power supply for a TEC

spookywillow · 9 Jul 2007 at 00:13

i have a 34w tec to chill my watercooling, would a 300w psu with 30amps on the 5v rail ( what i'll be running it on) be good enough to run it without it exploding or something lol

the only things that will be running on that psu are 2 120mm fans and 1 80mm fan.

RaiderX · 9 Jul 2007 at 00:33

a 300w would be fine for that

spookywillow · 9 Jul 2007 at 07:51

ok thanks

BristolBulldog · 9 Jul 2007 at 15:08

is there an easy adaptor to run a second psu?

i'm running a 750watt toughpower psu, but it will end up running a quad (amd or intel), hd2900xt, ddc ultra, 4x1gb ddr2, 1xhd 1xdvd.

it says 60a for 12v.

so could i run a tec on there as well? i am thinking more along the lines of chipset.

the other option is to run a 430 watt tec on a quad. anyone know the amps needed to run one of these? and how they do on a quad?

RaiderX · 9 Jul 2007 at 15:10

what you cooling with the TEC? a 34w wont do much, probably drop 1-2c over air

spookywillow · 9 Jul 2007 at 17:43

BristolBulldog said:
is there an easy adaptor to run a second psu?

i'm running a 750watt toughpower psu, but it will end up running a quad (amd or intel), hd2900xt, ddc ultra, 4x1gb ddr2, 1xhd 1xdvd.

it says 60a for 12v.

so could i run a tec on there as well? i am thinking more along the lines of chipset.

the other option is to run a 430 watt tec on a quad. anyone know the amps needed to run one of these? and how they do on a quad?

i have an adapter that came with my case so i can use 2 psu's, i'll fish it out in a bit and tell you what it looks like.

i'll be using the tec to chill my watercooling, first time ever using a tec so i only got a small one to have a mess about with so i'm not expecting any miracles

heres a pic

Starfall · 10 Jul 2007 at 10:45

Sorry if it sounds harsh but i don't think it will achieve anything...

But best of luck with your experiments

Marci · 10 Jul 2007 at 11:23

It is indeed pointless with a TEC of such a low wattage. It won't affect water temps at all.

You'll need to register, but see http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?s=&threadid=141703 & http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?s=&threadid=141703

cavemanoc · 10 Jul 2007 at 21:12

Were you to stick a metal coaster to the top of that little beasty and perhaps sink it into your desk it would keep your drink nice and cool (Always wanted to do that, but can't bring myself to destroy my lovely desk)

spookywillow · 10 Jul 2007 at 23:57

lol i guess your right, i fired it up today and it did get cold but just by keeping my finger on it kept it from getting too cold. oh well it could have worked