Dry Ice, first steps

[loquillo]

This thread is just to show you our first experiment with dry ice.


http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/8007/226gf.th.jpg (http://img461.imageshack.us/my.php?image=226gf.jpg)



http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/3016/233eg.th.jpg (http://img461.imageshack.us/my.php?image=233eg.jpg)



First results

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/9828/246zz.th.jpg (http://img461.imageshack.us/my.php?image=246zz.jpg)


http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/4997/250tp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


We used a SanDiego 3700+. Unfortunately, we didn’t achieve the overclock level that we expected. This was our best result

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=67602


since the processor turned out to be very unstable with a higher fsb.


Anyway, we feel quite happy with what we got ( –49° in a hot summer day, with a room temperature of 36.5° C). This is a good incentive for us to get a better processor and see how far we can go.
After more than 7 hours, there was no condensation anywhere, so we’re pretty satisfied about this too.



If you want to see how this pot was built, go here

http://www.tortugahard.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=308&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0



We’d like to know your comments and opinions, as we don’t have much experience on this matter.

[afireinside]

Interesting base... Cut the tube down it's overly high. That way you can stick something in to push the ice to the base for better temps. And try using SP2004 doing small FTTs to load the CPU. Should get around cold bug you're experiencing.

[loquillo]

Thanks for your comments. I´ve never heard about sticking something to push the ice to the base. It worth trying :)

[ilkkahy]

The base is really cool. I assume its okay if i post the picture from it here too. I find brazed containers more intresting because it leaves more imagination for available constructions.
http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=37.jpg