Why/How did you get into extreme cooling?

Hey guys
As a project for school I kinda try to get into extreme/unusual cooling methods. As one part of this project, I want to know why people do it and how they got into it. And that's where i need your help! Write me your little story of how you started and why you're doing it!
Thanks in advance!

I think like any geek, I drawn to it by the undeniable urge to pour liquid nitrogen on a computer I had allways wanted to try it, After having a chance to work with a phasechange system after years of wanting to use one it only increased the desire. I Found one cheap, and suddenly that just wasnt cold enough for me. So I kept going colder. Couple that with a little competition from hardware bot.

Its quite a rush to be running bench and be close to taking or take a top ranked spot.

If only i could get my hands on liquid helium cheaply enough

You were lunked the benchmark buffetvarticle in another tgread. Check that out for high level teeaks to help u on your way

Wstinkbait said:

Two thoughts come to mind.
First of all, it's not how you play the game, but rather how the game plays.
And second, the destination is not nearly as exciting as the journey.

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Gautam, Mark, Ross, and Toddm27 bullied me into it. My second extreme cooling run was at GOOC 2008 or 2009 (whichever was the first one), and I did okay, and couldn't put the cold stuff down since.

We weren't going to win Forum Wars if I didn't (or it would have been less likely anyway), so I made the jump. I'd been benching a bit over a month as I remember, and overclocking not all that much longer.