Mike Ritland
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So what you do, you take little water blocks, basically, like a little piece of copper, strap it to the processor, the video card, and run water loops through it, kind of like a I don't know how to better explain that, but it's like a little maze that the water would take through the channels on this block, and it would pull the heat out, and you would dump it.
So what you do, you take little water blocks, basically, like a little piece of copper, strap it to the processor, the video card, and run water loops through it, kind of like a I don't know how to better explain that, but it's like a little maze that the water would take through the channels on this block, and it would pull the heat out, and you would dump it.
So what you do, you take little water blocks, basically, like a little piece of copper, strap it to the processor, the video card, and run water loops through it, kind of like a I don't know how to better explain that, but it's like a little maze that the water would take through the channels on this block, and it would pull the heat out, and you would dump it.
And at the time, God, it was a Chevy Chevelle heater core that was just like the perfect size, and you could use that as a radiator with a larger fan on it. So instead of using the small fans that you'd find on like laptops or even desktops that, you know, maybe is like that big, you just fan that big. And it keeps it quieter while dumping heat, and you can just run these things really hot.
And at the time, God, it was a Chevy Chevelle heater core that was just like the perfect size, and you could use that as a radiator with a larger fan on it. So instead of using the small fans that you'd find on like laptops or even desktops that, you know, maybe is like that big, you just fan that big. And it keeps it quieter while dumping heat, and you can just run these things really hot.
And at the time, God, it was a Chevy Chevelle heater core that was just like the perfect size, and you could use that as a radiator with a larger fan on it. So instead of using the small fans that you'd find on like laptops or even desktops that, you know, maybe is like that big, you just fan that big. And it keeps it quieter while dumping heat, and you can just run these things really hot.
And yeah, I had to learn how to make those things, right? So, you know, you get a pond pump from like a fish store, you get the Chevelle heater core, get all the tubing wire together, but I had to mill out... I didn't mill it, I drilled it. I used a drill press because I could not afford access to that. It was like a $100 drill press at the time.
And yeah, I had to learn how to make those things, right? So, you know, you get a pond pump from like a fish store, you get the Chevelle heater core, get all the tubing wire together, but I had to mill out... I didn't mill it, I drilled it. I used a drill press because I could not afford access to that. It was like a $100 drill press at the time.
And yeah, I had to learn how to make those things, right? So, you know, you get a pond pump from like a fish store, you get the Chevelle heater core, get all the tubing wire together, but I had to mill out... I didn't mill it, I drilled it. I used a drill press because I could not afford access to that. It was like a $100 drill press at the time.
You just do like cross drilling through all different directions, plug it up and get this cool spiral pattern where the water would go through it and pull heat out of all your devices. And you got to learn about things like corrosion, like you got copper and brass and aluminum and like, you know, these things are going to start to corrode.
You just do like cross drilling through all different directions, plug it up and get this cool spiral pattern where the water would go through it and pull heat out of all your devices. And you got to learn about things like corrosion, like you got copper and brass and aluminum and like, you know, these things are going to start to corrode.
You just do like cross drilling through all different directions, plug it up and get this cool spiral pattern where the water would go through it and pull heat out of all your devices. And you got to learn about things like corrosion, like you got copper and brass and aluminum and like, you know, these things are going to start to corrode.
So you learn, you know, the chemistry behind how to prevent that from happening because you don't want corrosion because then your computer is going to have water all over it when it leaks.
So you learn, you know, the chemistry behind how to prevent that from happening because you don't want corrosion because then your computer is going to have water all over it when it leaks.
So you learn, you know, the chemistry behind how to prevent that from happening because you don't want corrosion because then your computer is going to have water all over it when it leaks.
So I'm going to put that on Quake as well. So you're playing online games, right? And you learn you can do interesting things. You start controlling things in weird ways, and it kind of escalates. You're like, wait a second. At the time, there was no what we call client-side security or client-side integrity checking. The game files I had on my machine were unique to me.
So I'm going to put that on Quake as well. So you're playing online games, right? And you learn you can do interesting things. You start controlling things in weird ways, and it kind of escalates. You're like, wait a second. At the time, there was no what we call client-side security or client-side integrity checking. The game files I had on my machine were unique to me.
So I'm going to put that on Quake as well. So you're playing online games, right? And you learn you can do interesting things. You start controlling things in weird ways, and it kind of escalates. You're like, wait a second. At the time, there was no what we call client-side security or client-side integrity checking. The game files I had on my machine were unique to me.
You would download them from the author. At this time, we were actually installing it from CD drives. And you just expected to not mess with that, but... Nobody's stopping you. You can go and mess with the player models, for instance. And you can, like, add a really large cross that goes, like, 10 feet above, below, and all sides of this person, right?
You would download them from the author. At this time, we were actually installing it from CD drives. And you just expected to not mess with that, but... Nobody's stopping you. You can go and mess with the player models, for instance. And you can, like, add a really large cross that goes, like, 10 feet above, below, and all sides of this person, right?