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MSI Wind U100, Overclocked With Liquid Nitrogen

Posted by timothy on from the it's-a-free-world-baby dept.

james writes "What do you get when you combine a MSI Wind U100 notebook with liquid nitrogen? The new Intel Atom frequency World Record ... and some damn cool pictures! A large copper pot is used, sitting on top of the GPU and chipset, and cold transfer through the original heatsink plate to the CPU. This was cooled down to about -20 C to achieve the new world mark. (Intel Atom N270 @ 2315mhz) For more information you can check out the original forum thread.

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  1. Bonus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    +5 hack points for being completely impractical. I like...

    1. Re:Bonus by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Plus an extra hack point for overclocking a low power CPU!

  2. Man oh man... by T.E.D. · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and you thought it was bad when your laptop's battery started leaking into your lap. Just wait until its liquid nitrogen cooling system starts leaking.

    1. Re:Man oh man... by Abstrackt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, the upside is you'd have no trouble getting it hard.

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  3. The REALLY impressive thing... by KingSkippus · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was cooled down to about -20 to achieve the new world mark.

    The really impressive thing isn't that they overclocked a processor, it's that they cooled it to -20 K!

  4. Geez... by Capt+James+McCarthy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Better wear the insulated cod piece.

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  5. What the hell is a put? by SpasticWeasel · · Score: 3, Funny

    The author clearly has a very broad definition of cool.

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  6. Re:NevergetthatpasttheTSA by gblackwo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they won't sniff out the nitrogen (I'm not even sure that it is even sniffable, there is ton of it in the air- not exactly a weird element to have around). But they will likely catch the massive hollow copper beam they are using for a heat sink and at least want to check your bag.

  7. Re:side-effects of mod cooling? by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

    I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.

    Which one?

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  8. ob. Futurama reference... by Tastecicles · · Score: 5, Funny

    first one, then t'other.

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  9. Windows Vista by FourthLaw · · Score: 3, Funny

    What no Vista jokes yet? Must be the Slashdot holiday skeleton crew...

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