1st Time DICE Pot

[Sil3ntSnip3a]

Today I am going to jump into the world of Dry Ice cooling. I told my dad to pick me up a 1/4" Copper Base, and a 10-14" height 1/4" thick 3 1/2" wide copper tube for the pot. I don't know what I want to use for the mounting hardware quite yet though... Thats where I would like some advice. I don't have any fabricating tools around that I have access too and so its just me, my weld torch and dry ice and menthol.

I'll update this as I go, I thought I would get it started for any one to post helpful links etc..

Stay Tune!

[K404]

Welcome to XS If you can find a delrin plate on Ebay, that would make a great hold-down. Easy to work with, rigid (from ~6mm thickness at the size you'll be needing) and doesnt conduct heat

[Sil3ntSnip3a]

I am trying to spend as little money as possible but still see immense performance increase. Tell me what you think of this kind of a pot set-up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFvid_W4n4

It looked cheap and effective, you tell me though

Thanks

[K404]

Im not sure about the fibreglass insulation... id always recommend neoprene. Vince has a great guide in this section, have you read over that?

As for the pot.... if the bottom end cap has a mix of mass and surface area it would work alright

[loonym]

I did pretty much the same as you. I just sort of made it up as I went along. Here's my thread... http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=230427

If I can be of any help just lemme know.

[Sil3ntSnip3a]

Where can I find the supplies to make my first pot? I don't have access to a lathe or a drill press. I just need some recommendations and some links or something. I really want to get into extreme benchmarking via Dry Ice!

[loonym]

You can get materials from local metal warehouses, or ebay. No special or expensive machine tools are needed as you can see by reading my thread. I used a hand drill, 4 1/2" angle grinder, palm sander, and a cheapo router. For the hold down I used some 14ga steel for the back plate, threaded rod and thumb nuts, and the top is made from a white teflon cutting board I got at a local cooking supply shop. None of this has to be complicated or costly.

[Sil3ntSnip3a]

where did you get the metal for the pot though, I am having trouble finding 3 1/2" copper tubing for my pot. and maybe 3 1/2" isn't a good size for my cpu, idk... what do you guys think about finding the supplies and the right sizing etc..

[lesstutrey]

3 1/2" is a bit big... the hole spacing on a 775 is only 72mm hole spacing, which is like 2.834" meaning your pot would cover up any ability to mount on a 775 socket, 1156 is 75mm, and 1366 is 80mm... can't tell you what it is on am2/am3 but i know it's slightly larger... i'd consider small tubing if you wanna mount it on anything

[voklskier4452]

i agree with lesstutrey 3 1/2" is going to be a bit large, the largest i would go for a round part is 3" diameter.