Been there, done that. Useless in a home/lab environment. For a data-center - maybe.
In my experience, the oil is far from odourless. It seems that way at first, but after a while it saturates the room/house with very annoying smell. Several months later, and I had to get rid of that smell. Even went as far to build stainless steel tanks with gaskets used for car motors. But, when airtight, the whole thing looses it's thermal properties and starts overheating again. I guess because of pressure build-up. So, it is either endure the mineral oil vapors, or nothing.
On top of all that, pray you never need to replace/upgrade a component... getting the whole thing out of the oil and cleaning it up so you could handle it again - a nightmare.
In my experience, the oil is far from odourless. It seems that way at first, but after a while it saturates the room/house with very annoying smell. Several months later, and I had to get rid of that smell. Even went as far to build stainless steel tanks with gaskets used for car motors. But, when airtight, the whole thing looses it's thermal properties and starts overheating again. I guess because of pressure build-up. So, it is either endure the mineral oil vapors, or nothing.
On top of all that, pray you never need to replace/upgrade a component... getting the whole thing out of the oil and cleaning it up so you could handle it again - a nightmare.