Solving Intel's Heat Problems..

Next step: sub zero in a vacuum to eliminate moisture. And you could call it "Space cooling" or something.

At these temperatures, the condensation on long lines means a massive amount of power is wasted on condensation the water. You should really insulate the whole lines, don't underestimate the obsene amount of energy water takes for a phase change.

linus has literally taught me - that so long as you get a midtier or higher computer part, you can almost certainly toss it around as if it were a childrens toy and the thing will still work to its full potential... Thanks linus for helping me overcome my fear of messing with expensive technology in fear of breaking them from the littlest of things when clearly, they can take a BEATING!

I'm glad Seasonic sponsored this madness. I've been missing this kind of content!

An LTT classic. We've been missing this kind of stuff lately.

"Seasonic, they make great power supplies and are willing to sponsor our nonsense" is what I expected him to say :)

I remember being back in college in like 2005, seeing people on XtremeSystems running those phase change setups and really wanting one. I can't imagine how loud that would be running it 24/7.

I see suggestions to immerse in mineral oil here; what about a less messy alternative: A gas like Sulphur Hexaflouride is heavier than air and would displace any air around the mobo, mitigating moisture concerns without the mess of mineral oil. Basically just need to place the mobo in a bin and "pour" the Sulphur Hexaflouride onto it. Sulphur Hexaflouride is also an excellent electrical insulator, and is used to prevent arcing in high voltage systems.

Mechanical engineer here. You need to have your expansion valve on the cpu block if possible, more work will be done for pulling the heat out of the system in on go. And you won’t have your lines freezing up as bad.

I'd like to see this cooling rig used on the threadripper, just to see how the two CPUs compare when super cooled.

The fact that Seasonic is always sponsoring you guys for projects like this tells me that they appreciate how your craziness is a great demonstration of their quality.

The load isn't heavy enough for the compressor. I mean you'd most likely be better off calculating the actual btu's generated and buying a smaller 'reach-in' freezer compressor with an evap and cond coil to match. you'll get better performance out of the cooler and could potentially make this a more realistic venture. also you lose more of that risk of condensate as well. with a variable speed motor you could literally develop the first feasible refrigerated pc. Look for something low temp. Theres also the possibility of submerging the pc in mineral oil and using a copper base plate, or refrigeration tubing coiled next to the board to super cool the mineral oil. which i believe would only crystalize at like -30 degrees Fahrenheit, so a low temp compressor would work wonders in a situation like that.

If that's getting close to threadripper I'd love to see them do it on an actual threadripper

Another solution to prevent condensation forming on the hardware is making a small sealed box for it and create a inert atmosphere in the chamber using nitrogen gas. A small flow of nitrogen gas works great for drying all kinds of stuff and is the go to method in chemistry labs to prevent water getting into your sample. Ask me for more info if you want to.

When you're running computer hardware that far above spec, the electromagnetic emissions from a camera being on can legitimately cause instability.

"It's gonna run for years" Also less than a minute later: drops it

Has anyone tried putting the components in a chamber and flooding it with nitrogen? Moisture free! I bet that would be a cool video.

I know that Jay once said that the EMI from his microphone was messing with the OC cards. I think the same thing happened when Brandon turned on the camera. I would set up an EMI shield room on the new building for this OC tests. Like engine dynos were we test engine runs from a separate room.

If condensation is the primary concern with sub zero cooling, what if you did this kind of cooling setup in a mineral oil or other non conductive fluid bath?

@14:35 - @15:00 This is so true. When you want it to work reliably all the time - stepping off the bleeding edge can do wonders for the stability to run long jobs.