Peltier cooler
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Pneumonic currently has a project in progress here working with a large number of TECs to chill his watercooling system.
I believe JonJ may have played.
But your best option would be to head over to the xtremesystems forums as the guys over there seem to play with the more exotic cooling methods
I believe JonJ may have played.
But your best option would be to head over to the xtremesystems forums as the guys over there seem to play with the more exotic cooling methods
Ahhh i have seen that build post but never looked. I use subzero water atm but thing add a stack of these and see what happens.
Just wanted some feed back.
O iam not thinking of useing the peltier to cool the water was going to fit the Pel to the CPU and try that.
Just wanted some feed back.
O iam not thinking of useing the peltier to cool the water was going to fit the Pel to the CPU and try that.
Iam sorting a phase change cooler so while its in bits can test the pelt.
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Sort of defeats the purpose if you ask me, since they get so ridiculously hot on the other side that you need to cool the peltier itself one way or the other.
Plus the power usage etc it doesn't really seem worth it to me.
Plus the power usage etc it doesn't really seem worth it to me.
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They can be staked to increase efficiency but this doesn't increase cooling capacity.
A normal psu can be used but this requires opening it up and joining both 12v rails to get the desired amperage and a relatively beefy psu is needed.
As modern processors are producing more heat direct die cooling is becoming less viable due the tecs running close to their limit as once they their limit they burn up and will more than likely take the cpu with them due to the extreme of temperature. This is where chilled water is taking place, by using the tecs to cool a water loop sub zero temperatures while using another water loop to cool the tecs you can achieve temps at full load of a couple of degrees below zero.
I will be playing with a chilled water setup at some point in the future once i've got a rig to replace the eeepc, but i'm hoping to fit this into a relatively small case compared to whats used. The cm 690 II to be precise as this has the capacity to allow for twin dual rads.
A normal psu can be used but this requires opening it up and joining both 12v rails to get the desired amperage and a relatively beefy psu is needed.
As modern processors are producing more heat direct die cooling is becoming less viable due the tecs running close to their limit as once they their limit they burn up and will more than likely take the cpu with them due to the extreme of temperature. This is where chilled water is taking place, by using the tecs to cool a water loop sub zero temperatures while using another water loop to cool the tecs you can achieve temps at full load of a couple of degrees below zero.
I will be playing with a chilled water setup at some point in the future once i've got a rig to replace the eeepc, but i'm hoping to fit this into a relatively small case compared to whats used. The cm 690 II to be precise as this has the capacity to allow for twin dual rads.