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OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 10:45 AM
Before stepping into the LN2/DICE Sub-Zero world I've decided to experiment with a little DIY DICE Chiller/Heat Exchanger just for fun.
Why, you may ask. Well, for fun :). I had some extra fittings, spare home depot tubing, some stuff from the kitchen (shhh, hope the wife don't find out), scrap insulation from work and want to put them to good use. Also, through the use of QDC's, this little project could be a cheap and easy way to tap into sub-ambient/sub-zero temps for a few fun OCing hours then return to ambient water cooling on the fly.
My normal loop:
Res>Pump>Rad>CPU>GPU>Res
Dice Chiller Loop:
Res>Pump>Heat Exchanger>CPU>GPU>Res
I'll explain a little more in the next post. Need to get my pictures together.
OCM :thumbsup:
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 10:51 AM
So here we go.....
20' of Copper tubing, dual pass hand coiled to fit into a 1gal cooler. The lid will not be used.
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02194.jpg
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02199.jpg
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02234.jpg
Insulated the cooler with 1" thick neoprene.
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02242.jpg
Test setup: Swiftech 355, 3/8 tubing, PSU, Kitchen Digital Thermometer, Cooper Coil, and Insulated Cooler.
Cooling Medium in Loop: 75% Anti-Freeze/25% DI Water
Liquid in 1gal Cooler (Heat-Exchanger): 3 Bottles of 91% Alcohol/1lbs of Dry Ice
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02813.jpg
Only heat being dumped into the loop is coming from the pump. This is only a Cooling Medium/Pump test to see if it will freeze at sub-zero temps or if the pump will stop operating.
Ambient Temp before starting pump
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02798.jpg
After 3 min of starting pump:
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02808.jpg
At this point temperature in the cooler is way below -50C. Cheap kitchen thermometer stopped working around -50C. Pump kept spinning but quit pumping. Liquid in the lines froze. Looks like the loop is way too effective of such a small heat load. Also, Liquid in loop needs some work.
After this test I tied strait anti-freeze but the little pump couldn't keep up because it got too thick.
Then tried 50% Anti-freeze/50% Alcohol and again the pump still issues pumping.
So finally I tried something a little different before I called it quits for the day.
Cooling Medium in Loop: 100% DI-Water
Liquid in 1gal Cooler (Heat-Exchanger): Tap Water/Ice from the freezer/1lbs of Dry Ice
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02822.jpg
This test was a success. The rig was able to maintain 0-1C for one hour with 1lbs of dry ice in the cooler before I had to drop in another 1lbs. The DI-Water in the loop did not freeze since it was just above freezing. Pump had no issues pumping. Held 0-1C for 3 hours dropping 1lbs of Dry Ice in the cooler once an hour.
Now, I do understand that adding the heat load of a CPU and two GPU cores will increase temps above 0c. Hence the reason for me first testing Alcohol/DICE. I'll like to run the Alcohol/DICE test again with a better cooling medium but am pretty sure the pump will not keep up.
What do you all think? Suggestions?
OCM :thumbsup:
Kal-EL
09-15-2010, 11:08 AM
Subscribed! :D
Hondacity
09-15-2010, 11:35 AM
dice is co2....i wonder how cold you'll get your fluids to....
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 12:44 PM
Updated Post.
I don't fear the frost ;)
Kal-EL
09-15-2010, 01:32 PM
Looks like the best DICE bucket I've ever seeen ;)
Did you find the insulation locally?
ny_driver
09-15-2010, 01:33 PM
Cool plan....way different than I had imagined.:thumbsup:
My question is why use the reservoir? To try to get all the air out?
I would say your pump is working much harder than it has to with the tubes going through the top. If your feed line, at least, came out the side(below the water level) there would be no air in the feed line to fight with. I found that air was one of the biggest obstacles. The other big obstacle was my waterblocks design. It's made for the fluid to pass very slowly and I had to open it up.
DrNip
09-15-2010, 01:49 PM
Dice or I mean nice! :D Keep the pics and updates coming.
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 04:15 PM
Looks like the best DICE bucket I've ever seeen ;)
Did you find the insulation locally?
Thanks. Got the insulation from work, pulled it from a pile of scrap.
Cool plan....way different than I had imagined.:thumbsup:
My question is why use the reservoir? To try to get all the air out?
I would say your pump is working much harder than it has to with the tubes going through the top. If your feed line, at least, came out the side(below the water level) there would be no air in the feed line to fight with. I found that air was one of the biggest obstacles. The other big obstacle was my waterblocks design. It's made for the fluid to pass very slowly and I had to open it up.
The res will be not be on the chiller. It will be part of my ordinary loop. When I want to use the little Dice Chiller, I'll just disconnect my rads via QDC's and throw the chiller in the loop. Thats the plan for now, or at least till I can find a good deal on a pot. ;)
Dice or I mean nice! :D Keep the pics and updates coming.
Thanks ;)
Kal-EL
09-15-2010, 04:19 PM
Its nice and thick, might be good for socket insulation with the F1, if cut out just right.
kikicoco1334
09-15-2010, 04:21 PM
dude that setup is sweet bro!
ny_driver
09-15-2010, 04:35 PM
Sounds like a great plan to me.:thumbsup: I'm very interested to hear how it works out. I want to see how far you can get that 965BE. Mine runs like a champ @ 4.5GHz/1.5v if kept very cold.
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 04:43 PM
Its nice and thick, might be good for socket insulation with the F1, if cut out just right.
Get me some measurement and I'll cut you out a piece if you want. I still have a little left.
dude that setup is sweet bro!
Thanks Bro!
Sounds like a great plan to me.:thumbsup: I'm very interested to hear how it works out. I want to see how far you can get that 965BE. Mine runs like a champ @ 4.5GHz/1.5v if kept very cold.
I think my main problem is going to be finding a coolant that can keep up being cooled by Alcohol/DICE. Water/DICE is not an issues. I should be able to run sub-ambient no problem but sub-zero will take some serious thinking.
kikicoco1334
09-15-2010, 04:55 PM
I think my main problem is going to be finding a coolant that can keep up being cooled by Alcohol/DICE. Water/DICE is not an issues. I should be able to run sub-ambient no problem but sub-zero will take some serious thinking.
dose that thermaltake shit work?
that's what i have used in the past..
idk.. i have never taken it down sub zero with it..
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 05:44 PM
After doing a little reading, looks like Alcohol freeze around -89C.
(3) 16oz bottles of 91% Alcohol mixed in with 1# of Dry Ice made for a very thick Alcohol paste. Temps must have topped out close to -80C. Unfortunately my crappy kitchen thermometer wigged out at -50C.
Hmmm, I need to do more thinking........
ny_driver
09-15-2010, 05:47 PM
Straight antifreeze is good to -84 Celsius.
You just need to not be asking your pump to fight through vapor-lock as well as pump viscous fluid. You probably would need to mod out the water-block a little too, but that's easy. If you can make it gravity fed and put the pump near the end of the return line that takes a lot of strain off the pump......Mine anyways. :)
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 06:00 PM
If methanol wasn't so corrosive to o-rings and highly flammable I would give it a try . Not sure about its ability to pick up heat though. It freeze at -97C. I have quite a bit of experience with methanol injection in high compression engines but I wouldn't really want to run it in a computer in my house. :ohcrap:
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 06:02 PM
Straight antifreeze is good to -84 Celsius.
You just need to not be asking your pump to fight through vapor-lock as well as pump viscous fluid. You probably would need to mod out the water-block a little too, but that's easy. If you can make it gravity fed and put the pump near the end of the return line that takes a lot of strain off the pump......Mine anyways. :)
I still don't think that DDC pump will handle straigt anti-freeze for too long. Mine was pumping but got really hot and flow slowed way way down. And this is with no waterblocks in the loop.
kikicoco1334
09-15-2010, 06:11 PM
hmmm didn't know that!
learned a lot here
Patch
09-15-2010, 06:13 PM
I've seen acetone used in chillers, but it eats through stuff pretty quick.
.......not to mention the flammable issues......
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 06:21 PM
I've seen acetone used in chillers, but it eats through stuff pretty quick.
.......not to mention the flammable issues......
Yeah, wouldn't want to end up like Pedro.
http://www.fni.com/~dononeal/Pedro.jpg
Kal-EL
09-15-2010, 08:01 PM
When are you planning to go after it again?
rickss69
09-15-2010, 08:19 PM
I was thinking maybe straight Jack Daniel's for coolant... :)
OC Maximus
09-15-2010, 08:50 PM
When are you planning to go after it again?
Whenever. I'm still waiting for my MB to get back from RMA. Also waiting to hear back from Chew* for a backup board. In the meanwhile I have more than enough time to experiment. Why do you ask?
I was thinking maybe straight Jack Daniel's for coolant... :)
Everclear may be a better choice :)
kikicoco1334
09-16-2010, 06:45 AM
I was thinking maybe straight Jack Daniel's for coolant... :)
:rofl
well... we are at where Jack Daniels made! :thumbsup:
ny_driver
09-16-2010, 07:25 AM
I still don't think that DDC pump will handle straigt anti-freeze for too long. Mine was pumping but got really hot and flow slowed way way down. And this is with no waterblocks in the loop.
Like I said if you can make it gravity fed and reduce the amount of necessary lift to return the coolant, your pump will not be working nearly as hard.
My $25 (non-submersed)submersible harbor freight fountain pump pumps 70% antifreeze @ -40C very slowly, but effectively.......and stays nice and chilly in it's 6-pack cooler. But it WILL NOT work if there is air in the lines, and I don't think it would work as well if I hadn't modded the block.
And you definitely don't want to end up like Pedro.:shock:
OC Maximus
09-16-2010, 08:11 AM
Ok, using this resource as a base I found out a couple of interesting things that can help out my testing.
http://www.ashland.com/pdfs/technical/AD%20Chemicals%20-%20Freeze-Flash%20Point.pdf
(Color coded to make things a little easier on the eyes)
Liquid in the Cooler
Liquid in the Loop
90% Alcohol / 10% Water: Freezes @ -57C
70% Ethylene Glycol / 30% Water: Freezes @ -64C
The Alcohol / DICE in my cooler was pretty much a frozen paste and the anti-freeze in the loop ended up as a frozen slush. So the above specs do make some sense in my real world tests.
90% Alcohol / 10% Water: Freezes @ -57C
50% Methanol / 50% Water: Freezes @ -54C
60% Methanol / 40% Water: Freezes @ -71C
Methanol / Water may be worthy of a test run. Just need to make sure I have a fire extinguisher ready :)
I could also test a lower grade Alcohol which would raise the freezing point. That would help keep the cooling medium from freezing and still be sub-zero.
70% Alcohol / 30% Water: Freezes @ -29C
50% Ethylene Glycol / 50% Water: Freezes @ -34C
Might run the latter test today....or tomorrow.
OCM :thumbsup:
OC Maximus
09-16-2010, 07:04 PM
Success!!
Went out and got 4lbs of DICE, 1Gal Preston Anti-Freeze, 3 bottles of 70% Alcohol and 1 bottle of 90% Alcohol.
Made a 50% Anti-Freeze / 50% Di-Water Mix for the loop. Dropped 3 bottles of 70% Alcohol in the cooler. Added 2lbs of DICE slowly bring down temps. Kicked on the pump and watched the magic happen.
Within 20 min of slowly adding DICE to the Alcohol temps dropped from 25C to -20.5C. Ran at -20C for an hour then added a bottle of 90% Alcohol to the cooler along with some more DICE (which brought up the alcohol content in cooler from 70% to 75%). Within 5 min temps in the loop dropped from -20C to -25C. So far I've been holding -25 for 4 hours. I'll keep everything running till I run out of DICE.
No problems slushing in the loop and also no pumping problems.
Next I'll shot for -30C by adjusting my Alcohol/Water mix.
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02854.jpg
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02867.jpg
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http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/383HEMI/Dice%20Chiller/DSC02899.jpg
Thank you for reading,
OCM :thumbsup:
Kal-EL
09-16-2010, 07:33 PM
Grats Freezius Maximus, now just need a system to abuse and your transition to the dark side will be complete "saberfight:
Neuromancer
09-16-2010, 09:36 PM
You sick bastard!!
I love it :D !!!!
you can get 99% at the grocery or wallyworld. (not always the later, might only get the 2 pint containers at wally world for cheap...)
Hit more stores if it aint at yours...
ny_driver
09-17-2010, 03:24 AM
Great work dude! :clapping: One question....can you reuse the alcohol from the mix or is that used and done with? I never played with DICE yet.
OC Maximus
09-17-2010, 07:00 AM
Grats Freezius Maximus, now just need a system to abuse and your transition to the dark side will be complete "saberfight:
Should have my motherboard back from RMA sometime next week. Then :ohcrap:
Great work dude! :clapping: One question....can you reuse the alcohol from the mix or is that used and done with? I never played with DICE yet.
Recycled the Alcohol. Poured it into an empty plastic gallon jug. Used the funnel, coffee filter method to keep it clean.
You sick bastard!!
I love it :D !!!!
you can get 99% at the grocery or wallyworld. (not always the later, might only get the 2 pint containers at wally world for cheap...)
Hit more stores if it aint at yours...
99% Alcohol may be to concentrated for my 50/50 anti-freeze mix since the Alcohol will freeze around -73C and 50/50 around -34C. Looks like 78% Alcohol will be the sweat spot. So far my Alcohol is at 75% rendering me a temp of -25C. Hopefully 78%-80% will get me 30C. Right where I want to be with this little ghetto fabulous rig. ;)
OCM :thumbsup:
OC Maximus
09-18-2010, 11:15 AM
Well, looks like this little fun experiment is over.
Picked up a F1 EE pot off sno.lcn :good: No more tip toeing for me.
OCM :thumbsup:
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 11:25 AM
Awesome...I just got mine in the mail today. Did you buy new or used?
OC Maximus
09-18-2010, 11:38 AM
Used and abused. $130 Shipped from GA to HI.
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 11:53 AM
Ahhhhh...I paid $141 shipped from Puerto Rico. I'm going to try to recondition it so it's all shiny and maybe get all new insulation too, only for looks...the insulation on it is good I'm sure.
Congratulations bro! :thumbsup:
EDIT: here is a sneak peek............definitely looks like it has seen some use. And it seems I may have lost a nut and a little black spacer because the hardware was double bagged, but the inside bag had a hole in it.
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 12:24 PM
Well, looks like this little fun experiment is over.
Picked up a F1 EE pot off sno.lcn :good: No more tip toeing for me.
OCM :thumbsup:
Nice deal off sno, welcome to the rest of your life bro ;)
Ahhhhh...I paid $141 shipped from Puerto Rico. I'm going to try to recondition it so it's all shiny and maybe get all new insulation too, only for looks...the insulation on it is good I'm sure.
Congratulations bro! :thumbsup:
EDIT: here is a sneak peek............definitely looks like it has seen some use. And it seems I may have lost a nut and a little black spacer because the hardware was double bagged, but the inside bag had a hole in it.
Congrats bro, exciting times ahead for you :D
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 12:39 PM
Thanks.
I guess it's shiny enough, but I'm pissed about losing that hardware. EDIT: I found a little black spacer thing very similar that works perfect....maybe the one I lost?
I'll get 4 new matching nuts, np. Must be you tighten them down until the black things touch, huh?
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 01:09 PM
Thanks.
I guess it's shiny enough, but I'm pissed about losing that hardware. EDIT: I found a little black spacer thing very similar that works perfect....maybe the one I lost?
I'll get 4 new matching nuts, np. Must be you tighten them down until the black things touch, huh?
The black spring back stops (if you wanna call them that) don't need to be touching each other when you tighten down the nuts. That would be exceptionally too tight and likely the board wouldnt boot because the pin contact would be messed up. Snug is good enough. Take a look thru some of the sub-zero posts and you'll see how much tension is being used generally.
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 03:29 PM
I screwed 1 down that far and nearly needed pliers to remove it, so I was thinking that may be a little tight.
Probably have to bring home some DICE on Friday.
How much should I get so I have enough to play for at least 6-8 hours? And what will I need to go with it and how much?:)
Thanks!
rickss69
09-18-2010, 03:37 PM
I use denatured alcohol...I would think about 15 lbs. would be enough for the first go. It does not keep well.
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 03:38 PM
10 lbs should be good for a nice session
Usually comes in a plastic bags or pellets
I use a fat head hammer to crush into dust while still in the bag
pour a bunch of crushed/dusted DICE into a wooden bowl and use a table spoon to feed the pot
DICE submliminates rapidly and does not keep in your freezer at all. Any extra will not last two days.
Mount your pot snug
check insulation around base of pot/cpu socket
power on motherboard, enter os, check temp readings
put pc under load while monitoring temps (wprime is good)
Look for temperature delta at load between POT temp probe and software readout
If temperature delta looks good and normal then you have good contact/mount
scoop a few spoons of DICE into the pot, pour a small amount of acetone (just enough to be 3mm above the bottom of the pot
Add more DICE (be carefull of volcanoe acetone, at first acetone is room temp and may volcanoe out a bit as it cools)
Start clockin.
If you are using alcohol instead of acetone, you shouldnt get as much volcanoe action. ALcohol will vapor off and you will need to keep adding for time to time more than with the acetone. Alcohol will gel up at the bottom so make sure to use a screw driver to mix it up down there.
rickss69
09-18-2010, 03:50 PM
Depending on your insulation, remove the pot as soon as possible after benching, remove the cpu and let the socket area dry out normally or use a hairdryer. (I use compressed air after my dice/LN2 sessions)
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 04:08 PM
You're saying to do this temp delta checking with no DICE in the pot?.....And do you mean 3mm above the top of the holes/bottom of the pot?
10 lbs should be good for a nice session
Usually comes in a plastic bags or pellets
I use a fat head hammer to crush into dust while still in the bag
pour a bunch of crushed/dusted DICE into a wooden bowl and use a table spoon to feed the pot
DICE submliminates rapidly and does not keep in your freezer at all. Any extra will not last two days.
Mount your pot snug
check insulation around base of pot/cpu socket
power on motherboard, enter os, check temp readings
put pc under load while monitoring temps (wprime is good)
Look for temperature delta at load between POT temp probe and software readout
If temperature delta looks good and normal then you have good contact/mount
scoop a few spoons of DICE into the pot, pour a small amount of acetone (just enough to be 3mm above the bottom of the pot
Add more DICE (be carefull of volcanoe acetone, at first acetone is room temp and may volcanoe out a bit as it cools)
Start clockin.
If you are using alcohol instead of acetone, you shouldnt get as much volcanoe action. ALcohol will vapor off and you will need to keep adding for time to time more than with the acetone. Alcohol will gel up at the bottom so make sure to use a screw driver to mix it up down there.
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 04:10 PM
You're saying to do this temp delta checking with no DICE in the pot?.....And do you mean 3mm above the top of the holes/bottom of the pot?
Yes
and
Yes
I always check the deltas to see if the pot has a good mount. Going forward with a bad mount will get your cpu cold but under load it'll crap out and could result in a damaged chip during one of those spikes.
I say 3mm above the bottom of the holes because you just need the DICE at teh bottom to interact with the acetone to make the base cold. You save tons of DICE this way rather than liquifying all your DICE at once.
OC Maximus
09-18-2010, 04:11 PM
Great info!! Taking notes....
Check what I added to my sig, lol :)
OCM :thumbsup:
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 04:12 PM
Great info!! Taking notes....
Check what I added to my sig, lol :)
OCM :thumbsup:
Cheers :thumbsup:
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 04:16 PM
So fill the holes with crushed DICE and then just barely cover it with acetone? Sounds easy. Thanks for the tutorial! :thumbsup:
OC Maximus
09-18-2010, 04:18 PM
Cheers :thumbsup:
Thanks. Gotta start somewhere.
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 04:27 PM
So fill the holes with crushed DICE and then just barely cover it with acetone? Sounds easy. Thanks for the tutorial! :thumbsup:
Two ways of doing it, fill pot about half way and guestimate the amont of acetone that would fill holes and cover about 3mm of bottom (this reduces the initial volcanoe effect)
and fill holes, scoop dice in and pour a lil more acetone till 3mm.
No volcanoe, fill pot with DICE, pour acetone
ny_driver
09-18-2010, 04:36 PM
Sweet, thanks again Kal.
I could actually measure out the first dose of acetone so I know exactly how much I need. I'll just setup and plan for a volcano to happen though so I don't end up mad with the stuff everywhere I don't want. :D
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 04:50 PM
I usually have a rag handy to cover the top during the temp drop (volcanoe action) pour and cover tactics
Neuromancer
09-18-2010, 07:16 PM
10 lbs should be good for a nice session
Usually comes in a plastic bags or pellets
I use a fat head hammer to crush into dust while still in the bag
pour a bunch of crushed/dusted DICE into a wooden bowl and use a table spoon to feed the pot
DICE submliminates rapidly and does not keep in your freezer at all. Any extra will not last two days.
Mount your pot snug
check insulation around base of pot/cpu socket
power on motherboard, enter os, check temp readings
put pc under load while monitoring temps (wprime is good)
Look for temperature delta at load between POT temp probe and software readout
If temperature delta looks good and normal then you have good contact/mount
scoop a few spoons of DICE into the pot, pour a small amount of acetone (just enough to be 3mm above the bottom of the pot
Add more DICE (be carefull of volcanoe acetone, at first acetone is room temp and may volcanoe out a bit as it cools)
Start clockin.
If you are using alcohol instead of acetone, you shouldnt get as much volcanoe action. ALcohol will vapor off and you will need to keep adding for time to time more than with the acetone. Alcohol will gel up at the bottom so make sure to use a screw driver to mix it up down there.
I buy 20+ pounds for a session but I run each test 10-15 times...
Use what is available to crush. I have a 5lb maul.. I hit it with the big side of the head not hte striking side.
I put a big old block of it in the bag its in in the shopping bag and then put it in a contractoers bag. (3Mil min) then beat the piss out of it. Done it on the driveway too made little difference except you can easy up the work by just throwing it a few times :)
I also dont use a bowl I use a cup that I keep in hte cooler with the crushed ice in hte bag squashed up to preserve it...)
Not saying I am right or Kal is wrong... just some differences. salad bowl just seems like too much surface area...
Everything else is spot on. Don't matter if you use a snocone maker to get your DIce snow... long as it is snow :) And the rest is awesome sauce :)
OC Maximus
09-18-2010, 07:31 PM
So DICE snow is better than little small pellet size pieces when dropping it into the pot?
rickss69
09-18-2010, 07:44 PM
Finer works better for me.
Kal-EL
09-18-2010, 07:45 PM
So DICE snow is better than little small pellet size pieces when dropping it into the pot?
doesnt have to be snow per se but smaller the peices the better. The acetone or alcohol serves as the delivery medium for the cold offered by the DICE. The purpose of the Acentone/Alcohol is to maximize surface contact area at the base of the pot. Acetone gets cold, whatever it touches gets cold. So when you have DICE in small pieces or snow, you can get more of it to contact the acetone which results in cooler temps. If some of that snow actually gets down into the holes of the F1, EVEN BETTER!
Stir often to make sure the DICE is gettin to the bottom of the pot.
Neuromancer
09-18-2010, 07:47 PM
Finer = more surface area.. You can fit more sand in a container then pebbles right? Same idea.
Remember you medium is liquid....
EDIT: yeah what supes said :)
OC Maximus
09-18-2010, 07:47 PM
I was using different size chunks of DICE in my cooler and notice that the bigger they were the more I had to stir with a long screwdriver. Smaller pieces were much easier do deal with.
Neuromancer
09-18-2010, 07:48 PM
Interesting would think larger pieces would be more effective in that situation.. Not cooling wise but manual intervention wise...
I am a n00b for a reason I guess though :)
Kal-EL
09-19-2010, 03:35 PM
"saberfight:
OC put up a brave fight but alas he succumb to the power of the dark side and is now a full fledged Overclockaholic @ -190c and below. :welcome: to our world buddy :)
3411
RomDominance
09-19-2010, 03:39 PM
Buwahaha! Its so much funner over here on teh darkside, ya buddy!:clapping:
Patch
09-19-2010, 08:54 PM
Point of no return.
Welcome.
OC Maximus
09-20-2010, 08:10 AM
Had a blast over at Kal's yesterday. Felt like a kid in a candy store. Poured my first thermos full of LN2 and heard the Dragon hiss for the very first time. What a rush.
Scrapping the chiller idea and jumping into LN2/DICE head first. My pot will be here by the end of the week.
Hi, my name is OC Maximus and I'm an Overclockaholic.
Thanks Kal,
OCM :thumbsup:
Splave
09-20-2010, 08:58 AM
w00t kal was telling me you were heading over :) awesome man, welcome
HITandRUN
09-20-2010, 11:38 PM
Had a blast over at Kal's yesterday. Felt like a kid in a candy store. Poured my first thermos full of LN2 and heard the Dragon hiss for the very first time. What a rush.
Scrapping the chiller idea and jumping into LN2/DICE head first. My pot will be here by the end of the week.
Hi, my name is OC Maximus and I'm an Overclockaholic.
Thanks Kal,
OCM :thumbsup:
Way to go mate! Get cold NOW! :D