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gmat · 02-08-2002, 02:29 PM

I had the luck to put my hands on a cyogenic pump (cost: more than $100 000). Helium powered. I had to mount it and to tune it for a plasma generator. 5°K baby.
Well, if you've got some money (huh lots of it i mean), helium cooling is quite easy. Just your usual compressor / phase change system.
Now i wonder what a Socket A (and the mobo beneath) can do at 5°K... Just crack, due to thermal shock, i guess. Could be fun.
As for super-super computers they use some Fluor/Carbon Hydroxide i heard. Now they're mainly using watercooling, as it's easier to maintain.
[Edit] For the story we tried to put a (living) fly in the enclosing with the cryo pump. There was ultra-void pressure levels (less than 1.10-7mB) and the fly was still structurally intact. But it couldnt fly ! The little bug was moving its wings as hard as it could with no result. So much fun.

02-08-2002, 02:29 PM	#48
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	I had the luck to put my hands on a cyogenic pump (cost: more than $100 000). Helium powered. I had to mount it and to tune it for a plasma generator. 5°K baby. Well, if you've got some money (huh lots of it i mean), helium cooling is quite easy. Just your usual compressor / phase change system. Now i wonder what a Socket A (and the mobo beneath) can do at 5°K... Just crack, due to thermal shock, i guess. Could be fun. As for super-super computers they use some Fluor/Carbon Hydroxide i heard. Now they're mainly using watercooling, as it's easier to maintain. [Edit] For the story we tried to put a (living) fly in the enclosing with the cryo pump. There was ultra-void pressure levels (less than 1.10-7mB) and the fly was still structurally intact. But it couldnt fly ! The little bug was moving its wings as hard as it could with no result. So much fun. Last edited by gmat; 02-08-2002 at 02:33 PM.