3D shows off submersion-cooled PC (video)

A 3M employee is showing off a new PC mod that uses submersion cooling, the build is pretty compact and uses one of the 3M Novec series fluids.

At least some of the previous demos used 3M Novec 7200 or 7100 fluid, which have boiling points well below 100C. When under a stressful workload, the CPU's IHS boils the volatile liquid, which is re-condensed and cooled by what appears to be a 360mm radiator. Like the previous demo, the entire system is sealed, but it seems that 3M hopes manufacturers will make such cooling systems more accessible in the future.

While it looks very cool, there have been very few of these systems as the Novec fluid is hard to get and very expensive. A quick Google search reveals one store selling a gallon of 3M Novec Fluid HFE-7100 for $521.67. As such, this is unlikely to see wide adoption.



Via: HardOCP