HOW TO GUIDE:
Z77 LN2
PreparationGuide
G
ood motherboard and GPU
preparation can sometimes
be the difference between having
a solid extreme overclocking
session and complete failure.
Fortunately it doesn't have to be
difficult or overly complicated;
it can be done just right. Some
overclockers do too little, some
do too much. There’s always one
such person in almost every OC
crew. Said individual will waste
a whole day preparing a system
totally going overboard with dry
eraser, conformal spray, grease,
foam, paper towels or what have
you. When it’s time to overclock, as
soon as the container pulls down
the temperatures all hell breaks
loose. They spend most of the time
in bios or worse yet - just trying to
get the system to POST.
Then there are those that take
shortcuts or plainly put, just lazy
as they don’t do enough to prepare
their hardware for sub-zero LN2
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overclocking. Usually end up
killing something or everything.
One shot one kill eh? :) The truth
is there is no one method of
preparation that is “The one”. I'm
sure there are lots of successful
overclockers that will swear their
hardware prep is the best way and
for them that is what works.
Extreme overclocking is what I do
every day, be it testing containers
or some new piece of hardware for
EVGA, I've learned what works well
and what doesn't at all. With the
recent launch of Ivy-bridge CPUs
and Z77 motherboards, running
a full pot of liquid nitrogen with
temperatures in excess of -190c is a
reality again, making motherboar ?)????????????????????????)??????????%??????????$????)?????????????????????????)1???????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)????????????????????????()??????????????????)%???e????e???????????????????)???????????????????????Y?????????)?????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????)???????????????????????)???????????????????????)??????????????????????????)????????????????????????%?)???????????e??????????????????)?????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)????????????????????
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