They overclock a Raspberry Pi 4 and put it on ice to play Nintendo 64 games

There are people who just want to see the hardware burn. The Raspberry Pi has been popular for its great power and low price. The latest model is the Raspberry Pi 4 B, a model that offers a great leap in power and performance. Now they have made him overclock to a Raspberry Pi to run Nintendo 64 games.

Well, a madman has decided to literally submerge it in ice. YouTuber Kio Dieken wanted to see how far he could take this Raspberry Pi 4 B. For this, the retro video game fan took his Raspberry and dipped it in ice, making it work at 8ºC. The plate with load and a frequency of 2.0GHz has reached 11ºC.

They submerge a Raspberry Pi 4 B in ice to play Nintendo 64 games

Before submerging it, you have protected it. Dieken first bathed the Raspberry Pi 4 B in Corrosion X solution. This is a sealant that protects the PCB from water. He also claims to have tried micro-HDMI cables and USB Type-C, to avoid damage.

It makes it work at a frequency of 2.0GHz, allowing you to run the Nintendo 64 emulator and play Golden Eye, Killer Instinct and NFL Blitz. The first one works fine, but the other two don't work as well, although they are playable. We must note that Dieken is running an unreleased and unofficial version of RetroPie. He has said that in the future he will release it for everyone.

Perhaps the most interesting thing is that it has managed to keep the Raspberry Pi at 11ºC with such a demanding load. The version without overclocking calmly reaches 55ºC in load. Obviously this is not intended to be stable and constant, it is an experiment to see the limits of the platform.

Source: TH