Every overclocker's dream!

[GreatBarracuda]

Stumbled upon this:

P4 Northwood Overclockers

Hope it's not a repost.

 

[oldman420]

cool great link thank you sir

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

if those are real they are amazing but i question their validity.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
if those are real they are amazing but i question their validity.

Well I don't. Why? Because if you look closely, most of them are using "LN2" for cooling. I'm guessing that's Liquid Nitrogen. And Tom's Hardware used LN and hit 5.25 GHz.

Moral of the story...Liquid Nitrogen: it's coooooool

Tom's Hardware: The 5 GHz Project

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

i didn't even notice the "Entries are manually reviewed by us so fraudulent entries will be omitted" starring at me,heh.

 

[Peter D]

Wow, some of those are just sick

 

[Degrador]

I'm certain they're all valid, but as for stability, I'd like to see some of those pass a prime test...

 

[thelanx]

Those vcores are pretty high. How can they get them than high? Is it because they just got a good cpu or is it due to the cooling?

 

[Degrador]

The cooling for sure - liquid nitogen can do wonders for dissipating heat...

 

[Jeff7181]

I think I've seen that before... not particularly impressive since only one was able to match THG's results.

 

[RockGuitarDude]

Apparently the Japanese are really good at overclocking

 

[jdiddy]

Someone call a doctor those are some sick overclocks.

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

Think of how expensive it would be to have a cooling system like liquid nitrogen! Constantly having to refill and whatnot. You'd have to be rich to be able to afford something like that! I, unfortunately, am not...

 

[ViperV990]

Simply, you don't... noone keeps a system cooled by LN2 running for more than the time it takes to boot up and take a SS of wincpuid/cpu-z/etc...

It's not a matter of cost, but rather a matter of condensation forming around the components...

 

[GreatBarracuda]

It's just too much of a hassle to maintain a system with LN cooling. I think these people just do it for the hell of it. Not because they want a little more fps in a game or more processing power for encoding video. Oh well...I am happy with my air-cooling! (Gonna get a Zalman soon )

 

[Tiamat]

LN2 is actually not very expensive. Its probably the cheapest lab material you can get. Especially when they are probably running their computers for at most 5-10 minutes. Now, Id be impressed if they used Liquid Helium.... That stuff is well over 10x the price, and is the best cooling liquid available. The temps are about 2-5 degrees above absolute zero and physicists have been able to obtain 0.25 Kelvin with this stuff.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Well..wouldn't this freeze the cpu useless before it gets hot enough to require the kind of cooling that Liquid Helium offers?

 

[Nemesis2038]

Sorry something about using LN2 and the fear of being near it should it spring a leak doesnt interest me.

Does anyone know what would happen to you should you come into contact with LN2? Ouch.

Where would one go to buy LN2? Surely not Wal-Mart.

I will stick to AIR as its cheaper for now. Maybe AntiFreeze or Blue Goo but thats the limit for me.

 

[GreatBarracuda]

I agree. Air-cooling is enough for me. As for Liquid Nitrogen...get burned by fire or get burned by this...not much difference.

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

Originally posted by: Nemesis2038
Sorry something about using LN2 and the fear of being near it should it spring a leak doesnt interest me.

Does anyone know what would happen to you should you come into contact with LN2? Ouch.

Where would one go to buy LN2? Surely not Wal-Mart.

I will stick to AIR as its cheaper for now. Maybe AntiFreeze or Blue Goo but thats the limit for me.

You know dermatologists use liquid nitrogen to burn off things like warts... I had a couple of bumps on my hand (not sure what they were), but my dermatologist sprayed a TINY bit with a very concentrated nozzle onto those bumps and boom! Dead skin. They fell off a day or so later with small bisters around the area for another week. Kinda nasty post, but I figured I'd share my personal experience with what would equal one mL of liquid nitrogen on my skin. Not fun stuff in large doses.