Cooling my PC ( an 8-day test of Arctic Silver 5)

[Callum]

Ah ok. I had wondered why noone did this. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Hivetyrant]

It is technically possible to run a PC in a freezer/fridge, unfortunately it must be nitrogen purged (or something similar) to prevent condensation

[Rikard T'Aranaxz]

heres what you do. buy a freezer. one of those big ones that open from the top. nitrogen purge said freezer, place the computer in. press on button.

having said that it might be smarter to submerge the computer in liquid helium

[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by Rikard T'Aranaxz: heres what you do. buy a freezer. one of those big ones that open from the top. nitrogen purge said freezer, place the computer in. press on button. having said that it might be smarter to submerge the computer in liquid helium

Hmm, might leave you with a few less $$ after a few heavy gaming sessions too

[T-D-C]

Originally posted by Rikard T'Aranaxz: heres what you do. buy a freezer. one of those big ones that open from the top. nitrogen purge said freezer, place the computer in. press on button. having said that it might be smarter to submerge the computer in liquid helium

Or submerge it in Oil like that other thread a month or so ago. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Rikard T'Aranaxz]

oil isnt cool like liquid helium though

[Larry_OHF]

I've decided to make this a live, day-by-day testing to see how Arctic Silver 5 works for me. By following the directions, it says that it will take up to 200 hours for the stuff to fully expand and get to its best coverage, which I have decided will be the length of 8 days.

I will be measuring the temp during this week, and by the end of 8 days, I should see improvement of 2-5 degrees Celcius if I applied it right and if it has benefit to my system.

I have applied it to a Intel P4, 1.8GHz.

I will use the EfU mod to test the temp by logging on and then monitoring the heat rise on the intel Active Monitor.

Test Day 1: I forgot to actually take an exact time frame, but within about 3 minutes, I was up to 126 on the processor zone and 115 on the system zone. I was in a low-activity area. I ended the test before it went higher than 126 for the CPU. Within five minutes of logging off, the CPU cooled to 95-99 degree, which was the starting point before I logged into the game.

[ 12-07-2006, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

[Larry_OHF]

Journal Entry-Day #2-Testing the PC for cooling improvements over 8 days with Arctic Silver 5

Today's starting temp was 100F processor, 100F system (38C/38C).

I entered EfU and walked to a low-activity area.

After 5 minutes, the temp had reached 126/115F (53/47C). After 8 minutes, the temp climbed an additional degree to be at 127F.

Testing was ended after 8 minutes.

Within 4 minutes, the temp had decreased to 100/106F (38/41).

Result Notes: It took an approx. an additional 2 minutes to get up to 126 for the processor than it did yesterday. The system itself is staying about 10 degrees or so cooler than the processor. This leads me to feel that my vid card is adequately cooling well enough to not be an issue, but the processor is proving to be the culprit. I am left wondering if the processor is just too old to deal with the graphics of my games. Still, its too early to tell, as Arctic Silver promises that results should be finalized after 200 running hours to ensure full coverage of the processor by their product. I earnestly await these results.

As I write this, the processor and system are now cooled to 95/97F (35/36C).

[ 12-08-2006, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

[robertthebard]

Just leave the top down, and drive really fast...

[Larry_OHF]

Test Day #3

* In five minutes, the temp was up to 122/111F (50/44C).

* In eight minutes, the temp was up to 126/115F (52/46C).

* Complete cooling time once the game was shut off was three minutes.

[ 12-10-2006, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]