TheOverclocker Issue 22 | Page 18

K|NGP|N’s GUIDE: LIQUID NITROGEN prep for 4-WAY SLI Competing in 3D benchmarks with a single GPU using liquid nitrogen has always been one of my favorite challenges from early on in my overclocking career. When the very first SLI and cross fire multi GPU setups arrived on the overclocking scene, I was instantly hooked. It was not long before two GPUs became three, and three became four. Cards with dual GPUs and 4 separate PCBs on one motherboard. High end multi GPU overclocking became the ultimate challenge for an extreme overclocker. It takes a tremendous amount of focus and serious system/container management skills to successfully run a five to seven container liquid nitrogen 18 The OverClocker Issue 22 | 2012 overclocking rig in 3D benchmarks. Aside from the endless hours of pretesting hardware components, a major key to getting the best results possible and not destroying any gear, once again is preparation. In this issue of TheOverclocker, I will show you how to prep and get your four-way system ready for battle. The usual list of items needed are petroleum jelly(Vaseline is good), foam insulation tape, paper towels(“shop towels” are best as they are really absorbent and wick up water nicely), a small brush for applying grease, a hair dryer or heat gun, some scissors to cut out all your socket gaskets, foam tape and some rubber bands. [PICTURE 2]