Finally my TEC is up and running.

Peltier - also known as a Tec

http://www.techneusa.com/support/Peltiers.htm

basically they look like a white "slab" with positive and negative terminals for power. You hook them up and they make one side seriously cold. The problem with them being is the other side gets the heat from the CPU and the heat from the internal workings of the tec so you have to cool them extremely well. As you cool the hot side more the cold side gets colder too.

The small fridges that pop up in summer for cooling a few cans of beer etc use tec cooling usually.

Much better site: http://www.dansdata.com/pelt.htm
 
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turbotoaster said:
would this system, out do a vapochill, the old one that came in a case, i goes down to -37 on its own, no cpu, but i would think it would struggle with a 3ghz dual core
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No it wouldn't out do a phase change and no it wouldn't stuggle with a 3gz dual core.
 
I think this is similar to the sort of think we have in the milk tank room on the farm,

There is something called a plate cooler, not sure how it works ;)

But water goes in through one side,

and on the other side milk comes out cold lol
 
No,


^^ COLD PLATE \/\/
^^ COLD PLATE \/\/
^^ COLD PLATE \/\/
^^ COLD PLATE \/\/
^^ COLD PLATE \/\/
^^ COLD PLATE \/\/
^^ COLD PLATE \/\/

Water MILK.


Water cools the milk basically :p

Anyone tried this sort of thing with water cooling ?
 
If you're still having condensation issues drop me an email (in trust) and I'll send you a linky to a fantastic walkthrough - it's from the guys I buy mine off and it's brilliant! 3 builds later and yet to have issues!

As a basic start, get one of these:

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Proper neoprene pack with thicknesses ranging from 3/8" to 1/16", that and some di-electric and you'll never have to worry again (Alternatively, I like to old Liquid Latex instead or the Di-Electric, comes in cool colours and far easier to remove!)
 
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Exactly what i have, Although from work. But i didnt really cut it proberly, until now so its all fine, thanks. :)

I made some changes to my system,

1. Installed 3800X2 LDBHE 0601UPMW

2. Taken my water block off the 6800 and install stock hs/f - lol cable ties) (lost all the fittings)

3. Tidied the system up and installed a 350 hyper PSU to power 12vddc pump and 3x panaflow fans using a PSU trick adapter, this is not powering the system, i have a 600watt PSP for that.
Ive done this because now the pump can pump all day long keeping the tec cool, just keeping system independant of TEC.

All working good at 10c at 2.4Ghz, not tried to OC tonight as getting windows sorted. I will update in the weekend and upload some pics of the tidy system and hopfully a hugh OC :rolleyes: .

Janesy
edit - just tried dual core prime 95 on small FFT. the temp gradualy went up and over 46c from a 10c idle. I believe the contact is good due the the temp went up in a degree at a time. but lol saw the ice melt of the tec :eek:
This 226watt tec not powerful enough?
 
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Hmmm... TEC should be enough, althoug might be the problem. If you've got a temp probe, measure the differnce between the air temp in front of, and behind the rad and let us know what the difference is. Might be worth running the Fans at 12v for a while and see if that's the problem. The other possibility is the installation on the cold plate/tec/maze 4, did you do it yourself, and if so, did you follow the guidelines on correct pressures etc... If there isn't enough EVEN pressure between the coldplate and the Pelt you lose a lot of efficiency - having said that, I didn't pay much attention to mine and it worked fine, but might be worth tightening it up a bit.
 
Well this is my max overclock at the moment. Regardless of the temperture issues i still have. Max temp overloading the TEC.




I still havnt found a fix, and taking my tec setup apart manytimes, i now think its to do with either the lack of proper ceramic compound used on the hot side of the cold plate and or my water cooling is getting mashed.

But anyhow. reached the max OC of the board. my opteron got this far but at least i now have dual core @ 2.91Ghz
So to all that have helped, thank you.
 
That's an awesome clock for a dual core - good job - As a rough guide - If you can measure the difference in temp across the rad, let us know - otherwise, enjoy the fruits of your labour!
 
I am lmao today :(, the TEC power supply has stopped working, cpu temp was going through the roof at 60+ idle.
the TECs sure do insulate.

So im back on my Water using a storm tonight when i set it all back up again. Im thinking it all hasnt been worth it. but hey ho.
 
You still using one on your GFX card - well worth the effort and you can run it straight off your PSU - I'd recommend the 226W (ish) ones - make a real difference to the Core clocks!
 
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