SUB-ZERO Cooling with IC-DIAMOND

frostdragon · 29 Jul 2014 at 21:36

SUB-ZERO COOLING WITH IC-DIAMOND

I am going to do this thread over a couple of days as the event is this weekend.

Yes i know its an old DFI LANPARTY (with a 6300 1.8gig cpu) board, but who cares right? AN overclock is still an Overclock!

Giving a demonstration on sub-zero overclocking to the general public in my home town of Morley/leeds This Saturday the 26th of July Notice the lovely DIMASTECH bench table..

PREP WORK FOR SUB ZERO OVERCLOCKING

After blowing off the dust and painting hte motherboard with nail polish....... I spread the artist eraser putty all over the important areas....... NOT forgetting to cover up the joints of THE CPU socket! SUB ZERO

First layer of paper towels ONE SHEET does INDEED do plenty!

LAYER of neoprene FOAM TAPE. NOTE do not just tear it off, SIMPLY measure and cut to size-that way a better seal occurs.

Next layer of Paper towels. note i have put artists eraser around the screw threads also to stop any potential condensation from travelling down those threads to the next layer......... Just now need some vasciline to put around the cpu socket before adding the IC-DIAMOND compound and the DICE POT!

continued ON THE NEXT POST!............

frostdragon · 29 Jul 2014 at 21:40

IC DIAMOND PREP WORK AND Mounting the POT!

IC DIAMOND installation

Simply do the usual.............employ a pea-sized blob in the centre of the CPU Like the following.

At this stage, it is my suggestion that you get a hair dryer and on a low setting, heat up the compound...... this then FAST CURES the IC-DIAMOND blob and allow its to spread more easily when the pot is mounted.

Finally we add the pot itself.

To quote Blue Peter... here is the POT i prepared earlier, along with the K-Probe.

Simply place the pot gentle on top of the CPU, insuring the k-probe lead does not get in the way.

Place the retaining bracket on top of the four posts , taking care to make sure all four of the long screws go in the correct holes.........ooooooooooooh matron!

Place washers and wing-nuts corner to corner on the pot

Make sure you tighten all the four wing nuts down FIRMLY.....The last thing you want is the CPU cracking due to movement of the pot at minus 79c

Now here we need to create a SEAL around the base of the pot and here I just use ARMFAFLEX foam tape........job done

Then cut these into small squares and place around where the bottom of the pot join into where the motherboard is,.

After the squares of tape have been added.

FINALLY as the last part we use the same ARMAFLEX TAPE to WRAP THE pot and t he mounting screws as a PRIMARY form of insulation and then we get this...........

THAT'S IT......................NEXT will be Adding the DRY ICE and THE all-important OVERCLOCKING Results.............

frostdragon · 29 Jul 2014 at 21:46

The all-important OVERCLOCKING RESULTS with IC-DIAMOND!

I will list these from stock to slowly increasing in level for DRY ICE Cooling

OVERCLOCKING AN INTEL 6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.8 GIG CPU

First up STOCK speeds !

3.5 GIGS NOW if this was on water this would be at the limit..but this is on dice so we MUST do better

3.854 gigs NOW this is how you cool with DICE! Very good overclock here i recon.......let us experiment a little more but 1.6volts=OUCH

3.917 =WOW!

http://valid.canardpc.com/mc254q

nOW LOOK at the massive VOLT jump needed just to get this far........ i recon this shows the limit of the cpu ..but.......... still 3.945 gigs is still a hell of a overclock on DICE.

Think im at the limit now......but i ran out of dry ice

There you go folks, Overclocking and DRY ICE Cooling with IC-DIAMOND! ALL in all a VERVERY good result!

Nickolp1974 · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:47

Very nice write up chris and excellent results

i wanna go!!

Did you do any prep to the back of the motherboard??

haxxbaxx · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:58

cool write, never knew any of this so rather informative

panyan · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:22

Most interesting

Mal X · 30 Jul 2014 at 03:24

that's the bog standard way of applying the IC Diamond paste, this prevents air bubbles, because i'm not convinced that it's a good idea to spread it out thinly over the surface first, or over both surfaces with a credit card.

CaNsA · 30 Jul 2014 at 03:47

Pretty bloody awesome

Mal X said:
that's the bog standard way of applying the IC Diamond paste, this prevents air bubbles, because i'm not convinced that it's a good idea to spread it out thinly over the surface first, or over both surfaces with a credit card.

Agreed, I usually drop the tube into a cup of hot water for a few minutes before applying it.
It makes life a lot easier.

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 04:09

Nickolp1974 said:
Very nice write up chris and excellent results i wanna go!!

Did you do any prep to the back of the motherboard??

ofcourse buddy

Usual nail polish and then two layers of neoprene foam that go on the back plate

should have taken photos of that but was eager to start clocking......... i DO HOWEVER have a full write up and guide on my review site but I could nOT share this without permission from OCT.

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 04:15

I will ask permission from Steve later today to see if its ok to post a link.

kimandsally · 30 Jul 2014 at 10:42

As already said a great write up very detailed, I had a day of benching with 8 Pack last week but the board was prepared before I got there, I never knew so much work went into it.

Nickolp1974 · 30 Jul 2014 at 11:56

frostdragon said:
ofcourse buddy

Usual nail polish and then two layers of neoprene foam that go on the back plate

should have taken photos of that but was eager to start clocking......... i DO HOWEVER have a full write up and guide on my review site but I could nOT share this without permission from OCT.

Have recently prepped my mobo with clear electrical tape in readiness for a chiller and wanna take it as low as it will go which hopefully be around 4c is it wise to use some neoprene to insulate on the back as you have?? Which area, CPU? And where do you get it from??

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 12:50

Nickolp1974 said:
Have recently prepped my mobo with clear electrical tape in readiness for a chiller and wanna take it as low as it will go which hopefully be around 4c is it wise to use some neoprene to insulate on the back as you have?? Which area, CPU? And where do you get it from??

I would indeed insulate the back ,better safe than sorry.

http://www.pipelagging.com/

is where i got my armaflex foam and tape

8 Pack · 30 Jul 2014 at 12:54

Vaseline is so much easier on the board I think. Paint on. Melt with Hairdryer so it spreads running into all areas done.

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 12:58

8 Pack said:
Vaseline is so much easier on the board I think. Paint on. Melt with Hairdryer so it spreads running into all areas done.

I agree, and its great perm solution.

But vaseline is a right cow to get off if you want to use the board for something else.

Why i use artists eraser.........can simply peel off with no residue

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 13:04

right folks. HERE is a link to a complete guide on my review site. note the ic diamond points back to here to purchase

http://www.overclockerstech.com/cooling-insulation-guide/all/1/

Note: THIS method was good enough to get me second place at the UK gigabyte GOOC 2010 contest. There were twenty teams all in all and there were FIVE teams that were using LN2.........Was fortunate enough to win against four of those teams (whom where using LN2) with dry ice- but BENCHTECH won and deservingly so.

This is a certain BALDY (yours truly) pouring in DICE pellets in a syrofoam cup.=NUTTER

mY dice Setup

and yours truly in all his baldness collecting the second place prize..........

I won a x58ud7 which was a top of the range mobo at the time. but GIGABYTE WHERE SO TIGHT. they didnt give me a brand new motherboard....... they simple repackaged all the motherboards that the
contestants were using...... GITS!

Nigel mate, hint.................... NEW MOBO please next time

Next to me was my OC partner Tom Rawes of MSI marketing... here I was teaching him how to OC on the GB5 X58 MOBO and to sub zero cool. Hes a COOL
(pardon the pun) dude and a good lad.

if it helps here is a direct link on my guide where it shows how to PREP the back of the motherboard.

http://www.overclockerstech.com/cooling-insulation-guide/5/

Nickolp1974 · 30 Jul 2014 at 13:29

Thanks, so for the gpu do I put the artist eraser around the PCI slot with the gpu in??? Currently in slot 1 which will be a pain on my mobo as I have the monoblock installed, so probs have to put it in a different slot to allow easier access, whole of the gpu has been sprayed with leccy tape excluding the die.
Currently have a backplate on the gpu, will this need to come off?? For insulating?? Or can I just use paper towels at base???

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 13:36

Nickolp1974 said:
Thanks, so for the gpu do I put the artist eraser around the PCI slot with the gpu in??? Currently in slot 1 which will be a pain on my mobo as I have the monoblock installed, so probs have to put it in a different slot to allow easier access, whole of the gpu has been sprayed with leccy tape excluding the die.
Currently have a backplate on the gpu, will this need to come off?? For insulating?? Or can I just use paper towels at base???

i wouldnt take any chances with your precious gpu mate
the key here is insulate and insulate some more, you cannot be too paranoid!

the gpu DICE /LN2 block should have a backing plate already

frostdragon · 30 Jul 2014 at 13:39

I think its best if i TOTALLY created the guide on here if Steve can get it as a sticky?

8 Pack · 30 Jul 2014 at 14:01

Art eraser holds cold. For gpu with memory cold bugging its not as good as vaseline for sure. For GPU Vaseline melt. Done!! Also in PCI X slot.