Extreme cooling journey

[Bastiaan_NL]

 

For a while I've been the owner of a cascade phasechange unit. I have used it a couple of times for testing, and recently did some benchmarks with the cooler.
I'm trying to figure it all out, and given the lack of time recently there isn't a lot of progress but I'm trying to record some of it so I can share that here or elsewhere. 
There are more ideas brewing, but I'm not rushing any of that. More to come, hopefully  

 

 

Edited June 14 by Bastiaan_NL

[Bastiaan_NL]

An overview of the setup, 12600K, Z790 Apex and G.Skill A-die:

 

And a webcam shot of the setup, notice the temperature drop during a run and the temperature climbing after the run:

 

Edited June 14 by Bastiaan_NL

[J7SC_Orion]

On 14/06/2023 at 12:53, Bastiaan_NL said:

An overview of the setup, 12600K, Z790 Apex and G.Skill A-die:

 

And a webcam shot of the setup, notice the temperature drop during a run and the temperature climbing after the run:

 

 

...can't quite tell the fan air flow direction (looks like blowing inwards towards the socket though)... fyi, some XOCers like the two helper fans turned around so that they help evacuate potentially moist air away from the socket and surrounding electrical bits...in my personal experience though, it doesn't make a ton of difference

[Bastiaan_NL]

8 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

...can't quite tell the fan air flow direction (looks like blowing inwards towards the socket though)... fyi, some XOCers like the two helper fans turned around so that they help evacuate potentially moist air away from the socket and surrounding electrical bits...in my personal experience though, it doesn't make a ton of difference

I expected you to comment on that

The fans are blowing inward.

So I see little to no ice buildup around the socket after a 2 hour session. The board is covered with liquid tape between the inductors and the same area on the back. The back has one layer of armaflex clamped between the board and the LN2 pot backplate and a second layer underneath and there is an armaflex ring around the evap base. I stuff as much shop towel between the threads of the mount and the evap base/armaflex to catch whatever moisture escapes, but after breaking down they were all dry. It feels very efficient, for what I can tell with limited experience. The fans are there to cool the VRM, but if I notice any moisture I will add extra fans in an outward direction. As for LN2, I bet that will make a bit more difference with buildup.

 

Edited June 18 by Bastiaan_NL

[Bastiaan_NL]

This weekend I've been playing with dry ice on an MSI RX5700XT.
It was my first time with dice and running a GPU sub ambient (the previous attempts with the cascade didn't go so well). It was fun and I learned a few things at the same time, for instance: don't put too much dice and acetone in the pot or it will boil over the edge and make the GPU stop working
I managed to take back my gold in TimeSpy (for now) and get a second place in WildLife Extreme for the team competition.
Near the end of todays run the pot started leaking, acetone is dirty stuff and makes its way through threads sealed with Loctite. The shop towel protecting the motherboard was getting wet from Acetone, not ideal.
Anyways, here are a few pictures, a YouTube video and a few links to submissions:

 

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Bastiaan_NL`s 3DMark - Time Spy score: 12968 marks with a Radeon RX 5700 XT

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Bastiaan_NL`s 3DMark - Wild Life Extreme score: 22327 marks with a Radeon RX 5700 XT

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The Radeon RX 5700 XT @ 2443/1850MHzscores getScoreFormatted in the 3DMark - Wild Life Extreme benchmark. Bastiaan_NLranks #null worldwide and #2 in the hardware class. Find out more at HWBOT.

 

[Avacado]

More of this please.

[ENTERPRISE]

1 hour ago, Bastiaan_NL said:

This weekend I've been playing with dry ice on an MSI RX5700XT.
It was my first time with dice and running a GPU sub ambient (the previous attempts with the cascade didn't go so well). It was fun and I learned a few things at the same time, for instance: don't put too much dice and acetone in the pot or it will boil over the edge and make the GPU stop working
I managed to take back my gold in TimeSpy (for now) and get a second place in WildLife Extreme for the team competition.
Near the end of todays run the pot started leaking, acetone is dirty stuff and makes its way through threads sealed with Loctite. The shop towel protecting the motherboard was getting wet from Acetone, not ideal.
Anyways, here are a few pictures, a YouTube video and a few links to submissions:

 

/img/logo.png

Bastiaan_NL`s 3DMark - Time Spy score: 12968 marks with a Radeon RX 5700 XT

HWBOT.ORG

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The Radeon RX 5700 XT @ 2449/1850MHzscores getScoreFormatted in the 3DMark - Time Spy benchmark. Bastiaan_NLranks #null worldwide and #1 in the hardware class. Find out more at HWBOT.

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Bastiaan_NL`s 3DMark - Wild Life Extreme score: 22327 marks with a Radeon RX 5700 XT

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The Radeon RX 5700 XT @ 2443/1850MHzscores getScoreFormatted in the 3DMark - Wild Life Extreme benchmark. Bastiaan_NLranks #null worldwide and #2 in the hardware class. Find out more at HWBOT.

 

That is a sweet bench setup bud, thanks again for all the great submissions:)

[Mr. Fox]

39 minutes ago, Avacado said:

More of this please.

Amen to that! 

[Bastiaan_NL]

Thanks guys
I really hope I can do this more often, now I need an LN2 sponsor for the next event
 

3 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

That is a sweet bench setup bud, thanks again for all the great submissions:)

Thanks, this once was my F@H frame and is now enjoying life as the bench frame.
It is really enjoyable to work with this setup, being able to walk around makes it even better!

[Fluxmaven]

Looking good man. I know if I were doing all that the results would be much more catastrophic 

 

Also... I can't see diamond plate without thinking of the danger to manifold scene from F&F

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxAAwrr7lH0Q3-s7enRRf1jwxzn8ZV51G9?si=NDp2XYT0YEEtB0d8

[Bastiaan_NL]

2 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

Looking good man. I know if I were doing all that the results would be much more catastrophic 

 

Also... I can't see diamond plate without thinking of the danger to manifold scene from F&F

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxAAwrr7lH0Q3-s7enRRf1jwxzn8ZV51G9?si=NDp2XYT0YEEtB0d8

Thanks bud
Yeah, my first advice would be to stay sober during sessions like this
The preparation is key and takes 90% of the time, but it's easy to mess things up and I'm glad I didn't. I bet if I do this more often things will go smoother, less figuring out and more fun.

Regarding the diamond plate, if you would be in my line of work I bet you would have a lot of F&F flashbacks. Most of the enginerooms are covered in diamond plates  

[damric]

Looking frosty 

[Bastiaan_NL]

20 minutes ago, damric said:

Looking frosty 

Yeah, she was cold!
The ice buildup is crazy after shutdown. Takes a long time to heat up too