Absolutely incredible. I'm more of a fan of 100% stable OCs, but this was just damn impressive. Well done. Shame the board crapped out...
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Absolutely incredible. I'm more of a fan of 100% stable OCs, but this was just damn impressive. Well done. Shame the board crapped out...
---dens
Great read, Agatha Christie style :) Even the end was not what I expected :(
xtreme experience... great fun I imagine
:toast: :toast:
XTREME!!! :eek: I was on the edge of my seat reading that Charlie. Hope you can go for some more. :toast:
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Originally Posted by charlie
see even with some possible dead hardware... theres always a plus side...
dont have to lubricate your fan :hehe:
great work charlie... some interesting results... and should make ocing WR's a little more fun dont ya think... lol
i remember hearing about some fluids on the screensavers a year or so ago... maybe it was an alcohol because they were worried about evaporation... but they had submerged a system into some fluid and were running without a heatsink... maybe this is the same stuff... im not entirely sure...
what about building make shift dam's to prevent certain areas from freezing... if that is an issue... im sure most components can handle the low temps
and are you sure your "icecream" was frozen oil and not possibly condensation or anything like that... maybe air pockets under the cpu socket... i dont know...
good stuff buddy... hope ya get this setup up and running again and get you a WR! :slash:
truely xtreme. That might just be the coolest thing ive ever seen.
i really wish you break WR soon....you deserve it :toast: (and i hope your FX55 isn't dead.... :( )
the most interesting reading i have seen in quite some time.... :up:
Excellent thread and outstanding work.
Awesome work Charlie. The most extreme experiment which gave the best read for a long while this is!! :YIPPIE:
Thanks charlie. Great try and fantastic presentation. You'll get the WR.
Deserves the WR after this extravaganza.
nice work
I agree. San diego and Venice will do it :D. Νιce work Charlie :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by dippyskoodlez
Crazy stuff, Charlie :slobber: Submerging that mobo in oil was Most Xtreme of Xtreme :thumbsup:
I hope that it was $130 Neo2 that died and not the $900 FX-55....
WR? You'll get it sooner than you think!
Good work man! Kudos to you!
Am I the only one that sees this as great idea, or just noone like it?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyXP1700
Take a submerged PC and use the tank like a water-chiller resevoir?
Freeze the tank with the cold from a phase-change system?
I think it would look pretty cool! :cool:
Awesome Charlie.
He's right, although ethyl has better thermal conductivity (I know methanol has the best thermal properties, but it's toxic sh_t, not worth going blind and not being able to see your 4GHz screenie :lol: ). BTW, the best (cheapest) source of ethyl is Everclear. Illegal in Cali and many states, but I've bought it in Tijuana, back in my college frat days, to make "Red Death" for parties.Quote:
Originally Posted by berkut
I was thinking, why not load up your submersion fluid (IMO, alcohol, since it won't freeze) with dry ice "cubes" to lower the temp of the fluid before introducing the LN? That way, your fluid is pre-cooled and shouldn't add as much heat to the mix, plus your board is cooler all around. I'd just submerge the whole thing, GPU included (without fan).
BTW, have you seen this submersion thread?
lots of everclear up here in canada lol
That explains a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Super strokey
I keed, I keed.
http://files.intellisite.com/1/5/7/8/5.jpg
dude, the point of the oil was insulation, mobo components can't survive very cold tempsQuote:
Originally Posted by uclajd
Awesome! Better luck next time!
heh
but seriously, i'm sure you could get closer to 100 percent ethanol than everclear...though i guess everclear is cheapest.
btw, for those in the know, what is the diff between ethyl alcohol and denatured alcohol?
Just a note, I used OIL to protect the board, not to freeze it...the -10C temps were just a bONUS ;)
Plus, I didn't want anything stinky or toxic or whatever...
I've had the board standing on it's side for 24 hours now, and it's still dripping!
Dude, the point was insulation from condensation. Mobo components can't survive frozen water on them. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by snowwie
Yes, I know caps explode when too cold, but at least read the thread starter's reason for the project:
I do think one has to pretty much assume that his mobo is hosed with a project like this either way. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
Yeah, but it's highly regulated, and you probably get on some terror watch list if you go the chem supply route. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by snowwie
lol... yeah, tommorrow I'm going to grab a can of brake degreaser or some dielectric degreaser spray and see if i can't clean it up :DQuote:
Originally Posted by uclajd
ma...you really let Gskill swimming..:D
I've been using so much degreaser lately to remove TIM, my hands are chapped from it. Damn stuff is freezing. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
BTW, if you used alkiehawl, there'd be no cleanup - just wait for it to evaporate, maybe a little canned air. :D
Charlie, what about some of the fluids mentioned here:
Fluid immersion :confused:
ver very nice work charlie ;)
Nice :D
To bad you didnt' hit the WR...sooooo close too. You shoulda ran some 3D @ 3.6ghz first then went for the top;)
Nice very nice, liked the thread layout as well.
have you tried putting the oil on top of the ln2 to sort of insulate it so that when it evaps it will just stay there and not run out?(that is of course if the oil is less dense then the ln2)
Charlie, an idea...
Looking at you pic HERE of your big LN2 container, I had an idea. The base of your container is quite big, coming pretty close to the bordering caps, and probably also helping to make them colder = bad when using LN2. If you used one of Chilly1's CPU units, which are like a cylinder and have no base sticking out to the sides, keeping all the cold right over the CPU, would that possibly help? I know the oil would help transfer cold to the caps anyway, but maybe not so much if the frozen base wasn't so close to them. Just a thought :)
Also, I've heard that 1/2" base is best for LN2 use, but yours is thicker than that, looks like 3/4" to 1". Maybe a thinner base might help too?
Cheers!
yeah, good ideas... I'm certainly hoping to try one of Chilly1's LN2 units. And my current unit has a 5/8" base, possibly too thick, as I noticed it took TOO LONG to cool the CPU.Quote:
Originally Posted by twilius_basic
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Maybe you should try using a hairdryer. That stuff gets thinner (more viscous) the hotter it gets right?Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
what does cascade mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
Awesome, charlie! Ingenuitive. ;) Love the title, too.
Think there is really something to at least looking at whether alcohol could be used... No mess and all your components get a free bath! :D
PCP&C would be good next time... Pulling that much juice you would want to go with the best.
This site was recommended over @ EOCF to buy the LanParty SLI or Ultra. It was in stock - the UltraD is still available (link may change):
http://www.mrpower.com.tw/product_in...roducts_id=311
I'll have to look at getting some of that oil to shutup my PSU fan... :p:
go here :Quote:
Originally Posted by jopers1986
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...splay.php?f=80
A cascade is a cooling unit similar to a Vapochill, but functions like a Vapochill cooling a Vapochill, cooling another vapochill.... and gives real nice low temps, maybe -80C or colderQuote:
Originally Posted by jopers1986
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ooooo tasty! he-he thanks proper good job too : :D
Belated congratulations, charlie. I've been busy with work so I just saw this now. :toast:
if you have a hacksaw you can chop off the part of the block that was too close to the caps :D
Maybe some insulation around the base so it doesnt touch the oil as much would help?
is it ASUS going for 4ghz? just a guess since they had the 5ghz p4 quite a while ago
but then the A8N cant go past 290mhz
thats some nice oc'ing
:)
Really? That's funny, since I've been running mine up to 330HT. Running it 312HT for daily use.Quote:
Originally Posted by reject
Couldn't it be that there was condensation on the -10°C liquid? And that the condensation killed something?
I am building one my self again. With a base of 15mm, and a weight of 1.210KG. Heres 2 pics, is that what you mean with a base in a Cylinder form? sorry for the big pictures..
http://frip.dk/jacobhansen/apart.JPG
http://frip.dk/jacobhansen/base1.JPG
http://frip.dk/jacobhansen/full%20pipe1.JPG
Nice looking container there Jacob :D That is what we meant by cylindrical base, yes. Take a look at Chilly1's unit(s) in the DI/LN2 section to see how he did his.Quote:
Originally Posted by JacobHansen
GL with your new container, it looks very nice :cool:
'Ok - I thought so ;)
Yeah im looking forward to it also.. Hopeing to be at the same "height" as Chilly´s awsome containers.. Performance-wise.. :D
Charlie - Btw.. Nice results..
Great job Charlie..and I really enjoyed your writings ...very suspenseful
When do you think you will try something like this again? Year?
That was a test run ;) You will get the Wr next time :toast:
nice work :up:
i take that back, are you happy with the board? everyone who jumped casue it was the 1st sli board seems to be unsatisfiedQuote:
Originally Posted by Kane
Wow Charlie, I'm certainly impressed, Heck on Air My 2nd PC zoom2 can't get above 2.25GHz, But that's cause of the ram and possibly also cause I need some faster case and cpu fans too. Insane, But what can I say 3708Mhz is nothing to sneeze at and I would have benched there, Either there or at 3760Mhz(3.76GHz)! :banana: :banana:
Mad props to Ya and I hope the cpu isn't an expensive dead paperweight now. :shrug: :shrug:
I think that's the question most are wondering about.
Did you fry the CPU or MB?
Don't feel bad if you fried the CPU. Others have done worse.
I mean, think about race car drivers, they blow engines like it's nothing. Of coarse they have sponsers, but still, you blowing a CPU is not the end of the world.
is it possible to run a rig cooled just by that opti-cool oil?
I have the same question, like if you sealed everything in... a sealed container lol, can it cool eficently?Quote:
Originally Posted by boostdfd3s
It looks like a lorry of nitro was spent. :)
excellen work
intead of having a bottom to the container, can't you have it direct die? faster low temps, possibly slightly lower overall too
very nice result :slobber:
Very impressive results :)
:toast:
Very impressive, lots of useful information here, Charlie. Way to go!
Hi UB, What took You so long? ;) ;) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Bob
Charlie, the next thing you should do is cool your PSU the same way.
Charlie - how did the clean-up process go after all? Was it difficult to clean off all your parts from the OPTI-COOL?Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
No,
it's easy actually, not oily at all. leaves no residue and cleans with any porous cloth.
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