Yep, phase cooling is about as good as it gets without needing to refill nitrogen tanks. A few years ago I had an Asetek Vapochill unit that kept the CPU (P4 Northwood) at around -40*C, but constant 100% humidity in Florida made it a pain in the ass to keep condensation from forming all over my motherboard. I had to cake nearly the entire motherboard with Vasoline and keep WARM air blown on it just to prevent condensation. I'm sure it'd be a great way to cool a CPU in Arizona or Nevada, but you have to deal with insulation and condensation too much in humid states to worry about shorting out components.Originally Posted by 'Tynk',index.php?page=Thread&postID=167748#post167 748
I'll stick to water cooling from now on.. since you're always at least 1-2*C above ambient, you don't have to worry about condesation since you'll never go under the dew point indoors.
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