eva2000

woah chillin alot of condensation there

What board/cpu is that ? under load temps ?

kayl

for test run i just used tape ontop to protect cpu and die.
at -6c mobo does get cold which is good.
i wreckon just need dielectric grease on cpu pins and socket.

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kayl

yeah i got sick of keeping it around 5c.
just let it run see how cold it got. or see if i could get it to crash
doesnt hurt it too much.


its a sempron 2400, stock 1670mhz and maxed out about 2330mhx (same thing happened with other chips too), mobo was limiter (ram do 240+) and i was limited to 10x this cpu (10 x233)
load temps using vcore 1.95v was 19c die temps according to mbm
at -6c water. super pi 44sec 1Mb crap

eva2000

curious does cooling motherboard from behind/bottom with fan help or make condensation worse ?

kayl

blowing air onto bottom of mobo.
Not needed if have a thick +10mm layer enclosed foam. if had layer of foam then perspex back plate would see nothing back side.
the colder ya go the wider ya need it (cold transfer further out -100c etc)
i would only use a fan if these was condensation starting to form on places.
the air removes the moisture before it has a chance to bead.

kayl

eva i can get cork tape now hehe
not sure on price just seen it the other day at refrigeration shop
thats the best stuff to use hey.

eva2000

looks like things are progressing nicely

DeNs

Just a quick unrelated question - what's the crap around the socket in the pic showing the block on the CPU - the orangy stuff that's on the mobo PCB itself :\

Just doesn't look too healthy to me Though i'm sure there's some reason that it's there.

Edit: Btw, looking very nice now

---dens