Well its not an actual question.....more some curiosity. I know that you fill a cooling normaly with distilled water. But some modders are using minral oil to sink ther whole system in. So here starts my curiosity. Could you use mineral oil instead of destilled water and if yes, what would be better in both aspects of cooling and wear. Like i said....just some curiosity
I would think that the added viscosity of the oil would make it hell to push through the waterblocks/rads - the idea of total submersion is a much much greater heat sink potential. Not too sure on the thermal properties oil vs water - but people use water in their watercoolers for a reason
Nope viscosity become issue Sry on phone can't find links but its due to thickness of oil in loop Edit as above
Yep. The oil's only advantage is that it is non-conductive. Could make a decent loop-testing fluid, but the high viscosity of it would be a pump killer. That and mineral oil doesn't have as much of a thermal capacity as water does.
