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There were a few setups used by the overclockers at the event.

First of all, there was a pretty amazing liquid nitrogen cooled setup running on a Gigabyte motherboard. As you probably know, such cooling methods require very good insulation to prevent condensation all over the motherboard. Here are some of the insulators used, varying from various foams to...

Grain alcohol! You don't trust me? Well, Let's just take a look at the preparation these guys did to run such a setup, as well as the cooling pot itself. The first insulator applied was a simple gummy eraser:

Then, some more insulation and towels were put so that water dripping off the pot would not reach the motherboard. The retention rods also had been installed:

Then, the cooling pot was inserted in between and secured using nuts that screw on the threaded rods. As you can see, what is so special about this setup is that a transparent cooling pot had been designed so that people could see the liquid boiling inside, which is quite an innovation! The inside and outside layers are made of lexan, a polycarbonate resin thermoplastic that's much more durable than plexiglas, and they are separated by a gap of approximately one centimeter. This is where grain alcohol is poured.

Once everything was ready, it was time to get some liquid nitrogen in there! A big insulated can was filled from the supply tank so that overclockers could get some easier and quicker:

Here is the setup in action, in all its beauty. One can see through the pot all the liquid nitrogen boiling.

There was also another liquid nitrogen cooled setup using the well known F1 pot designed by K|ngp|n. However, he explained us that this pot is not really made for Phenom IIs. It is meant to control the temperature really closely so that chips with cold bugs can be cooled down without reaching that cold bug, but rather staying right above it. Phenom IIs don't have any cold bugs so their temperature can be lowered as much as we are able.