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Oil PC v2.0

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     I have made a few Oil cooled PC's in the past, this time I wanted to make a really small one. My requirements: Silent, small, 1ghz or faster, able to surf the net, run windows 7, and stream radio from LAST.FM. So I got to work on this! It's an ebay mac mini with windows 7 installed (no more osx) removed the mac mini shell, and started to silicone the loose parts in place (IR receiver, wifi antenna, sound card). I attached a small fan to the back of the mother board and to the back of the aquarium. My goal here was to create a "floating" motherboard, as well as have an invisible method to circulate the oil. Hardware stats are: Processor: 1.67Ghz RAM: only 512MB Hard Drive: Intel SSD (board of chips in the front) NETWORK: mini pci on board      Everything else is over USB, DVI (video), keyboard, mouse, and more usb ports. This is done through a usb docking station for laptops... I did this because i only wanted two cables coming from the back of the Oil PC... Po