Overclocker extraordinaire rickss69 has shattered another one of his own TOP BENCHMARKING SPEED records!
The previous record of 3 hours 14 minutes was achieved with a 2-stage cascade cooling unit built around
an Intel Xeon W3580 that achieved a consistent 4.91 GHz clock pulse. This "contraption" looks like a
disembodied air condition (complete with a set of 4 gauges) mounted onto a mechanic's shop cart. While appearing to
be a bit obtuse, the design achieves remarkable results.
In the first cooling stage, the
temperature drops in the refrigerant chamber are not applied to the CPU itself; it basically just
achieves the necessary temperatures and pressures within the system to signal the computer operator that the second stage
is ready to be processed.
During the first stage, it takes roughly 3 to 4 minutes before the temperature gets below freezing.
Once the gauge reads negative on the Celcius scale, it is time to boot the computer's operating system, and
commence what would be an otherwise "normal startup" for an end user. By the time Windows would boot, it is
not unusual for the first stage cooling to be at about -16 Celcius. At this point, flipping a switch is all that
is required to engage the next process.
The second stage achieves staggering drops in temperature. Rick's cascade cooling system went down to -111 Celcius
(shown above, which is -168 Fahrenheit!) and the clock stabilized at 4.91 GHz. This allowed him to beat his own previous record (which he
has done several times) by just over 11 minutes.
Rick didn't rest on his laurels very long, at all. By carefully monitoring the clock frequency with the
EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility after making some slight modifications
to the BIOS, he was able to reach a consistent 4.95 GHz clock pulse and eclipse his first record-setting cascade
cooling run.
We expect that Rick's time of 3 hours 12 minutes 40 seconds will stand for quite a while. Our hat is off to this dedicated
master overclocker, and we welcome him to the team of LNO builders with open arms!