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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

For some reason, I'm reminded of using mineral oil for computer cooling. As in, you just leave the entire thing submerged in mineral oil

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

There was as scene in Halt and Catch Fire with this technique. If I recall they where testing the hardware or software for a new 16MH CPU but it had not arrived yet so they overclocked a 8MH instead in the meanwhile.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did some robotic submarine stuff in college. One of the techniques for waterproofing was put the electronics in a open at the top box and fill it with oil that was heavier than water. Messy but it worked.

[–] lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's absolutely genius. It's like something out of troll science. "We soak it in heavier liquid to keep liquid out". I'm a little awestruck.

It'd probably stand up to pressure when deeper under water better than most other options too.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah you didn't have a risk of pressure popping the seal and flooding the electronics. Also if there was a leak in the box you knew about it before you put it in the water.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

You'd still want induced flow for better heat transfer though

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"top fire strike score for a 1060"

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've had some top scores on some hardware. Usually because I was the only one who had run it on that exact model of server CPU, but still...

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago

I think I had top ranks for the K6-233 in the day. Ran all day at 250 (3x83) which was overall better than 262 (3.5x75). Couldn't quite boot at 292 (3.5x83) without a big Socket A heatsink strapped on.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Well it’s not nothing to scoff at, usually the winner of these is just silicon lottery, this is making your own luck!

[–] IAmTheKernelError@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice, was going to upgrade my GTX 1050 but it seems the old boy still has some life left in him. Will any copper waterpipes work?

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Apparently, but he also cooled them with ice water from a Jerry can, so it's not exactly a "ready to go" solution.

This is really just a DIY water cooled system with DIY water blocks.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Not ready to go out? No....not at all.....

Financially accessible for most people? Absolutely.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this what the academics refer to as a "mad lad"?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

On a related note I wish we had a c/madlads around these parts.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago

Be the change you want to see in the world!

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, how many FPS is that?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago