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just saw this at bestbyte.com and was wondering two things. how effective would it be for its price and how would you install it (just slip it under the hs or more)?
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Swiftech 72watt Thermoelectric Module
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A 72 watt peltier isn't going to help at all with any of the latest processors these days. 172 watt is the lowest you'd ever wan't, but you'd need water cooling or better to handle it.
A 72-watt peltier is not going to cut it for a modern CPU. For using peltiers, you need an additional power supply, and a special waterblock with a spot for the peltier to go. Check out the extreme cooling section, they will have more knowledge about peltiers.
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"A 72 watt peltier isn't going to help at all with any of the latest processors these days. 172 watt is the lowest you'd ever wan't, but you'd need water cooling or better to handle it."
Yeah, a P4 uses about 85w @ stock.
And water cooling is not required, you can use a very big heatsink and some powerful fans instead.
Yeah, a P4 uses about 85w @ stock.
And water cooling is not required, you can use a very big heatsink and some powerful fans instead.
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^ water cooling is not required.
However good watercooling is nearly as effective getting slightly above ambient. Bongs go just as much beow ambient if you're into that.
Anyone intrested in a heatsink tec on a modern cpu imho needs to just sit down and do it water cooled from the beginning.
The simple fact remains if the #1 heatsink in the world for computer cooling can "bearly" eek by with those loads today.
You might as well throw it in the garbage as a $40 waste in two years.
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Atleast you won't *have* top upgrade a water system two or three years down the line to handle a heatload, at which point you could ahve just bought the 3 or 4 expencive ehatsinks WITHOUT the cost of a TEC by themselves.
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This is a major advantage of water that noone talks about. ONE TIME ENTRY FEE!!! If you're smart enough for the simple process of picking out your parts, putting it together, and having it work well enough, you're smart enough to come up with a hold-down plate when sicket change...
However good watercooling is nearly as effective getting slightly above ambient. Bongs go just as much beow ambient if you're into that.
Anyone intrested in a heatsink tec on a modern cpu imho needs to just sit down and do it water cooled from the beginning.
The simple fact remains if the #1 heatsink in the world for computer cooling can "bearly" eek by with those loads today.
You might as well throw it in the garbage as a $40 waste in two years.
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Atleast you won't *have* top upgrade a water system two or three years down the line to handle a heatload, at which point you could ahve just bought the 3 or 4 expencive ehatsinks WITHOUT the cost of a TEC by themselves.
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This is a major advantage of water that noone talks about. ONE TIME ENTRY FEE!!! If you're smart enough for the simple process of picking out your parts, putting it together, and having it work well enough, you're smart enough to come up with a hold-down plate when sicket change...
