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looks kinda messy

um why?

I am guessing that the oil they use does not conduct electricity, but will conduct heat to some extent, as does glass. (I think that most oils are not conductive, but I don't remember for sure.) If my numbers are correct, based on that looking like a standard 10 gallon tank with 5 gallons of oil, then the glass on the outside plus the top surface of the oil gives you 10.56 square feet of surface to disperse heat from. If you include the glass on the inside that is exposed to air it adds another 2.22 square feet.

I don't know the heat transfer rates of oil to glass and glass to air, but suspect that it is decent enough to keep the whole thing at the 29 degrees Centigrade (84.20 F) that the thermometer on the tank seems to be showing. For those that do not know, a system running at that temperature is considered to be very well cooled. Bad things happened when a modern computer over heats. If you took out all the fans and heat synchs (Metal contraptions that affix to various parts of the computer.) most modern PC's will cook off completely in a matter of a few seconds, perhaps no more then you have fingers and toes, perhaps that means markedly less for the Wibbster? amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;:P

I just hear blah blah blah!

hmmmmm ....... this computer's been one fan down for months ..... the one that's supposed to be cooling the powerpack. It seems to stay cool enough with the side-cover off amp;

The fan in the power supply is shot? That is SO not good dude! Power supplies are a pain in the arse to swap, only because of all the connections, but if you get the same exact one and keep track of where everything goes it is often just a matter of about two connections to the mother board and the connections to the drives (Those are almost all the same, so it does not matter what you plug into what.) Power supplies range in price from about 25 GBP for an average and decent one to about 50-75 or even 100 GBP for the higher end ones for specialized use would need.

Maybe the computer operator is an American Southerner and perhaps they are trying to deep fry it?

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I didn't know that. My tower says 85 and that sounds high to me.

I think my computer runs at 98.6--being on my lap and all amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;:D

Having been in the same room as your lap ........... I'm sure it's well over 100

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