Pushing P4 to 5.25GHz with Liquid Nitrogen 311
SkywalkerOS8 writes "The folks at Tom's Hardware have an article up about their attempt to overclock a Pentium 4 over 5 GHz using liquid nitrogen as cooling. A DivX video is available along with pictures of the custom copper cooling head they made."
Ads (Score:5, Funny)
Also makes my Thinkpad screech to a crawl.
what they should have used the LN for... (Score:2, Funny)
relax im kidding.
And it still won't run Doom3 (Score:5, Funny)
In other news... (Score:4, Funny)
In other news...
A rose achieved 3.7GHz and a segment of rubber hose was clocked to 7.5GHz. A red rubber ball, however was unable to surpass 300 MHz befor shattering.
5+ GHz (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Eschew Obfuscation (Score:2, Funny)
I think that's the topic of an upcoming story, be patient.
Warts too? (Score:5, Funny)
Custom what? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And then you'll do what with it? (Score:3, Funny)
DON'T DROP IT!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ads (Score:4, Funny)
First post! (Score:2, Funny)
hmm, maybe i should get one of these. My processor is kinda slow...
It's all giggles until someone loses consciousness (Score:5, Funny)
Or so the story went (as I recall).
is it me (Score:3, Funny)
Letter from the Editor (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you for pointing out to us the dangers of condensation. We have taken steps to address this problem.
Instead of simply dehumidifying the air, in true Tom's Hardware Style(tm), our next overclocking attempt will take place in the vacuumn of space.
Sincerely,
Tom's Hardware
Three Observations (Serious and Otherwise) (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nothing better to do? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Like trying to overclock a VW (Score:4, Funny)
This is a pretty interesting question. I would wager that the geeks of old, having no computers invested their time learning about machines. But with no internet to speak of, how could they amass their collections of pornography ? I've heard that in the old days, pornography was distributed in something similar to a cheap book. You could appearently buy it at a place called "the corner store". I searched google for hours, but I couldn't find anymore information. I would assume that the store is located on some sort of corner, but the corner of what - I wonder.
Brainstorming (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Three Observations (Serious and Otherwise) (Score:1, Funny)
Re:what they should have used the LN for... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:5+ GHz (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Another processor overclock? Bah. (Score:2, Funny)
NERD ALERT!!! (Score:5, Funny)
You can definitely tell that these are computer geeks, and not chemistry geeks. Liquid nitrogen is remarkably safe stuff to play with, unless you're deeply stupid about it.
Re:Eschew Obfuscation (Score:3, Funny)
Why do people buy Acura with leather seats and high-end mods instead of buying a better BMW for the same price?
Why do people install super cool alarm systems in their cars when you can buy cheaper insurance to cover the same thing?
If you don't know the answer, you never will
Sivaram Velauthapillai
Re:Like trying to overclock a VW (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, but let's see them try to stop you.