NANO Mod for an old nano tank

[grouch]

http://www.pugetsystems.com/aquarium-computer.php (http://www.pugetsystems.com/aquarium-computer.php)


Don't know if this is the right forum but my son sent me this

Surf and watch your tank at the same time. :lightbulb:

[justahobby]

...huh? What's the point?

[FireWater]

Computer internals are running cooler in the mineral oil so you can push them more. Turn an old nano into a super computer.

This thread might do better in the Lounge.

[justahobby]

I didn't realize heat was a limiting factor. I figured bigger fans = More Power! Arh arh arh
http://alccorting.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/timallen.jpg?w=207&h=216 (http://alccorting.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/timallen.jpg)

Is this the future or more of a novelty?

[FireWater]

Not sure really. Rob or Erik or one of the computer guys would have to answer that. I know heat in any electronic is a limiting factor for life of parts and performance. I'm with you though - slap the BIG fan in there and call it a day. It would be my luck that I got the cracked tank and then I would have mineral oil all over the place and a hot computer.

[justahobby]

A generic 10g... sure, why not. Seems kind of blasphemy to use a a nice nano.

[FireWater]

I wonder if low iron glass would look better though? Make all the computer guts look better with out the green tint.

[FireWater]

I also would have went bare bottom to limit the algae.

[txmike]

i would make it a macro tank

[Mr Cob]

all erik....lol, I'm a software guy.....but I still have a hard time wrapping my head around water and electronics....kind of like our hobby...lol

[txmike]

they use mineral oil it is a dielectric fluid .years back they did some cool stuff by supper cooling a dielectric fluid and running the MB in it .

[grouch]

You have to excuse me I've been in IT for 35yrs and build all my own pc's from scratch so I thought it was amusing. Yes heat is a limiting factor in all electronics. By building a computer from scratch you can pick the components that you can 'overclock' as now I have a 2.8 gig processor that normally runs at 120 degrees with fans but I change the settings for the processor and front bus speed in the motherboard bios so I can run it at 3.5 gig a noticable improvement in speed and a big difference in price if I had bought the 3.5 gig processor to begin with. So now it runs lightning fast at 140 degrees overclocked to 3.5gig and that would be the limit with air cooling only.