I thought this would warrant a separate topic. To those who are unaware, I've been chatting with some folks at http://www.300below.com/ about the possibility of using their Liquid Nitrogen Cryogenic freezer as a potential housing for overclocking CPUs.

The cliff notes version: They have a specialized process whereby the Liquid Nitrogen is somehow phased back into a "dry vapor", and they can cool the contents of the freezer to -300 °F (about -184 °C) and hold it there, for as long as the Liquid Nitrogen holds out.

Good news item #1: There is virtually NO CONDENSATION at all inside the cryogenic chamber.

Good news item #2: The Liquid Nitrogen consumption rate is mostly a function of the mass of the object(s) being cooled. With a typical motherboard being so light, the consumption rate is very low, and once in thermal equilibrium at the desired temp, it levels off even further.

Good news item #3: The cost of their Liquid Nitrogen tanks equates to only 10 cents per pound (and if I did my math right, about 51 cents per gallon).

Good news item #4: Their system is designed so that you can change out Nitrogen tanks while the cryogenic process is active. No need to shut down and switch tanks.

Good news item #5: There is a 1 inch diameter venting port through which we could probably snake the power supply cabling. No need to deep freeze the power supply.

So now, I guess, the question becomes, with the Power Supply external to the chamber, could we "get away with" freezing the crap out of everything else? RAM, Video Cards, etc? Would such low temps really mess us up when trying to tweak the voltage, as well as the other tests/optimizations that would need to be done to get the thing totally cranking?

These questions aside, the folks at 300 Below are willing to host an event, allowing us to "test" our motherboards in their cryo chamber.

For those that are interested, please reply here. It is all open-ended, and I let them know I'd have to synch any meeting date/time with at least 6 people that I know of that are interested in going with me. I say we make it one big "road trip" if anyone else would like to come along.