I've been hounded by critics when I posted pictures of my PC with cables showing...
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
so very unpractical. where's the record for a PC overclocked by conventional cooling
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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.
until the everyday person (enthusiast) can have liquid nitrogen cooled PCs I dont really care about this record
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
