CES 2011: The Masters Overclocking Arena!
CES 2011: The Masters Overclocking Arena!
Posted 01/08/2011 at 4:17pm
| by Gordon Mah Ung
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Welcome to the Masters Overclocking Arena, where the best overclockers in North and South America battle for GHz dominance! These skilled and determined overclockers gather here in Vegas during CES to see just how far they can push the envelope--at the time this video was taken, numbers were already as high as 5.9 GHz, and the competition wasn't even finished yet! Below, Gordon Ung takes a look at some of their methods (which includes the copious use of liquid nitrogen) below.
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compguytracy
January 09, 2011 at 9:15am
I have a asus board, running at 3.2ghz, stable, air cooled, no extreme cooling, whay wasnt i called? how does one become a "master" master at kissing ass? its like "american idol" 3 people whitle down to the final 100 or so we actually get to vote for!
preytofailure
January 09, 2011 at 1:33am
you guys don't know what you are talking about. Patrick Norton of Tekzilla explains that it's safer to handle liquid nitrogen bare handed than with gloves. The Nitrogen is harmless if it rolls off your skin and is only dangerous if its allowed to pool and sit in one spot. Thus wearing gloves gives the liquid nitrogen that opportunity in case there is a spill. It could cause it to collect inside the glove or to roll up the inside of your sleeve. then your screwed. Here's the Link to that video on youtube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itg8fgy35j4
whathuhitwasntme
January 08, 2011 at 4:36pm
watch the video as they POUR LIQUID NITROGEN BARE HANDED INTO A THERMOS
wtf
you guys are INSANE
I would PAY TO WATCH WHEN YOU SPILL IT
YoshiHNS
January 09, 2011 at 5:52pm
Definitely extremely dangerous. Someone should sue them. They should have brought in OSHA and homeland security. And where are the safety glasses?? Some dust could have been blown in their eyes and they would have watered up. They should have had an ambulance right there ready to take someone away, just in case.
Tungil90
January 09, 2011 at 3:45am
You can put your Hand right into a tank of liquid nitrogen ( if you are fast ),
because the nitrogen just will boil and convert into gas almost instantly, and because of that between skin and nitrogen there will form some sort of "gas"-layer. Compare it with a drop of water on a really hot kitchen-stove-thingy ( my english is not the best;) ).
So if you're not wearing any metal-stuff, like rings or wrist-bands, which get colder much faster, there won't be any harm.
Check out Wikile///pedia ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost
Keith E. Whisman
January 09, 2011 at 10:50am
So after knowing all that, would you be willing to dip your wang into a cup of liquid nitrogen for just an instant? I double dog dare you.
Vernak
January 08, 2011 at 8:57pm
I dismissed the rest of the video based on that act and the fact that it has "masters" in the title with such a lax safety attitude about working with liquid nitrogen.
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