Extreme Cooling, WTF?!?!

[DeltrusDisc]

You can toss an SSD across the room for all the manufacturer cares, it should be fine. :P

[Lilfrier]

I wouldn't say extreme OCing. =X Especially with Ivy Bridge's heat issues, I doubt this would be optimal.

Ever read about delidding Ivy Bridge CPUs? People doing it say they are getting temp drops of 20 degrees (I think Celsius) or more. My dad said he's considering doing it if he goes to an Intel build, but he has to put his car back together first, so I'm pretty much calling bullshit on his intentions, because Ivy Bridge will probably be replaced twice before his slow-ass actually gets around to it.

[Beasty]

I remember probably coming up to 10 years ago there being someone who did this with cooking oil, this seems to be without the eventual stench!

[DeltrusDisc]

Ever read about delidding Ivy Bridge CPUs? People doing it say they are getting temp drops of 20 degrees (I think Celsius) or more.

Yeah... I wouldn't advise doing this.

[Lagwin]

It amazes me that the oil alone is capable of extracting and moving enough heat energy away from a Sandy/Ivy CPU (possibly overclocked too) or a heat producing GPU without an active pump/flow of oil.

You do realize that oils has been used as a cooling method for 50 odd years or more right?...there were big welders that were mains powered and they had a transformer the size of the box it was in plus all the workings with zero circulation and they worked quite well.

[Sweetleader]

Yeah... I wouldn't advise doing this.

Why. Other than the fact it voids your warranty. It's prefectly safe aslong as you are careful when you do it.

[DeltrusDisc]

Why. Other than the fact it voids your warranty. It's prefectly safe aslong as you are careful when you do it.

It's just not at all optimal or easy to take care of, for one.

[Deleted]

Thats extreme cooling

[Cyanotical]

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i suppose we could add peltiers and phase changing to the list if we want to talk about real extreme cooling