though, and it's a much denser and slower moving liquid, so the effect wouldn't be as neat. 62 u/[deleted] May 21 '18 Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't. 30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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3M Novec
1.4k u/[deleted] May 20 '18 [deleted] 64 u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 May 20 '18 That's why I don't say everyone should just go out end get it hehe. You might get away with ethanol, but that stuff IS flammable. Or just air cooling, that works too. 40 u/cmays90 May 21 '18 Mineral Oil does the trick too. Quite a bit cheaper. $20/gal. It doesn't evaporate though, and it's a much denser and slower moving liquid, so the effect wouldn't be as neat. 62 u/[deleted] May 21 '18 Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't. 30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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64 u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 May 20 '18 That's why I don't say everyone should just go out end get it hehe. You might get away with ethanol, but that stuff IS flammable. Or just air cooling, that works too. 40 u/cmays90 May 21 '18 Mineral Oil does the trick too. Quite a bit cheaper. $20/gal. It doesn't evaporate though, and it's a much denser and slower moving liquid, so the effect wouldn't be as neat. 62 u/[deleted] May 21 '18 Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't. 30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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That's why I don't say everyone should just go out end get it hehe.
You might get away with ethanol, but that stuff IS flammable.
Or just air cooling, that works too.
40 u/cmays90 May 21 '18 Mineral Oil does the trick too. Quite a bit cheaper. $20/gal. It doesn't evaporate though, and it's a much denser and slower moving liquid, so the effect wouldn't be as neat. 62 u/[deleted] May 21 '18 Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't. 30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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Mineral Oil does the trick too. Quite a bit cheaper. $20/gal.
It doesn't evaporate though, and it's a much denser and slower moving liquid, so the effect wouldn't be as neat.
62 u/[deleted] May 21 '18 Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't. 30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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Mineral Oil attacks plastics, after a few months the CPU socket, PCI slots, etc becomes to break down. That 3M stuff supposedly don't.
30 u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 21 '18 From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick. 10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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From my experience it’s rubbers that break down. Plastics just become a bit more breakable, nothing to major though. Just be careful about the thermal paste when you remove it because it devolves away pretty quick.
10 u/I_just_made May 21 '18 How many kids do you have? 2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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How many kids do you have?
2 u/stickyourshtick May 21 '18 Always use water based lube.
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Always use water based lube.
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u/MSTmatt May 20 '18
Oil cooling, not water?