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Wait, there are nonconductive PC cooling fluids? I need to learn more.
There were some really toxic ones used in early supercomputer days.
Mineral oil is nonconductive. Some people even do aquarium builds with the whole mobo and gpu immersed in mineral oil. I don't think mineral oil is used in loop coolers though.
Yeah I think outside of transformers trying to pump mineral oil without constantly dissolving your o rings would be a nightmare.
I don't know of any, but I don't keep up with the world of liquid cooling. Water is usually the most common, since it is cheap and has reliable performance.
Pure water, by itself, is non conductive IIRC. It only becomes conductive if there is stuff dissolved in it, like with tap water where there are small amounts of minerals in the water.