crane Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 I have a question, let's say I wanted to overclock a 2.2GHz to 3.2GHz. Now, from what I've heard when you overclock, it's never a constant speed, is this true? Also, to keep my computer from burning up, is there a mainence-free way of keeping the computer cool? What I mean by that, what other methods other then liquid cooling is there (would a crapload of fans work?). And if I were to use a lot of fans, wouldn't the computer be very loud? Any method of keeping it quite and cool? Suggestions? Thanks for checking my post, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtray13 Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 to 3.2 lol u'd need some Kick ass nitrogen cooling :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 LMAO!!!, Mike ur a funny man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crane Posted February 21, 2002 Author Share Posted February 21, 2002 Hey! I heard of someone being able to over clock to 4GHz, so it can't be that impossible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDQuiksilver Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 crane, getting a P4 2.2 GHz up to 3.0 GHz isn't much of a hassle.. so I imagine 3.2 wouldn't be too hard either. However, it sounds like it *may* require the liquid. I don't think a lot of fans would really keep it cool unless you had the air from your freezer blowin' into your case.. LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crane Posted February 21, 2002 Author Share Posted February 21, 2002 the thing is, with liquid cooling dont you have to add water constantly? sort of like gas to car? heh i dont know of anyone over clocking their computers so i dont really know... mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Gates Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 hey, you could always move to antarctica and do it there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Originally posted by Phil Gates hey, you could always move to antarctica and do it there Actually not true. My dad is returning from a four month stay at the south pole station (population approx 200 people), so I know a little about the subject. Antarctica is the dryest place on earth (even more than the Saharra Desert), and it turns out that the lack of hummidity prevents cooling like your thinking of. The best way to get it to 3 Ghz is to use pure liquid nitrogen. Nitrogen is NOT a conductor like water so feel free to pour some all over your motherboard, but make sure you dont crack any of the chips :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Gates Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 wouldn't you be able to use mineral oil instead of liquid nitrogen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Originally posted by crane Hey! I heard of someone being able to over clock to 4GHz, so it can't be that impossible... yeah... they overclocked to 4GHz in the world of Photoshop. (they edited the wcpuid image with photoshop to say 4ghz)... but to get to 3.2, you would need liquid nitrogen. watercooling wouldn't do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Well it depends on what processor you are wanting to overclock. If its a P4 Northwood, then its very possible with water cooling. http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/0201...0117/index.html They overclocked a 2.2 to at least 3. Not sure how high they got it. As far as an Athlon goes? yeah, you would need some serious cooling....if it's even possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Originally posted by Phil Gates wouldn't you be able to use mineral oil instead of liquid nitrogen? rofl wtf mineral oil? btw Weasel, only problem with getting liquid nitrogen on your motherboard (other than cracking something) would be the chance of condensation damaging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 rofl wtf mineral oil? No seriously... mineral oil is great for liquid cooling. It does not conduct electricity and stays liquid between minus 50 and plus 90 degrees celcius. Its also non corrosive and is good at conducting heat. I realise this sounds strange but you can quite easily dip your pc components in the stuff and they will go on working. You can , theoretically immerse your entire motherboard in the stuff, cards and all and it will work. Just make sure there is a water tight container around the cpu first. The only real problem you would need to be mindful of is condensation:D :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaulz Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 I've heard of people using not mineral oil, but a light machine oil of some kind. Prevents alot of the problems inherent in using water in a computer. :) I'll look around for some links later if ya want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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