Chasing a Gaming World Record

Linus and legendary overclocker Charles “Fugger” Wirth put a $30,000 cascade chiller through its paces to see if it can push a gaming PC past an official world-record score. After wrestling with sub-zero condensation, nailing down insulation and mounting, and fine-tuning the BIOS, they dive into memory and GPU prep before firing up benchmarks.

Through tense troubleshooting, tweaks, and near-misses, they finally unleash the rig for the all-important record attempt—documenting every step from initial power-up to the climactic final run.

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