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[Solved] Self contained liquid NITROGEN cooler????

Forum Overclocking : General Discussion [Solved] Self contained liquid NITROGEN cooler????

Would it be awesome if we had a self contained liquid nitrogen cooler? Or a water cooling setup where you replace coolant with liquid nitrogen? But we would have to discover some material that could withstand liquid nitrogen. Post your thoughts here :sol:

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Reply to amuffin

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amuffin wrote :

First of all, you can't use liquid nitrogen in a closed system. As it warms, it gains volume rapidly and will cause an explosion. It needs to be kept in a vented container to relieve the pressure as it warms. To do what you are proposing you would need a method to re-condense the nitrogen to keep it a liquid, a difficult task in a small environment and also very expensive.

You would be better off using a phase change unit that, while not as cold as liquid nitrogen, can cool your components far better than water and are readily available from computer supply companies.

Message edited by Max Collodi on 01-24-2012 at 11:23:43 AM

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Max Collodi wrote :

that ended quickly...

Reply to T1LuX

Lol, I remember those phase change systems ... what a nightmare ... http://www.guru3d.com/article/aset [...] -cooling/1

kinda funny reading page 9 and 10, putting a heater on the backside of the motherboard and greasing up the cpu pins.

Reply to noob2222

TECs are really the way to go for 24/7 colder then water operation. As noob mentioned however I'm not brave enough to grease up my board.

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Reply to 4745454b

liquid nitrogen is too cool and thus will not require a loop,

you only need to mount a beaker type container with insluation om walls to prevent surrunded air from condensing or surrounding components from freezing,

and you will need to constantly monitor and maintain the level of liquid N in beaker

(i am curious to know the most favourable temp (is it critical 0K or around 0'C or inbetween these) for highest clock on a cpu)

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