Graphics card overclocking record broken -- rig looks like a sci-fi movie set

so very unpractical. where's the record for a PC overclocked by conventional cooling. until the everyday person (enthusiast) can have liquid nitrogen cooled PCs I dont really care about this record.

Why not creating a super cooled environment, like a freezer just for the PC parts, cooled by liquid nitrogen, all boxed in and ****... look nice.

I've been hounded by critics when I posted pictures of my PC with cables showing... these guys arent your typical enthusiasts, I guess... they did not give a **** about wires going everywhere, or even take a moment of time to even think about it.

Me to friend : "Hey dude, could you pour the LN2 for my while I jam crysis for the next two hours"


On a more serious note, Congratulations for the achievement!

Word to the wise: Give random internet posters all the time you think they deserve. Most are flapping their gums for the sake of it- if they realized the limitations imposed by chassis, PSU cabling (including connector spacing), and how many devices are connected- I.e. they were an tech enthusiast - the only comments they would utter would be potential workarounds or help. This is the difference between an enthusiast and a wannabe

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The records fall under a number of categories (Stock, Air, water, peltier, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, helium, single/multi stage refrigeration).
Absolute records tend to garner the most interest unsurprisingly- much like any other human endeavour. The same reason that the mens 100m record is a blue ribbon event, whilst the 3000m steeplechase...not so much.

Each to their own, but it does become the thin edge of the wedge. You could say that LN2 is so esoteric/expensive that it bears no relevance to you. I've heard the same thoughts voiced on forums about bespoke watercooling and quad SLI/CFX, but some people place a higher value on their tech enjoyment than others

The problems would be many. One that comes readily to mind is that the chassis/enviroment could not be sealed. Liquid Nitrogen (and other elements that are gaseous at one atmosphere pressure) expand rapidly with heat variance. Load up a CPU and a bunch of GPU's, and the heat buildup would translate into pressure- that pressure would then damage the internal components of the system. Anything hollow or containing air spaces would have to be able to withstand the pressure buildup as well as the sub-sub-zero tempreture (becoming brittle for example).

QFT. With these guys (and I used to run a single stage compressor once upon a time) the tinkering, tweaking and validation is where it's at. I can appreciate that. I get more satisfaction from building a system -picking the parts, tweaking, modding, and seeing it pass a torture test, than I ever get out of it once it's up and running and sitting on a desk. Think about it as LEGO with expensive blocks.

Errrrr.....why?

Errrr.....why not?

Too much time and money in theyr hands

I got my 980x to 5.2ghz, but it took, 1.45v and wasnt worth holding it passed start up. I don't think its a record, but as per your statement above, completely impractical? The everyday person isnt an "enthusiat" either.

There are about 7 reasons why I wouldn't create a super cooled freezer. It rhymes with sublimation and evaporation....

That voltage certainly would be.

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I meant 1.45. I'll edit that before I get a hoard of trolls under my bridge.

"Graphics card overclocking record broken -- rig looks like a sci-fi movie set"

Wrong. Sci-fi movies have chicks.

I don't understand why some comments arguing like "very unpractical", "what's the point for overclocking it", "why using LN2 not other" etc etc IMHO please don't give comment if you're utterly clueless, those comments sounds stupid to me, even I'm a full-pledged-noob. I respect they who give comments who asking in order to learn/expand their knowledge or wants to know deeper about overclocking

If you ask why using LN2, alright how about use liquid oxygen? everything Boom the moment you pour it

If you ask why don't put it to extremely cooled environment? Answer: can your phone still running properly after you put it in the freezer for an hour? it's still warmer than LN2 that reach -200C.. we just only need to cool some specific parts..

And the point or goal is???

Guests gonna guest, by posting this you are kind of being hypocritical. I post because Techspot allows comments, my comments may not always be well thought out, I'd admit that. At least I comment about the article most of the time.

Its still cool just ln2 cool. Be nice to actualy see them playing Crysis on full with 8x AA. Also they have four GPu cards. My Vood002 3000 overclocked on air, no special; voltage, to 50% above specified so in reality THAT was a far better rig. No, Really!

That's amazing. And beautiful.

Seriously guys? All you can do is moan about "how pointless" it is?

You're *****s. You're all missing the point completely.

Excellent nerd one-upsmanship. And if you pour liquid oxygen on charcoal you can get it ready to cook in 1.8 seconds. Why? Because no one's ever done it before, or even thought of it before.

Surely it would have been more sense to run the equipment at the specified clock speed, then he wouldn't have needed all the expensive & bulky cooling kit?

Too right! Some people can't leave well alone - not broke, don't mend it.