Two "Just for Fun" posts today? Sorry, but I couldn't help myself after seeing this this morning.

From InfoWorld (in its entirety):

Beer declared second-best CPU coolant

For gamers and other process-hungry PC users seeking to eke out an extra cycle or two from an overclocked CPU, the answer may reside in the cozy in your hand.

Shelton Romhanyi and crew over at Tom's Hardware have taken it upon themselves in a two-part video to put three industry-leading liquid coolants to the ultimate test: Can they outcool Molson's Canadian Beer in a CPU cooling comparison?

Each of the liquid contenders -- which included Thermaltake Standard UV Sensitive High Performance Coolant, SilverStone Thermal Fluid, and Koolance Computer Liquid Coolant, as well as a diluted solution of Zerex automotive antifreeze, and, of course, a flat, room-temperature bottle of Molson's -- was passed alongside an an X6800 CPU overclocked to 3.63GHz through a system of beer-bong-esque tubing. Temperatures were taken just before the coolant reached the CPU, under the premise that, the cooler the liquid when hitting the CPU, the more effective it is at cooling.

Naïve as this hypothesis may be regarding the principles of thermal physics, the tests show unequivocally that in a crude setting nothing beats a beer when it comes to cooling your computing jets. Well, except for SilverStone, which under-termperatured Molson's by a fraction of a degree Celsius.