On Sunday 21 April 2002 20:08, you wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:43:41PM +0100, Mike Wroughton wrote:
> Don't do this. Ever. Water cooling is safe if you buy the correct bits and
> are careful. Cooling with nitrogen is suicidal: you'll not be able to cool
> it evenly, fiberglass is very brittle, and you'll crack you motherboard.
> Not a good idea.
The problem with cryo cooling is condensation, even with peltier heat pumps
care has to be taken not to cool to freezing point, if you do you need pretty
much air tight seals.
Water cooling makes some sense, particularly if combined with a massive
copper heat sink, with the water kept out of the case. Various overclocking
sites have examples, and the big advantage is the lack of a fan. Various VAX
mini-computers used water cooling even in the late 80's.
Rob
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