The project comes to life with the desire to create something very special that goes beyond the custom loop. In everything there is the technical and artistic side. The artistic one is given by using the video card in addition to its features but also the main theme of the television series, Stranger Things. From the combination of the series name and from the fact that the computer will be cooled with mineral oil that gives life to the Stranger Oil Mod. Sponsored by : CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 3700X MOBO : Aorus X570 Elite RAM : Aorus RGB memory DDR4 16GB 3200MHz VGA : Sapphire Nitro+ 5700XT SSD : Samsung 970 EVO Plus 512GB PSU : Riotoro Enigma 850W CABINET : Riotoro Morpheus
Neat. Be prepared! @legoman (I think it was him,) did a mineral oil system and found it eats the rubber in certain types of capacitors, and dissolves thermal paste.
Make yourself comfortable There are different types of mineral oils. I was lucky because I know a person who works in a company that produces oils and therefore I have had advice on the various types, among which the basic ones are viscosity, biologically stable and obviously non-conductivity.
We start with the production of some details through the CNC pantograph machinery: AFK themed mineral oil sliding channel and oil inlet plug.
G 1/4” thread machining on passive radiators. The mineral oil is biologically stable so there is no risk of galvanizing if during the threading we also remove the black anodizing of these radiators. The choice of passive radiators was specifically designed to have little restriction in the loop otherwise the n°4 D5 pumps would have been too stressed considering that the mineral oil is more dense than the bidistilled.
CNC milling machine working on plexiglass plate for motherboard tray fixing, power / reset controller, power supply and mineral oil inlet.
Engraved 5 mm plexiglass plate folding. The process of folding with a hot gun was very difficult despite the shapes, made by laser. The large folding surface of the piece caused it to disperse the heat quickly so as to make the fold difficult. Patience and skill have allowed a positive outcome of the workmanship.
