What to put on LN2 first ? 1st timer here......
 

Well going to take the dewar tomorrow to get filled and should get cpu pot mon/tuesday

So im stuck on what to do first :blush:

Heres what i got.....

980X/R3E
E8500/GA-EP45-UD3P
352/ASUS P5B Deluxe/Modded

980x r3e nothing better :D

im kind of scared if i kill something :Dizzy:

The first setup is all about efficiency and many global boints :p
The second one seems ( to me at least ) boring and the last one is all about fun :D

I would go with the first .

2nd one....mastery of pot is good exp...

im guessing e8500 will cb @ -120c ....is that e0?

yes its a E0

First time is all about going woo hoo

2nd and following times are all about getting the most boints :)

Take the cheap setup first. Learn it live it love it.

LN2 is hard, if you do it once, and cant do it again you just dont want to bench anymore. Something I know from experience.

yeah i was thinking of the cheap one first cuz idk what im doing and i wont be to mad if i kill it :D

but its like $38 to get it filled and not going to do it every week wife wouldnt like that, just droped her off at work she was your just taking me so you can go fill your stupid tank :laughing:

also we might find out if where having another girl or a boy today :ohcrap:

Just have all boards prepped in case one or two setups don't jive. Always have a backup plan. One doesn't work, torch the pot to heat it up, take it off and stick it in the oven for a few minutes to thaw it out. :S

are you talking about the pot or mb :P

im going to use eraser since i have nothing else but you need to put more around the socket area then like i used on the ss right ?

and idk if i wanna wait till the weekend or do it tomorrow, cuz is this something safe i can do inside or be better in the garage ?

352/ASUS P5B Deluxe/Modded

just droped it off :) now just have to wait for the pot.....

The pot. If one platform doesn't behave or just not getting you anywhere then heat the pot up with the torch enough to get it free from the socket. Turn your oven to the lowest temp and bake your pot for about 15 minutes or so. You can bake the foam insulation and all. Then when it is all thawed out mount it to another platform and try it. I would just hate to see you put all your eggs in one basket and it not work for you. That is why I said prep all your mobos in case one doesn't work for ya.

Make sure you do plenty of insulating with your eraser. LN2 gets way colder therefore freezing more parts of your mobo. I would insulate from your 1st RAM socket to your mosfets and from the top of the mobo to the north bridge at least. Stuff a blue paper towel in your 1st RAM socket as well if it isn't being used. Don't forget to insulate the back of your mobo as well with eraser. Do a good area of it.

I'm at work but when I get home I will post up a pick of my insulation job I use for LN2 as well as my bench table setup with the full sheet of foam insulation on the back of the mobo.

no need to bake the pot...just torch it to 50C...and yeah gloves :D

Gloves smoves... we don't need no fuckin gloves :rofl: Well honestly, I do when pouring :blush:

The Dr was kind enuf to refer to the insulation, but nowhere in the thread is any insulation discussed other than the eraser, which is fine for SS but not for LN2.

You also need shop towels (lay over the eraser) = cut them like gaskets
Closed cell (?) foam Gasket for around socket (same stuff you put around the pot.

If you bought you pot from Kingpin you'll get enuf of this stuff to start.

Kinpins website has an excellent LN2 insulation guide in their help area

Go for it Bro

(safety goggles might not hurt either)

And... a trigger activated propane torch to pull down the pot occassionally

GO BRO

here's some facts:

1. 1Liter of nitrogen = 694 liters of nitrogen gas
2. nitrogen is heavier than oxygen. babies might get deprived of O2 if they're in the room..you standing might be ok..but babies on the floor might not be.
3. the garage is for parties.

Garages are cool when it is cool outside, not when its hot. If you do it inside just open a window or two. Keep kids a way as a precautionary measure.

Kids and pets. If hot outside, fans in the window, if cold outside fans in the window. If hot or cold outside A/C is preferable in the window :P
just IMO :rofl:

Its a Used F1EE

Should get it today but usps is running really late :morpheus:

they just got here time for work :thumbdown:

i didnt take pics but its the same pot
http://img.techpowerup.org/101103/df11a.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/101103/df11b.jpg

F1EE Brothers!

As promised here is my little setup.

Here is what is left of my Hi Speed PC tech station.
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I have drilled various holes for various platforms. I hammered mobo standoffs into the holes.
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I have a full mobo length sheet of closed cell foam or whatever it is called.
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Use plenty of eraser on both the front and back of mobo. Like I said I use it from the 1st RAM socket to the mosfets and from the top of the mobo to the north bridge. On the back side I would at least do it where the socket is if not from the 1st RAM socket to the mosfets and from the top of the mobo to the north bridge. Try to stuff a blue shop towel in the 1st RAM socket.
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A 1/2" and a 1/4" works perfect for in-between the pot and socket.
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Underneath the foam pieces you will need some blue shop towels, which I don't enough of at the moment or else I would use it. I cut it to the same size as the foam piece in pic.
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Mount pot and then I fold two blue shop towels in half and wrap the pot holding them on with two rubber bands.
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That is how I do it now but I am sure it will be tweaked, twisted and change of the course of my overclocking career as I am always looking for bigger and better ways of doing things. Really thinking of going the vaseline route as I am tired of eraser. Hope this helps.

wow thats an article in itself!

Fosterin the Fever!

awesome stuff

thanks a buck drnip nice setup you got going ;)

im thinking of using vaseline on the p5b dlx cuz the r3e is also my main rig so thats a reason i dont wanna be there trying to clean that stuff off

but where do they sell that black foam stuff at anyways ? any local places lowes home depot ??

Graingers. My Lowes and Home Depot don't. You should have a Graingers somewhere close to you or at least I hope so.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/KFL...414?Pid=search

we have grainger..its like 30minutes away..

They are pretty cheap on the stuff you need especially if you have one locally and can avoid shipping cost.

There are other alternatives as well.

McMaster Carr

Neoprene work?
http://www.closedcellfoams.com/neoprene.html

Some neoprene can work as I have had some that worked just fine but the last stuff I bought turned out to be too hard. I am sure I bought the wrong stuff. I know the link that I posted is right up the alley that you want.

theres one in town but idk about that 4ft lol

My Home Depot and Lowes are useless. Orchard Supply Hardware opened up here about a year ago and they have a pretty good selection of neoprene.

Bad news the p5b doesnt wanna boot reason unknown

but benched the gig e8500 :D

didnt get super pi 32m to run :P to damn tired :shock:

http://www.hwbot.org/community/submi...hz_12sec_922ms
http://www.hwbot.org/community/submi...7ghz_8sec_16ms
http://www.hwbot.org/community/submi...ghz_5932.2_mhz
http://www.hwbot.org/community/submi...min_1sec_890ms

Some nice scores! :D
No troubles at all? (apart from the p5b not booting)

Nice!

oh yeah CBB sucks -60-70c need to start pouring right when it booted to make it in to windows, and didnt think about setfsb which i used for cpu-z, ocgmj was on messager so he found it for me :thumbsup:
thanks :D

Way to go Dom!! Nice temp meter too. How much did you score that for?

$99 on ebay

nice job dom :) nice to see you getting serious man

i also had to tip the dewar wasnt coming out fast enough then it would stop :Dizzy:

im still half asleep went to bed like at 4am kids woke me up :(

dom is destined for this :D

wooo amazing runs bro

Nice first LN2 run buddy.