That setup looks entirely safe...all that is missing a hair drier near that radiator as well.

I have a 420, two 360 rads, a mini fridge, a bunch of fittings just sitting around collecting dust. Pic just made me realize I have a cheap water chiller on my hands.

That setup looks like a suicide note ready to be written. Let's just hope the kids pool was filled with mineral oil. Actually that's not such a terrible idea on the mineral oil get a fish tank and put the rad in that forget submerging the entire PC setup in the tank just put a rad in it instead and maybe a few fans in fact a Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM would be slick in a mineral oil tank that RPM wouldn't matter in that scenario it's moving fluid and it's designed for static pressure so it'll push more of that fluid thru the outside of those radiator fins while the pump pushing it thru the inside twin action winning. They need to design a radiator setup that way in a box from the start actually. That would be a great mod make it like a waterfall/water fountain type of design have it spit out like 3 or 4 outlets near the top and suck the fluid back out the bottom. You could make it look nice and toxic with a little bit back lighting and glow in the dark UV for added flare. This my nuclear power PC setup it umm gigahertz don't stand to close.

InVasManiThat setup looks like a suicide note ready to be written. Let's just hope the kids pool was filled with mineral oil. Actually that's not such a terrible idea on the mineral oil get a fish tank and put the rad in that forget submerging the entire PC setup in the tank just put a rad in it instead and maybe a few fans in fact a Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM would be slick in a mineral oil tank that RPM wouldn't matter in that scenario it's moving fluid and it's designed for static pressure so it'll push more of that fluid thru the outside of those radiator fins while the pump pushing it thru the inside twin action winning. They need to design a radiator setup that way in a box from the start actually. That would be a great mod make it like a waterfall/water fountain type of design have it spit out like 3 or 4 outlets near the top and suck the fluid back out the bottom. You could make it look nice and toxic with a little bit back lighting and glow in the dark UV for added flare. This my nuclear power PC setup it umm gigahertz don't stand to close.

A water->oil->air intercooling loop could be made into quite a nice looking arrangement. Could even try to move the oil along passively, or include filtering.... There's so much I want to add-on, but this idea really needs it's own thread.

The setup in the pics looks like someone in a shipping warehouse's breakroom improvising together the best performing cooling loop he could. The Baby Bath / Kitchen Bowl was probably filled with ice at the begining of the run. When in the pursuit of performance, or in the throes of necessity: if it's crazy, but works, it's not crazy. (But might still be quite risky).

LabRat 891A water->oil->air intercooling loop could be made into quite a nice looking arrangement. Could even try to move the oil along passively, or include filtering.... There's so much I want to add-on, but this idea really needs it's own thread.

The setup in the pics looks like someone in a shipping warehouse's breakroom improvising together the best performing cooling loop he could. The Baby Bath / Kitchen Bowl was probably filled with ice at the begining of the run. When in the pursuit of performance, or in the throes of necessity: if it's crazy, but works, it's not crazy. (But might still be quite risky).

That's why I mentioned the 3000RPM static pressure Noctua fan's those suckers would push mineral oil thru that submerged radiator fins quite nicely. I wasn't thinking of air at all, but you could also integrate a bit of heat pipe cooling to exchange heat outside of the fluid as well in some form or another. There are couples simple enough ways to achieve that result.

What I like about it is you'd have both a internal and external fluid cooling the radiator simultaneously and additionally the radiator fans which are often used could be submerged and the thus the noise from them tamed in the process. I think the overall efficiency would be improved. The Noctua fan I mentioned has a a high static pressure and very high RPM they'd defiantly move some mineral oil fluid thru the radiator. As far as moving heat outside the liquid you could put one of these big doughnuts inside it ugly as hell, but effective.



One of these mounted vertically would be funky in a mineral oil setup half way submerged...it would be like one those old water wheels...lol

This looks like the most unprofessional overclocking setup. Haha. Interesting concept of using water to cool the radiator of a water cooler.

InVasManiThat's why I mentioned the 3000RPM static pressure Noctua fan's those suckers would push mineral oil thru that submerged radiator fins quite nicely.

If you want maximum heat transfer, oil is worse than water and water is worse than brine. I bet they have brine in that bowl :)

BoboOOZIf you want maximum heat transfer, oil is worse than water and water is worse than brine. I bet they have brine in that bowl :)

Yeah, but salt and corrosion is a bad combination and brine would make that setup even more of a safety hazard due to the added conductivity. The mineral oil might not do much beyond what good air cooling fans on the radiators would provide, but they'd defiantly greatly improve the acoustics of the fans if submerged in mineral oil. Water cooling isn't always quiet nor ultra high performance you still gotta cool the radiators which brings added noise and if you tame the noise you've probably also tamed the relative performance in the process typically in a traditional setup at least.

InVasManiYeah, but salt and corrosion is a bad combination and brine would make that setup even more of a safety hazard due to the added conductivity. The mineral oil might not do much beyond what good air cooling fans on the radiators would provide, but they'd defiantly greatly improve the acoustics of the fans if submerged in mineral oil. Water cooling isn't always quiet nor ultra high performance you still gotta cool the radiators which brings added noise and if you tame the noise you've probably also tamed the relative performance in the process typically in a traditional setup at least.

The brine thing was a joke, but I do think that oil versus water, in this case, is a no brainer, water is much better, because of better heat transfer and smaller viscosity. And after the OC, you just let it dry and you're good to go. If you need more cooling, just add a little ice in the stew.

Owning a Ryzen and then trying to overclock it, tune it, or really just get it stable at stock sometimes, is like self flagellation! Imagine you are like a monk in a monastery on side of a mountain, it's 13th century and plague is decimating the villages in the valleys below, and you are flagellating yourself bloody with thorned chains, hoping, praying, that the Prime95 doesn't cause a BSOD this time around.

That spectacle in the photos in the article, is precisely why I got rid of most of my Ryzen stuffs back in March. I got 216 in R15 in ST (one point less than that setup) with a mild OC and cheap aluminum cooler with a random 9600k. A 360mm rad plus a decent block later, I got another 10%. That's just Cinebench. Gaming wise, benches or not, 9600k blew away my OC'd Ryzens at stock!

Watching people try to overclock Ryzen gear is just sad now...

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The same obscure overclocking is done for both AMD/Intel to be fair. Most people to adhere to what's simple and works though which is understandable.

As long as it overclock, does it need to look pretty?

MysteoaAs long as it overclock, does it need to look pretty?

No, but putting a big pool of water on top o fa non secured cardboard box right next to live electrical components is extremely dodgy and ill advised. Both for health and safety of yourself and the equipment next to it. One bad oops and well it could end very badly. As far as looking pretty it lacks RBG.