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Ultimate Cooling System

OCGeek writes "This should be interesting for the overclockers as VR-Zone has an article up on building a cascade cooling system that cools chips down to -110C. The guide shows you the components that are required for the cascade cooling system such as the compressors, condensers, refrigerants, evaporators, heat exchangers, oil separators etc. and the tools you would need. It allows hot chip like Prescott to reach over 5.1Ghz and ATi Radeon 9800 XT card to reach over 660Mhz core."

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  1. They should of started by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..by overclocking the server

  2. Standard response to the "why bother" crowd. by baryon351 · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Because it's possible
    2. It's kinda cool (literally0
    3. It keeps overclockers off the streets
    4. It gives us something to do
    5. It's just interesting
    6. Performance!

    1. Re:Standard response to the "why bother" crowd. by ScottGant · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why bother?!?!

      d00d, you can get 5 extra FPS in quake!

      you'll pwn everyone!

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    2. Re:Standard response to the "why bother" crowd. by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

      1. Because it's possible
      2. It's kinda cool (literally0
      3. It keeps overclockers off the streets
      4. It gives us something to do
      5. It's just interesting
      6. Performance!


      7. Because liquid nitrogen is "so yesterday".

      8. The angst of our inability to get a date is so great that we do not limit ourselves to one form of technology anymore.

      9. We won't be happy until we force our CPUs into Bose-Einsten condensate so we can laugh in the face of the uncertainty principle and thereby squeeze another 3fps out of quake.

      10. We want to have intelligent discussions with our computers like on the Starship Enterprise (see #8 above).

      11. When our friends and family ask us to fix their computers, we'll be able to take care of their fridge and air conditioning too.

      12. Human Cryogenics should not be limited to rich people and baseball players.

      13. So we can have our own sperm bank, not so much for future generations but so future scientists can map our DNA to understand us.

      14. Blue screen of death??? HAAAA!!! Blue screen of COLD!!!

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  3. Michael's computers... by YahoKa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds suspiciously like they stole the technology from Michael's computers...

  4. not cool enough! by AmigaAvenger · · Score: 1, Funny

    11 comments and the site is down. guess that cooler failed the test!

  5. Should've used it on their webserver :( by purduephotog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because that system is toast. And smoking. And there's a puddle of liquified metal under the rack.

    Anyone got another link?

  6. Re:Why not overclock other things? by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woohoo, that's hilarious. Awesome post my friend.

    "...and I got my harddrives up to 21.2K rpms. You should hear her boot up, man... It's like something out of a freakin' movie... and I uped the voltage on the monitor, too. I gotta wear welder's glasses to freakin' check email, d00d... It's the best," said the greasy yongster between mouthfuls of pizza.

    "Hey, did you up your typematic rate on the keyboard yet?" his friend asked excitedly. "One guy on the forums got his up to 1200 csp. That's uber as shit..." His words trailed off as the nubile 17 year-old waitress passed the geeks' table.

    "..." remarked Pete, the greaser.

  7. Re:Why not overclock other things? by Tandoori+Haggis · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you overclock the user?

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  8. Re:Why not overclock other things? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coffee

  9. why bother? by attonitus · · Score: 5, Funny
    For cheap cooling for 6 months of the year, just move to Winnipeg and stick your PC on the porch.

    Won't work in the summer, but you'll be too busy trying to scrape mosquitos out of your cooling fan to care.

  10. Actually by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Funny

    it's -273.16 C

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  11. Re:grammar nazi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    your a toetal looser

  12. Re:BBQ anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    your explanation of low temperature benefits deserves a "C" at best.

  13. OverCock penis then by dillee1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    A 4 inches hard dick are'nt good. Push your errection potential to limit OverCock it to 12 inches then.

  14. Re:Why not overclock other things? by arazor · · Score: 5, Funny

    >How do you overclock the user?

    I believe they attempt this in Florida and Texas a lot it involves something called "old sparky.
    To date all overclocked users end up dead though.

  15. Re:Why not use backside thinning by danamania · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lately I could do with a little of that myself.

    "Does my butt look big in this?" :)

  16. too many components... by yulek · · Score: 2, Funny
    if you have a million components and each of them has the probability of failing once in a million... you have a problem.

    that's why i like heat sinks. they can only fail if you fuck up their installation. or if the fan fails. or if the power to the fan fails... hmm...

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  17. Remember... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    When its hot outside, and your hemmoroids are even
    hotter, just look to the cool relief of Preparation-H
    to get you on your way.


    Preparation-H, the ultimate cooling system.

  18. Re:Blasphemy! by red+floyd · · Score: 1, Funny


    Hmmmph... Back in my day, you had to walk fifteen miles to draw a pixel! Through a raging snowstorm! Uphill! Both ways!

    And we didn't have no fancy "graphics cards" neither. No, we had to draw each pixel by hand! We were luckly to get frame rates of 3 per day! And we were glad to have them, too!
    </OLD-GEEZER>

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  19. Ultimate Cooling System by spazoid12 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ultimate Cooling System ???

    Yeah right. There's no way this thing can top a quality speed-demon from Michael's Computers.

  20. Re:Overclock the User by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How many mg?

  21. Overclocking a modem by avij · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was a sysop for a BBS back in the dark ages before Internet, and one of users once asked me if it was possible to overclock a modem to get higher speeds. I promptly answered: "Do you have an external modem? Good, just replace your current transformer with something that gives you more volts for your modem." He thanked for advice and logged off.

    He never called back.

    Why yes, I do like reading BOFH stories, why do you ask?

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