Notthatwillsmith writes "Everyone's seen mods where someone super-cools a PC by submersing it in a non-conductive oil. It's a neat idea, but most components aren't designed to combat a hot oil bath; after llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new thesaurus susceptibility materials break down and components begin to fail. Maximum PC has an undivided hands-on, first look at the new Hardcore laptop* Reactor, the first oil-cooled PC on call for sale. Hardcore engineered the Reactor to support the oil, using space-age materials and proprietary oil. The Reactor's custom-manufactured motherboard, videocards, memory, and SSD drives are submersed in the oil, while the dry components sit outside the bulletproof tank. The motherboard lifts out of the oil bath on rails, giving you proportionately easy access to components, and the overall design is simply jaw-dropping. Of course, we'd expect nothing less for a machine with a base price of $4000 that goes all the way up to $11k for a fully maxed out config."

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