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AMD Athlon 3000+ Overclocking, going for 100% OC on Dry Ice

Overclocking/Overclocking Tests by massman @ 2007-05-06

We overclock a golden oldie, the Athlon 3000+ was a favorite among hardware enthusiasts back in May 2005, now-a-days it´s Core 2 Duo, but with the help of some Dry Ice we can extract a bit more power from this AMD CPU. Read on to find out if we reach our 100% overclocking goal.

Preperations

Preparing the system for Dry Ice Cooling

Motherboard without isolation

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Now we make sure the condensation doesn’t get under the motherboard by placing isolation underneath

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The isolation is just an ordinary sleeping mat, often used by campers. We use the same isolation for the top of the motherboard and afterwards we install the tube.

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First of all, you need to check the temperatures of the system without dry ice. I got the same temps like I had when using air-cooling, so the mounting of the copper tube was okay.

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