Adata Project Jellyfish, RAM modules, with a heatsink based on mineral oil, which is curious to say the least, although it seems unlikely that it will reach the market.

The cooling of hardware by immersion in mineral oil, logically non-conductive, is not an innovative solution in the world of hardware, but until now these solutions were only used by advanced users in special configurations or as a curiosity. Adata at CES 2018 has presented the Adata Project Jellyfish, some RAM memories, whose heatsink is not made of aluminum, but rather has a transparent encapsulation, inside which mineral oil has been integrated, which improves the cooling of the modules, without existing risk of short circuit or damage.

It is true that if we are not going to overclock, the RAM does not need large heatsinks, because they heat up rather little, although improving heat dissipation, helps to extend the useful life of the hardware and is an aesthetic element, to be denied. Project Jellyfish takes this a step further and a system has been implemented, which encapsulates the part of the memories and mineral oil has been introduced, leaving the minimum necessary space without the encapsulation.

Such a system seems like a good idea, but as with everything, it has its drawbacks. The oil itself is not conductive, although, when it is heated, polar charges are generated, which can conduct electricity, but of course, to reach the point of generating polar charges, high temperatures are required and RAM memories are not components. especially hot. It should be noted that the oil degrades over time, losing part of its properties.

As an encapsulation for the oil, they have opted for methacrylate, a rather bad component in terms of heat conduction, rather, it retains it and filters it in a worse way than an aluminum heatsink would, something that would cause the The oil gets hotter than necessary, accelerating its degradation, although it is true that this is only a prototype, a marketing product, because RAM is not really a component that gets hot enough to have to develop something of these characteristics.

Source: TPU