• Coriza
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      35 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
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      1119 hours ago

      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
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        1018 hours ago

        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
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          414 hours 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.

    • 🔍🦘🛎
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      418 hours ago

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

    • @SheeEttin@lemmy.zip
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      162 days ago

      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
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        51 day 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.

  • IAmTheKernelError
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    91 day ago

    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?

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      1 day ago

      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
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        319 hours ago

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

        Financially accessible for most people? Absolutely.