Don't answer that question.....lol. Ok, everybody knows me for having a least one terrible joke or idea a day. I haven't done it today, so all of you on Tom's Hardware are subjected to it!!!!!

Theoritically, if you were to shoot a computer out into space in the cold and vacuum, that might be a really good way to extremely overclock a PC. However, a long cable from space probably wouldn't be feasible b/c of the severe signal degradation. Plus, I am sure the technology isn't here for good signal transfer wirelessly from there, unless it's some sort of satellite based system which would cost way too much.

Anyway, I have no idea what a vacuum would do to a system. Anyone know? Would the signal run without friction or heat, or would the signals just go haywire between the components, or would it have 0 effect?

Lol it would suck to get it all the way out there and then have a cpu with a cold bug!!!

Radiation would prevent the CPU from operating without errors. You'd have to shield it somehow. In fact, this is why they still use older process technologies in CPUs that are going into space.

In Space, no one can hear your CPU scream!

I wonder what an earth based vacuum case would do? I should try to build one and see if I could break a terahertz!! lol

Being cold is good for your cpu, not so good for the rest of the system, there is a optimal temperature and probably the heat created by electricity going through the mobo would cause the connections to break from stress after being put into -200 degree temps.

I think the temperature in space at the distance of earth's orbit isn't all that cold. There's quite a bit of sunlight to heat things. You could probably get better results with more conventional refrigeration techniques.

Satellites have computers onboard. They work in space just fine. You'd just have to have a shielded method of getting it through the atmosphere into space. Then it would need some sort of self-sustaining power source, maybe solar? But yea, the signal would not be able to survive the many many miles of cable it would take to reach outside the atmosphere into space. Satellite relay back to Earth could work for video, but it would not be a cheap endeavour.

At least that's what I would think...

--Arson94

Hrmm....a vacuum based case with a good conventional cooling system. On earth...not too cold and no radiation.....plus a lot less friction and heating in a vacuum for the components.

Satellites have computers onboard. They work in space just fine. You'd just have to have a shielded method of getting it through the atmosphere into space. Then it would need some sort of self-sustaining power source, maybe solar? But yea, the signal would not be able to survive the many many miles of cable it would take to reach outside the atmosphere into space. Satellite relay back to Earth could work for video, but it would not be a cheap endeavour.

At least that's what I would think...

--Arson94



EDIT: Nice, I don't know why this was posted twice, and far enough apart to where somebody else posted inbetween my two. wtf?

No air = no airflow = overheating. It would be even quicker than if you turned all of your fans off. The only cooling would be it' IR emission. A vacuum is also a good insulator.

Just go to a cold lab at a Uni maybe, They can get close to 0K

And yeh space isnt all that cold round us! Dunno how the lack of airflow would affect anything at minus 200 or so though!

heat would still be produced....only now there will be no air flow to remove the heat quickli.....it would be worse than a cpu with no fan but only the heatsink....so you might need to underclock your cpu there

I have sold military chips, they radiation bake them for days , weeks or months depending on wait level of quality is needed. Photons travel good in vacumes dont know compaired too electrons though.

I would say you a Genidiot , a combination of both in one massave ball of chaos!! hehehehehe

Remember that space is nearly a perfect vacuum, and because of that, you probably wouldn't have an way of dissipating heat, because the gases are so sparse, even if it is very cold.

Edit: sarwar beat me to it.