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You joke, but you really can get phase-change cooling[1]. I'm eagerly awaiting the RDNA2 announcement, as I'm really hoping to complete my current build as my f

You joke, but you really can get phase-change cooling[1]. I'm eagerly awaiting the RDNA2 announcement, as I'm really hoping to complete my current build as my first red box (AMD CPU, AMD GPU). [1]: http://www.ldcooling.com/shop/14-phase-change http://www.ldcooling.com/shop/14-phase-change

toast0 6y ago
I think it was a reference to Intel's overclocking stunt. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-28-core-processor-5ghz-motherboard,37213.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-28-core-processor-5g... (best reference I could find quickly)
bserge 6y ago
Jesus, those prices... yeah they're pretty compact, but if you do it for a desktop, you can do it for 1/2 or even 1/3 of the price by getting a portable air conditioner or a mini fridge (new or used) and modifying it for cooling. Way higher BTU transfer, as well. There were a few of these DIY projects last time I checked, and they worked well. Downsides: big cooling unit right next to you, loud af unless you mod the fan, as well :D
- pedrocr 6y ago
  Linus Tech Tips did it with an aquarium cooler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtvEbD2MQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtvEbD2MQo It looks like quite a straightforward setup actually. But a custom water cooling loop is almost surely a better solution.
  - bserge 6y ago
    Interesting idea! Though it seems to me a normal PC water cooler would be cheaper nowadays :D I watched their industrial fan experiment yesterday, that seems even easier... if you could put your PC in a separate room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2G5vLGcQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2G5vLGcQQ
    - pedrocr 6y ago
      I'm planning a new house and one of the ideas for the floor plan is precisely to have a small room just behind the study to put the noisy stuff and just have the peripherals in the living space. And once again LTT has done it by running all the PCs in the home from a single rack (even a single EPYC machine with virtualization) and routing fiber over the house to where the peripherals need to be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0
    - rowanG077 6y ago
      I'd actually worry about erosion with that industrial fan setup.

toast0 6y ago

I think it was a reference to Intel's overclocking stunt. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-28-core-processor-5ghz-motherboard,37213.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-28-core-processor-5g... (best reference I could find quickly)

bserge 6y ago

Jesus, those prices... yeah they're pretty compact, but if you do it for a desktop, you can do it for 1/2 or even 1/3 of the price by getting a portable air conditioner or a mini fridge (new or used) and modifying it for cooling. Way higher BTU transfer, as well. There were a few of these DIY projects last time I checked, and they worked well. Downsides: big cooling unit right next to you, loud af unless you mod the fan, as well :D

pedrocr 6y ago
Linus Tech Tips did it with an aquarium cooler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtvEbD2MQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtvEbD2MQo It looks like quite a straightforward setup actually. But a custom water cooling loop is almost surely a better solution.
- bserge 6y ago
  Interesting idea! Though it seems to me a normal PC water cooler would be cheaper nowadays :D I watched their industrial fan experiment yesterday, that seems even easier... if you could put your PC in a separate room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2G5vLGcQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2G5vLGcQQ
  - pedrocr 6y ago
    I'm planning a new house and one of the ideas for the floor plan is precisely to have a small room just behind the study to put the noisy stuff and just have the peripherals in the living space. And once again LTT has done it by running all the PCs in the home from a single rack (even a single EPYC machine with virtualization) and routing fiber over the house to where the peripherals need to be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0
  - rowanG077 6y ago
    I'd actually worry about erosion with that industrial fan setup.