Project DeepFreeze

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edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
Thrax takes us into the frigid depths of supercooling. It's an absolutely excellent read.

"I had no such need (Or a wallet) for a device so elegant. In exchange for complexity and cost I employed an ultimately simple, relatively inexpensive, and short-term solution to get the absolute most out of my computer.

Riding upon the basic principle of dialectic fluid (That is fluid that is electrically neutral) that exhibits high heat-transfer and dissipation qualities, as well as employing solidified carbon dioxide (Dry ice), I submerged the core components of an overclockable system in an attempt to take it well below 0°F and overclock it."

Stay frosty here
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  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Let me be the first to say, What an amazing article and what a brave guy. I would be bricking myself if I had to poor fluid over my motherboard and video card.

    Thrax :thumbsup: Two thumbs up for that one :thumbsup: That is completly off the wall mate.:D
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Friggin awesome Thrax!

    That must have been cool in many ways.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Great work, Thrax! :cool:
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2003
    whoa, that would scare the crap out of me.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    Excellent article!
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Slap this baby up in the article if you'd like, MM.

    Also, video of all of this otw.


    //EDIT:

    One niggling thing that we both missed on the front page:

    "To test my hypothesis, I placed my computer into a polystyrene container, pour the liquid on top of it, and then place the dry ice into the container. When the liquid was decently cool, I booted the system and monitor temperatures. When the temperatures..."

    Should be:

    "To test my hypothesis, I placed my computer into a polystyrene container, poured the liquid on top of it, and then placde the dry ice into the container. When the liquid was decently cool, I booted the system and monitored temperatures. When the temperatures..."

    The tenses were FUBARed.
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Nice work Thrax, a very cool read.:thumbsup:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2003
    I already PMed Shorty on that Thraxy.;)

    Should have OCed the crap out of it when it was under.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Il get it updated for ya Thrax!! :D

    Goddamn... this is a fantastic article.. you are nuts! :eek:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Well, I did OC it, but it only had a k7n2 Delta-L, which has no locked PCI/AGP or anything. So I DID overclock it, that'll be shown when the video goes up.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Tenses fixed.. where do you want the image placed ?? :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Right below the clump of three, if you please. :)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    Little OT but...

    whoah whoah whoah... the K7N2 doesn't have locked PCI/AGP clocks? I thought the nForce2 chipset did that by default... unless MSI is buying special chips from nVidia, how could they unlock the PCI/AGP buses on a chipset that's supposed to lock them? :confused:
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Great Job. Are you working on the desk top version?

    I have run electronics in mineral oil (baby oil), Flurinert, Krytox and PAO synthetic oil. No problemo, as long as you can keep condensation out.

    Did you have any trouble with the fans? They would pull a lot more load in a fluid than in air. That would be my main concern.

    You may need to clean your stuff more often. Now that it is oily it will trap more dust. And there is no solvent for these oils.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Er, yeah, it has PCI/AGP locks (Sorry, mind-fart, was dealing with someone and their asus kt400 when I was typing the post).

    What I meant to say was that it had an a2 revision and wouldn't go over 180 FSB (I mentioned the A2 in the article).
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    All the fans were off the system. The video card's was unplugged, and the HSF didn't even have the F part. ;D

    The OptiCool fluid is great. Wipes right off, and the rest evaporates in a week.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Thrax said
    Right below the clump of three, if you please. :)

    Done buddy :D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Thanks a ton mate. :D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    I wonder if Mobil1 is electrically conductive... hmm...

    I also wonder if my Grandfather would notice me trying to make off with a 55 gallon drum of dielectric fluid from the EDM department @ the shop... :D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    The Official Project: Deepfreeze Video
    Save target as: 56mb, DiVX 5.0.5, 10:22 in length
  • maxanonmaxanon Montreal
    edited July 2003
    nice project. sounds like a cool prof/program.
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Thrax said
    The Official Project: Deepfreeze Video
    Save target as: 56mb, DiVX 5.0.5, 10:22 in length

    I try saving the link and its dead. Try left clicking and get a 404 page.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Works for Shorty, myself, and many others mate. :confused2
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Alternative URL

    This will also work :D
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Ok, New link works:thumbsup:. Old one still doesnt tho. :thumbsdow
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    DNS being funky :rolleyes: sorry mate :o
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    No problem mate. I aint worried, I have it now.:thumbsup:
  • khankhan New
    edited July 2003
    thrax...you have balls. i woulda used a really old system for that sort of experiment but you used top o the line stuff. bravo to you, that was a great read. now i gotta try it. where did you buy the opticool?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    www.dsifluids.com

    And thank you. :)
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    I have just watched the video. Jesus Christ that was cold. The layer of frost over everything once you had finished. Your a brave man ;)
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