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s1mon | 3 months ago

It's not practical for your desktop computer, but a tank of nitrogen and some refrigeration hardware which fits in a single rack and you can run at 3.5K in a data center.

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jandrewrogers|3 months ago

3.5K is well below the point where nitrogen is liquid. The only option would be helium.

marcosdumay|3 months ago

Just to point, but it would require actively cooled helium. You can't just drop it in liquid helium and expect boiling to cool your device.

Pet_Ant|3 months ago

Can you make a closed loop helium cooler? Also, that level of coldness seems like it would have negative interactions with other components.

AnimalMuppet|3 months ago

Nitrogen freezes at 63K. That makes it a bad coolant for a continuously-running process at 3.5K.