Thread: "I had a heart attack because of my computer" association

I've murdered many systems and I keep a fire extinguisher right nest to my desk... no foolin! I overclock and do extreme benchmarking using phase change units that I build. Phase change freezes the cpu and north bridge and video processor. Bringing a cpu down to -100C + does have it problems... condensation is a killer and I've had 2 boards go up in flames (see fire extinguisher). In the past year I've killed a Q6600, 2 E8600's and a Q9550 along with 3 of the motherboards they were on. Right now I have a C1 stepping Q9550 to 4.2ghz on a p35 board..... nice a stable.... for now.

Originally Posted by denmason

I've murdered many systems and I keep a fire extinguisher right nest to my desk... no foolin! I overclock and do extreme benchmarking using phase change units that I build. Phase change freezes the cpu and north bridge and video processor. Bringing a cpu down to -100C + does have it problems... condensation is a killer and I've had 2 boards go up in flames (see fire extinguisher). In the past year I've killed a Q6600, 2 E8600's and a Q9550 along with 3 of the motherboards they were on. Right now I have a C1 stepping Q9550 to 4.2ghz on a p35 board..... nice a stable.... for now.

Dude...

Originally Posted by denmason

I've murdered many systems and I keep a fire extinguisher right nest to my desk... no foolin! I overclock and do extreme benchmarking using phase change units that I build. Phase change freezes the cpu and north bridge and video processor. Bringing a cpu down to -100C + does have it problems... condensation is a killer and I've had 2 boards go up in flames (see fire extinguisher). In the past year I've killed a Q6600, 2 E8600's and a Q9550 along with 3 of the motherboards they were on. Right now I have a C1 stepping Q9550 to 4.2ghz on a p35 board..... nice a stable.... for now.

Sweet Jesus man...next time you decide you might fry one, just send it my way. I run an abused computer shelter where the most rigorous thing we load up is video software and games. We like to treat all computers nicely and with respect

I've been doing this sort of thing for 20 years now, ever since I had a 286 with 1 meg of ram. It's sort of like drag racing computers. I really like doing this and I get promo boards from some manufactures just to test them, so that does cut the costs a bit. There is also a lot of swapping and trading going on in the overclocking forums. I build phase change units for people and that makes money too $$$$. Here's a couple pics of one unit that is now running right next to me. The unit uses 2 rotary refrigeration compressors and it is all fitted into a nice sound proofed box. The 2 braided lines have evaporators on the ends that are clamped to the cpu and video cpu's (crossfire, x1950xtx). The whole unit in box weighs about 75 LBS.

Denmason, so how far would you say that a Q6600 can be safely pushed? ie... no super cooler...
Photoguy67

Originally Posted by Photoguy67

Denmason, so how far would you say that a Q6600 can be safely pushed? ie... no super cooler...
Photoguy67

With a good heat sink and fan you can take them pretty easily to 3.6 and be stable.

Originally Posted by Photoguy67

Denmason, so how far would you say that a Q6600 can be safely pushed? ie... no super cooler...
Photoguy67

I can push my Q6600 over 3.7 Ghz with water cooling. I never really pushed her on air, but my limiting factor is actually the VRM temps and not the CPU temps. That was kinda frustrating.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I can push my Q6600 over 3.7 Ghz with water cooling. I never really pushed her on air, but my limiting factor is actually the VRM temps and not the CPU temps. That was kinda frustrating.

Slap on some heatsinks and fans or water blocks. There are a few different kinds of heat sinks that will fit on your VRM. Also get some Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound... stuff works great. For the heat sinks you might look at ThermalTake stuff, they might have what you need.

Man, what the hell IS THAT THING? Supercooling does what? Seriously, WTH is that? ("Are you boys cooking in there?" "No." "Are you making an interoceter?")

Processors can run faster the more juice you pump through them. Unfortunately, that also increases the heat, such that it will eventually cook itself. Denmason has basically attached a refrigerator to the cpu, chipset, and video card so that heat isn't an issue.