Phase cooling?

Madwelsh

Madwelsh

Madwelsh

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Along time ago, approx 3 BK (Before Kids!) so about 2004ish I ran a vapo LS system on an A64 rig. Achieved some nice clocks, had the LS unit modded and had a frostie board and a chilly1 head fitted. Now it's not been fired up in years, so most likely need the gas recharged, what I was wondering is with the voltages lower, and die size less, has the heat produced from a processor decreased, or increased? Does anyone still phase at all? And if not, why don't they?

There was a few people on here who had phase, I think one was simon maltby? name seems to ring a bell.

Anyways any input would be appreciated.
 
The name was simon maltby, and I see he is still lurking on these boards, although from checking his posts, looks like he's gone high-end water. I'm hoping he might drop by and share his thinking. From the little digging on the net I have done myself, it seems quad cores in particular throw off such heat that the vapo struggles to hold the negative temps once you start juicing the chip. Seems a few still vapo in Holland and central europe. There's a few youtubes about with people with i7's etc.

Most likely, it's simply not worth the effort of insulating the board, dealing with a noisy compressor for maybe a modest 400-500 mhz over a decent watercooling rig that is near silent. On the A64 you could squeeze out near a gig of overclock with a good board and decent ram. That equated to near a 50% overclock, if you consider you may get an i7 to maybe 4.9-5gig, you looking at more like a 25% overclock, and water can prob get you 15%. This I would think is why nobody bothers with phase these days.
 
almighty15 said:
I run 24/7 so I could pretty much answer any questions you have
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excellent, what are you running currently? Have you a modded machine? ie regas or head mod? Your sig shows amd chips, have you tried intel? where did you get the machine from? Do you belong to a phase group here in the uk?

Ok Ok, it's like the damn Spanish inquisition here.. but if you could be kind enough to answer, I'd be most appreciative.
 
almighty15 said:
If you can one cheap enough then do it..... The first time you turn one on and see the EVAP frost up is amazing.
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I have an the df 11 mod and chilly 1 mod, just not fired up in like 6 years, I also used to run my a64 at 3.2 24/7 for like 2 years, reason I ask is I prob going to have the unit MOT' ed and maybe re-gassed. If you have any place I can check out, be most appreciated. And nice to see people sitting on 5+ghz 24/7.. makes it worth doing. My dan foss was surprisingly quiet, well certainly no more than air. You fold at idle? Somethings I guess never change!
 
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