You may have noticed that extreme overclockers, like those at MSI’s Master Overclocking Event in Las Vegas, spend a goodly amount of time trying to insulate their components against condensation that forms when your CPU or GPUs temperature drops well below 0C. NinjaLane has posted an article that shares the basic ideas about protecting your components from frost, though in their case it is a liquid cooling setup with a phase change device in place of a radiator. If -20C isn’t cool enough for you they also advise you what changes to make for an LN setup.
"Any time you expose the atmosphere to something cold you run the risk that water in the air will begin to condense. Common forms of condensation would be an icy windshield, water on a cold can of Pepsi, and even the frost in your freezer. The only way to prevent condensation is to insulate against it."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Zalman CPPS11X Tower CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
- Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler Review @ eTeknix
- Swiftech Polaris 120 CPU Cooler Review @ OCIA
- Xigmatek Thor’s Hammer CPU Cooler Review @ eTeknix
- Black Pearl: Zalman CNPS11X Extreme Cooler @ X-bit Labs
- Zalman CNPS9900 MAX CPU Cooler Review @ ThinkComputers
- Antec KÜHLER H2O 620 @ FunkyKit
- Thermaltake Jing CPU Cooler @ iXBT Labs
- Larkooler KU3-241 Watercooling kit @ XSReviews
- Intel Stock Thermal Compound Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Sentey Burton (GS-6500) Chassis @ Overclockers Online
- Corsair Obsidian 650D Mid Tower Case @ Tweaktown
- Thermaltake Level 10 System Case: Gaming Tower @ X-bit labs
- Silverstone Raven RV02-E White Ltd Edition @ OC3D
- Thermaltake Armor A30 Case Review @ Ninjalane
- Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Mid Tower Chassis @ Tweaktown
- This Is Sparta! Enermax Hoplite System Case @ X-bit Labs
- Antec Sonata IV Mid-Tower Case Review @Hi Tech Legion
- NZXT H2 vs Fractal Designs R3 @ OC3D
- In Win BUC Computer Case @ Benchmark Reviews
- Corsair’s Obsidian Series 650D enclosure @ The Tech Report
- Lian Li PC-A04 mATX Case @ Overclockers.com