TBCS Presents a 2 Day Live Overclocking Event!

[Trace]

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TBCS Presents a 2 Day Live Overclocking Event!



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(http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=live+overclocking+day+2)By: Trace Hagan

Due to all of the viewers of our previous Overclocking Day in which we attempted a world record, we will be hosting an Overclocking Weekend! Taking place on Saturday, December 18th and Sunday, December 19th, TBCS Journalist Trace Hagan will be spending his whole weekend LIVE on video overclocking an Intel Core i5-655k and a Core i7-980x! Read all of the details, after the jump (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=live+overclocking+day+2)...

[SXRguyinMA]

this is going to be awesome! I'll be watching sunday, saturday I'm working

[Oneslowz28]

uStream saves the video so you can go back and watch saturday at a later date!

[SXRguyinMA]

nice!

[BS Mods]

You Can Do It!!!!!!

[Trace]

At home depot picking up some supplies.
Barbs, insulation, ice chest. Hmm what could I be cooking up for this weekend? Correct guess wins a prize

[msmrx57]

A REALLY big slush box. :)

[Trace]

Close, but no.

[Trace]

So let's add some details to this. I'll be collecting base values for the systems in SuperPiMod, Cinebench, and Vantage. Then I will overclock as high as possible for each benchmark and compare the increase. This is the basic plan!

[Trace]

Here's a hint:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8834/hint1n.png

[mDust]

A REALLY big slush box. :)


Close, but no.

A somewhat big slush box?

[Trace]

Close, but still no. It works on a similar principle to a slushbox

[Oneslowz28]

I know what it is....

[Trace]

I know what it is....

Shhhh... Let them guess!

[billygoat333]

LN2 pot? lol idk.

[msmrx57]

Dry ice filled cooler with your raddy in it?

[Trace]

Not LN2 pot.

msmrx, that is what a slushbox is

[SXRguyinMA]

you're going to be running super chilled water into the tank, then it will be forced through the radiator taking heat with it and out the other side?

[Trace]

Getting even closer, but still no.

[mofo]

Are you going to push air through the ln2 storage, into the ice chest, through the rad and back to the start?

[x88x]

LN2 slushbox? :P

..Hmm, or are those hoses coming in and out of the box not attached to the radiator? :think:

[billygoat333]

youre gonna pour gasoline into the cooler, set it on fire, and see just HOW hot the processor can get before it explodes? :D

[Trace]

I love the crazy ideas--however, none of them are correct.

2nd hint (and probably the last): THINK: Cheap-mans home made phase changer

[msmrx57]

Radiator in a cooler ice packed with the loop running ammonia under a partial vacuum?

[Trace]

No. Lol

[blaze15301]

i got it. your going to get a tank of liquid nitrogen,strap it to your back and stand over the computer manically laughing while freeze spraying everything. then your going to have a friend do some crazy over clocks. yes?

[SXRguyinMA]

no no you're going to run LN2 through the cooling system and put more in the tank as a super cooler :D

[Trace]

SXR is dead on.

NOT.

[Trace]

Last hint:

http://thebestcasescenario.com/trace/other/overclocking/phase.jpg

http://thebestcasescenario.com/trace/other/overclocking/phase1.jpg

[x88x]

I see what you did there. :D

[diluzio91]

you canibalized a fridge and are going to run the coolant through a radiator that has the refrigerated air running through it?

[x88x]

It's a AC window unit, if I'm not mistaken. ;)

[Trace]

x88x is 100% correct.

[SXRguyinMA]

this is going to ROCK :D

[Trace]

My thoughts exactly!

[Trace]

Down to below 40*F which is what I achieved with DICE last time.

[Kayin]

Trace is attempting something that's basically impossible with off the shelf water cooling. In fact, it's impossible with any current fluid.

This will prove to be interesting.

[x88x]

Ah, is he using your nano-particle stuff, Kayin?

[Kayin]

Nope. Not the nano-stuff, it'll only do about -30.

Just have to wait and see.

[Trace]

Well--I seem to be having some issues. Please hold while we fix the technical difficulties.

I may in fact be going to a slushbox.

[blaze15301]

wait how are you going to pen the rad with out letting all the fre-on out?

[Trace]

Did you see the pictures I posted?

[SXRguyinMA]

uh oh did you rupture a line?

[Trace]

My pump isn't pumping. I completely ICED the evap. I had the water down to ~33*F

[Kayin]

OK, I know what's wrong there.

You need to insulate that pump, bro. If not, get a pond pump, like a MAG5.

[Trace]

I didn't have to last time with the DICE

[Kayin]

It's too late for a pump from me. Hit microcenter or something...

[Trace]

I have a spare :)

Also--MicroCenter is 2hrs away, and right now I'm carless

[blaze15301]

im not understanding it. is the water passing threw the trash can or the rad?

[mDust]

This is almost exactly what I have been planning to do with the project in my sig. I will just be cooling a liquid bath of Halocarbon .8 oil though...no pumping involved. I switched to that oil (fluid below -100F) when I found out that mineral oil clouds below 50F and then turns to jelly.

[Trace]

I'm finishing the setup right now and will be going live in a couple of hours. Everybody ready?

[mDust]

I'm finishing the setup right now and will be going live in a couple of hours. Everybody ready?

Do it.

[Trace]

Getting close to leak testing

[Trace]

god filling sucks

[Oneslowz28]

Remember we are drawing names today for the NZXT contest as well.

[Trace]

That is all ready to go at 10

[SXRguyinMA]

I work for another 5 hours!! NOOOOOO!!!!

[Trace]

Start watching anytime! I'm pulling default results right now!

[Trace]

We are live! At 4.655Ghz right now.

[Trace]

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/1542809.png[[url=http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1542809]http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/1542809.png (http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1542809)/url]

[Trace]

I'm breaking for lunch and supplies. I will return in less than 2 hrs

[Luthien]

Good luck! Will try to watch some if I can.

[Trace]

And we are going again!

[Oneslowz28]

Up Live at 5.01GHz Will it hit 5.5ghz? Gotta tune in to find out. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thebestcasescenario-overclocking-channel#

[Trace]

I think we just might:

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1543120

http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/1543120.png (http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1543120)

This makes the the number 6 fastest overclock on this board.

And the 73 Fastest for the CPU

2nd fastest considerng its watercooling.

http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_i5_655k?tab=2drankings

[Luthien]

I watched a little of it. WiFi at UAB is spotty and I kept getting logged out.

[Trace]

preparing for tomorrow :)

[Oneslowz28]

So what did we end up with. My connection kept dropping.

[blaze15301]

see i told you could do 5.5.

[Trace]

Barely, but we did! Stay tuned for the 980x overclocking today!

[x88x]

Damn, I missed the whole thing...again... What were the results?

[mDust]

Damn, I missed the whole thing...again... What were the results?

They took a 2 hour lunch break a little over 2 hours ago. Should be back on in a bit to have an air-cooled go on the i7 980x.
Looked like the i7 only made it to 5.0Ghz but wasn't very stable.

[Trace]

5Ghz is the upper limit of this chip. I'm really happy with the results!

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1544973

[SXRguyinMA]

nice!