best swiftech peltier?

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

Well i did a search, and found maybe a couple of topics on this, but didnt know how old they were, and since i want to best swiftech pelt now, i might as well ask. Out of the COLDEST liquid (water coolings) pelt blocks, which one is the absolute best (in terms of cooling) for my CPU? Also, will makeing a home made block adn adding a pelt on it be better? or worse? just need some pointers, and oppinions :) thx in advance!

[FIZZ3]

Originally posted by |\/|oDdiC(_)$
Well i did a search, and found maybe a couple of topics on this, but didnt know how old they were, and since i want to best swiftech pelt now, i might as well ask. Out of the COLDEST liquid (water coolings) pelt blocks, which one is the absolute best (in terms of cooling) for my CPU? Also, will makeing a home made block adn adding a pelt on it be better? or worse? just need some pointers, and oppinions :) thx in advance!

This seems to be SwifTech's best Peltier product:

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcw5000-PT.asp

I think you would have a hard time improving upon this combo. It could be possible, but it won't be easy.

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

that one is only foir pentium 4 chips or only intel i think, would you think that if i make a good CPU block (home made) , and add the pelt block thing, would it be just as good? or would it perform worse?

[Bender]

You can get Swiftech blocks in Athlon or P4 styles.

It’s going to be very tricky making a peltier block as good as the Swiftech. Everything down to the mounting system and coldplate are extremely high quality and well thought out. You might be able to build a better block but it will need quite a bit of time and patience.

Make sure you have a separate PSU to run the pelt. Don't forget condensation protection.

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

yeah i remember all that, im thinking of buying that PSU that danger den sells, i think the Mean Well, i forget the name... But im still not sure wether to make one or to buy it, i have like 1 and a half months to do it, and im good with machines, but i just want to be sure that if i DO put in all that time, $$ and effort, it wont be in vain. What would you guys do? make ur own? or just spend the $$ and buy one?

[modenaf1]

oh and just as a tip, dont forget insulation!!! ALOT of it!! becuase something colder than the air, makes condensation, making water, lots of it, and electronics dont like that ;)

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

lol i know that already and about the dielectric grease, but ya know that 100% distilled water wont short out a board when its on. cause all the ion particles have escaped out of the water therefore makeing it, non-conductive! booyeah :) lol

[Animal982]

If you are looking for a peltier block for AMD then the MCW462-UHT is the only SwiftTech block designed for AMD and Intels whereas the MCW5000-PT is specifically for Intels.

For cooling the peltier module the MCW5000-PT looks like it has a better internal flow setup compared to the MCW462-UHT but both will cool the peltier module well enough.

I think though, with the proper design, that you would be able to make your own block that beat both the SwiftTech blocks in performance in cooling the peltier. Right now the best peltier design I have seen looks to be like the design Cathar has for his in development Hydra GPU block.

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

could you please post a link to this? thanks :)

[seamadan000]

the condensation is from the water vapor in the air, so it doesn't matter if you have distilled water in the system. Condensation will fry it.

[Animal982]

Go check out Cathars sig on the Futuremark forums. It shows the Hydra block in his sig along with his other blocks.

[Spade]

lol i know that already and about the dielectric grease, but ya know that 100% distilled water wont short out a board when its on. cause all the ion particles have escaped out of the water therefore makeing it, non-conductive! booyeah lol


to this id like to say: (a word of caution)
does your case have ANY dust in it? no? you SURE?
because once that dust/dirt/pet hair/dandruff skin flakes, etc.
hits the de-ionized water, guess what? those particulates will conduct electricity, or at least screw up the water content so that it eventually will.
just be careful! :)

[qwerty57]

the condensation is from the water vapor in the air, so it doesn't matter if you have distilled water in the system. Condensation will fry it. lol who told you this?/ I have had and seen puddles of condensation on mobo's and parts and they worked and still work fine. condensation is pure water pure water is non-conductive... is it good, no but the odds of fring something are as good as you slipping with the screwdriver installing a HS on an AIRcooled chip. :)