sub zero cooling is damaging the hardware

Giatrakis

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as you all can imagine with the heat the materials expand and with the cold are shrinking when you close the pc the temperature of the cpu is climbing back to the ambient temperature so the damage will come like or not faster, basically this how the desert is created sub zero temperatures at night much bigger temperatures in day.

For a lasting long pc stay + 1 to +5 above the ambient.
 
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No shit mate ;)

Its not meant for day to day use. Its just used for a bit of fun or to break some world records. Of course its going to damage components a bit.
 
I think that the cpus used for record breaking if they don't actually die during the setting up they will die shortly after they are being powered off because of that. Still fun submerging a rad under a couple bags of ice though
 
This thread should just be locked or removed. There is no constructive relevance or any reason to keep it.

Meh, if it means Giatrakis feels a little banhammer looming above without trashing someone elses thread i'm all for it.

JR
 
i have seen people make phase coolers out of an old refrigerator/freezer and then hook them up in to a pc case lol.
Not pretty. Definatly not quiet! but quite effective.
personally i try to keep everything at the same temp 24/7
I gave up at trying to have it a constant ambient temp its just not possible with over clocking and processor heavy tasks.
So i keep the system at safe temps and just dont switch it off ever. Atleast then its never cooling down to far.
 
i have seen people make phase coolers out of an old refrigerator/freezer and then hook them up in to a pc case lol.
Not pretty. Definatly not quiet! but quite effective.
personally i try to keep everything at the same temp 24/7
I gave up at trying to have it a constant ambient temp its just not possible with over clocking and processor heavy tasks.
So i keep the system at safe temps and just dont switch it off ever. Atleast then its never cooling down to far.

Your PC is on 24/7?
 
i have seen people make phase coolers out of an old refrigerator/freezer and then hook them up in to a pc case lol.
Not pretty. Definatly not quiet! but quite effective.
personally i try to keep everything at the same temp 24/7
I gave up at trying to have it a constant ambient temp its just not possible with over clocking and processor heavy tasks.
So i keep the system at safe temps and just dont switch it off ever. Atleast then its never cooling down to far.

Rubbish !!!

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http://www.ldcooling.com/shop/l/85-ld-pc-v10-phase-change.html

Little Devil make very nice looking Phase Change computer cases and there is not a problem with longevity either.

At some point in the future I may build a PC using a case like the one above.

@TTL have you thought about doing a review with the above using Phase Change cooling.:)
 
how is that even remotely a home made phase changer made from an old freezer lol?

the home made things tend to come out looking more like this.
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and sound a bit like an industrial freezer working 10x harder than it should do.
 
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how is that even remotely a home made phase changer made from an old freezer lol?

the home made things tend to come out looking more like this.
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and sound a bit like an industrial freezer working 10x harder than it should do.

The point I am making is Phase Change does not have to look crap or be unreliable.:)

I also misread your previous post and though you were inferring that all Phase Change looked bad.:)
 
nope lol just mentioning i have seen people do it.
Personally i wont phase change. In the past possibly but you will most likely kill your cpu from over voltage before you would actually need a phase change cooling solution these days. (although you could argue that some of the amd chips could benifit)

It would be nice to always have my system at 20'c whether it was off or on. idle or under full load. but there is no solution that can do that. water is the one that does come the closest to keeping temperatures regulated imo. But you start having to have a lot of rad space if you want it close to ambient under all situations.
 
There are people who have built and do run the system using custom build phase change cooling.
A fellow member and friend of mine from another community has built a 24x7 working phase change rig. He is even registered here

Member : http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=351776

And this is how it turned out

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Check out his build log : http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=351776

Completely DIY from scratch. When ready made solutions are not available, creative and knowledgeable people like him find a way.
 
Loads of people used to run 24/7 phase change rigs about 10 years ago when the retail units were a reasonable price. I had a e6600 running for years until the unit gave in and i was only playing WoW so didnt see the point of getting it repaired and regassed. I ran loads of setups through that rig from a amd 1800xp all teh way through the FX range then switched over to intel for the 6600. There were many other people doing the same thing on teh forums so it was possible, but i wouldnt recommend it if you have to pay the electric bill :)
 
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I think that the cpus used for record breaking if they don't actually die during the setting up they will die shortly after they are being powered off because of that. Still fun submerging a rad under a couple bags of ice though

Couldn't be more wrong.

Most of the cpu's and gfx used for world records works fine after benching is done.

Do you really think that a guy like lets say Kingpin or Splave for that matter just makes the record in one session?

It's weeks of hard work that pays of in maybe one session with a record.

My 2600K cpu has spent most of it times at 5 ghz or at it max of 5.7 Ghz with subzero temps and the chip is as good as when i started benching with it for the first time.
 
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