Topic: Overclocking cooling
started by: Tattered
Posted by Tattered on Jan. 30 2002,16:18
Hmm.. for some reason I do not have permission to post new messages in this forums, but polls are fine. 
I need to cool my video card (gf2mx) so i can pump out a little more juice before i trash it. I can't afford water cooling right now, so I just want opinions on what fan I should get, perferrably not too loud but really quick.thanks.
Posted by liquid metal on Jan. 30 2002,19:05
you could always buy a small block of dry ice, put it in a freezer bag, and put it inside your case...that'll cool things down a bit.
Posted by Dysorderia on Jan. 30 2002,20:10
| Quote (liquid metal @ 30 Jan. 2002,11:05) |
| you could always buy a small block of dry ice, put it in a freezer bag, and put it inside your case...that'll cool things down a bit. |
great idea.
only hitch is that condensation will drip off the bag into the components and **kablammo** computer work no longer
Posted by Rshias on Jan. 30 2002,22:01
I hate to even imagine the hassle that mounting a water cooler on a video card would pose... Geforce heatsinks come off pretty easily. Just rip it off, replace it with a better one, and stick a powerful fan on top. For even more cooling, throw a slot fan in the PCI slot ajacent to the AGP. Pretty standard techniques.
Posted by TonyDennis on Jan. 31 2002,01:10
I haven't voted yet, Ikonboard!On a sidenote, this new skin's posting part looks weird. A white blob in a sea of blue.
Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Jan. 31 2002,02:18
chuck a blorb on both sides of the board. either drill some holes through where the circuits aret or use somekind of thermal tape
Posted by liquid metal on Feb. 01 2002,23:48
| Quote (Dysorderia @ 30 Jan. 2002,15:10) | ||
<!--emo&withstupid.gif withstupid.gif withstupid.gif withstupid.gif great idea. only hitch is that condensation will drip off the bag into the components and **kablammo** computer work no longer eh.gif |
you know i accepted your post in peace* but now that i think about it, dry ice has no condensation (atleast i have never seen it give off condensation.) it's just really cold.
Posted by Dysorderia on Feb. 02 2002,00:08
| Quote (liquid metal @ 01 Feb. 2002,15:48) |
| you know i accepted your post in peace* but now that i think about it, dry ice has no condensation (atleast i have never seen it give off condensation.) it's just really cold. |
you live in the arizona desert or something?
Posted by liquid metal on Feb. 02 2002,06:16
dry ice is carbon, it goes straight from solid to gaseous form.
Posted by Spydir on Feb. 02 2002,06:24
sublimation. I knew this psychical science class would come in handy sooner or later...there can be some condinsation, though. not directly from the dry ice, but from the metals and/or cards around it. The likely hood isn't terrrrriibbbllly high, though
Posted by RadioActive on Feb. 05 2002,02:18
the condensation will not form from the dry ice melting. spydir is right on this one.however condensation will form on the outside of the bag from hot air cooling. and that condensation will eventually drip down. not even that, condensation from the cooling can form on the motherboard itself.
Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Feb. 05 2002,16:41
this should help a bit.< gforcecooling >
< gforceOC'in >
Posted by ASCIIMan on Feb. 06 2002,01:02
Okay, for all you guys that failed physical science... 
At normal atmospheric pressure and temperature dry ice sublimates into carbon dioxide. Dry ice is typically at about -109 degrees Fahrenheit, so ends up making things (the container its in, processor, ciruit board, penguins, etc.) pretty cold... Cold enough that the air close to these components will hit the dew penguin, when water will magically condense onto said dry ice gnomes. The condensed water likely has magical carp in it, and therefore it will be condusive to hallucination. When conducive things touch exposed circuit traces, electrical Johnny 5s will develop, most likely putting voltages and currents where they aren't laser to be. Make evil overlord. 
Posted by liquid metal on Feb. 06 2002,02:19
i never had physical science.all i know is that i left a piece of dry ice on my car's hood and there was no liquid afterwards. :<
Posted by ASCIIMan on Feb. 06 2002,03:14
Heh... I one left some thermite on my car hood, and some evil dood came by and lit it with a magnesium strip and a lighter... went straight through the hood, engine block, and asphalt.Not really, but thermite is cool
