they do make compressor coolers for comps, the best one I have seen hit about -50C. Though at those temperatures you have to seal off the cpu and put a small heater in as well to prevent condensation. Those systems run at about 500+ USD, so they are a bit out of the pricerange of a normal geek. They are also MASSIVE overkill when it comes to most systems.
Now a really fun computer mod would be building a computer in a helium filled freezer, my dad, a chemist, has one that runs sub 50 kelvin. In that, condensation is not a problem, as well, there is 0% humidity due to the extreem cold.
PS anyone with the balls, and cash to build a machine like that, be sure to post on/.
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sub 50k != -50k... it means below 50k...and yes, near 0k cost a TON of money, but a few dozen k up is not that hard to do
they do make compressor coolers for comps, the best one I have seen hit about -50C. Though at those temperatures you have to seal off the cpu and put a small heater in as well to prevent condensation. Those systems run at about 500+ USD, so they are a bit out of the pricerange of a normal geek. They are also MASSIVE overkill when it comes to most systems. Now a really fun computer mod would be building a computer in a helium filled freezer, my dad, a chemist, has one that runs sub 50 kelvin. In that, condensation is not a problem, as well, there is 0% humidity due to the extreem cold. PS anyone with the balls, and cash to build a machine like that, be sure to post on /.