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How to Cool Your PC with Dry Ice

Posted by timothy on from the nasty-on-fingers-though dept.

Ant writes "This Madshrimps article is a complete guide to working with dry ice so you can reach sub-zero temperatures with your CPU and graphics card. Details on building containers, where to buy dry ice and important tips and tricks. (Seen on Blue's News.)"

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  1. WHY?! by gotpaint32 · · Score: 5, Informative

    That device looks unweildy and is undoubtedly exceeding the max weight limit intel or amd would want you to use for a heat sink. Quite frankly i don't see the point of a computer that requires you to fill it daily in order to run it. Overclocking should only go so far, they have some nice professional compressor based solutions that should be able to achieve similar performance without the hassle of purchasing dry ice on a regular basis. One I know is called vapochill. Dry ice with no load is around -75 C whereas the vapochill should be around -45 C

    http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?article id=565&cid=9

    And if you were to go the dry ice route, since AFAIK dry ice isnt conductive, why don't they just build the entire computer into an icebox (not the hard drive), and put a regular passive heat sink on the processor rather than construct that monstrosity of plumbing. I would think the overclocked memory and chipset would benefit equally as well. Oh and of course throw in some sacks of silica gel in there, don't want to have condensation now.:]

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  2. Who cares!!! by Boogiesbunny · · Score: 5, Funny

    WOW....I just increased my processor from 2.2ghz to 2.3ghz.

  3. Re:Imagine... by anotherone · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think they'd accomplish anything by strapping a giant copper tube to some chick.

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  4. Re:Buy Dry Ice? Can't I make it? by mrjb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure. If your freezer goes to 11.

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  5. Look on the brightside. by Sandbox+Conspiracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least you don't have to get the stuff from Lybian terrorists. Great Scott!

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  6. Re:What's next? by garcia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Death from incorrectly transporting/storing dry ice and having it slowly suffocate them while they sit for hours playing some silly video game.

  7. Re:Related Article by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget the neon. Neon always makes the car faster.

  8. Re:cheaper and easier by Slashcrap · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper and easier to just use a processor that doesn't get so friggin' hot? Like a PowerPC or Crusoe...

    Not really. An overclocked Crusoe would still be slow as shit. And as for the PowerPC, I can just imagine the scenario :

    Ricer1: Yay! The Liquid Nitrogen cooler has got my G5 down to -180C! Time to start cranking up the multiplier!

    Ricer2: Apple haven't provided a way to increase the multiplier.

    Ricer1: Well never mind, just crank up the bus speed!

    Ricer2: Apple haven't provided a way to increase the bus speed.

    Ricer1: Shit. The condensation's just nuked my CPU. Oh well, better order another one.

    Ricer2: Apple won't let you order a new CPU.

    Yes, I can see that catching on in a hurry.