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Open Benchtable Project by OC TV, HWBOT LLC and Streacom

Cases & PSU/Cases by leeghoofd @ 2016-05-11

The Open Bench table project is a cooperation between the renown passive enclosure manufacturer Streacom, the enthusiastic streaming media from OverClocking TV and the website that gathers the largest overclocking database worldwide HWBOT.org. The idea is to combine the flexibility of a bench table, yet making it as compact as possible so it can be easily transported and rapidly assembled again on the desired location. Most bench tables lack at least the last two points. Only the Banchetto 101 comes close, needing almost no assembly and being very lightweight for transportation. Yet it is pretty big in size. Hence why the open bench table project might have a few cards upon their sleeves to make it a big success.

LN2 Setup

For a Liquid Nitrogen Cooled setup the biggest adversary is not really the icen, but possible condensation that can lead to instability or even hardware failure, especially if one keeps on insisting to run or fire up the rig again. To avoid this one can insulate the motherboard with vaseline, liquid tape,... but sometimes one forgets the back of the motherboard needs some protection too. I always opt for liquid tape in combo with the infamous blue paper towel with the back of the motherboard resting on a piece armaflex to limit the possibility of any air to go underneath.

The entire setup here rests on four layers of armaflex with the two sheets of blue paper towel between the motherboard and the final armaflex layer. The motherboard itself is well secured by the plastic screws. Just make sure you don't warp the motherboard's PCB when screwing down. Always keep an eye on that!

The thing I'm missing here is sort of a fan support to get rid of the LN2 vapors, so they don't drop down on the hardware. The absence of a Power or a Reset button is not a big miss as most enthusiast motherboards are well equipped.

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