2017 Hardware Thread [2]

Something off topic I just found: Hold my beer. (Re-Uploaded to conceal personal/company info) : techsupportgore

Context/Details:My buddies and I used to be IT contractors a few years back. (This pic's from 2014, found on my old phone) One day it was kind of slow (not a lot of adobe reader installations or google ultron upgrades) so we got bored and started messing around in the storeroom.

We found a huge stash of air duster, several dozen cans, and, being teens, we naturally did stupid things with them. NO, WE DIDN'T HUFF THEM, we're nerds...instead, we'd freeze stuff by turning the cans upside down and spraying the liquid propellant. We'd solidify small cups of water, give each-other frostbite during the Colder War, things like that.

Eventually I found a pair of bolt cutters in the utility closet (not sure why it was there) and decided to launch a can across the room by cutting the nozzle off. It was cool, but kind of wasteful, as it was slowed down by all the liquid sputtering out....but that gave us an idea.

The next day we brought a small thermos to work, went into the storeroom, and carefully cut the nozzle off an air duster can and quickly forced it into the thermos. After 3 cans or so, the thermos was full, and we essentially had a small vat filled with a substance similar to liquid nitrogen.
Lightbulb.

I took my T430, put it on its side, opened up HWMonitor and poured the entire thermos into the computer's intake. Needless to say, it was supercooled for a few seconds, even with Prime95 running in the background (minimized, so you'll just have to believe me for that one) HWMonitor only read 0*C, so I'm not sure whether the CPU or the software restricted the temperature reading, because it was clearly a hard limit.

The computer was fine, and works to this day. The airduster almost immediately boiled upon being poured into the computer, and IBM/Lenovo did a pretty good job with their radiators, so the condensation from the cooling was contained in the metal cooling unit, far away from any sensitive electronics.

Feel free to reply if you want any more details about this, eh, experiment of ours.

I was killing time looking to see what I could get/order through my local Media Markt for other system upgrades for when or if I get that MSI Gaming Z270 GAMING M7.
total 1,236 Euros
I need to see if I can find a PSU with 8+4 though.

One question the recommend PSU is 600W for the Zotac, mine is 650W, is that enough for my 6700K too? Or will I need more power?

Like this:
Will then need to add another 200 Euros to the above total.

More balls

The M7 has 3 M.2 slots, so more speed

Better cooling

and I need paste for it too.

Personally, I`d get a 1000 watt or at least an 850. I`d also get a Z370 not a Z270, no point in going from a Z170 to a Z270

Use this, see what it says you need.

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Not because of the processor, GPU takes most power.