inertia
05-24-01, 11:30 AM
Well, now I've done it. I've puchased the follwing:
AOpen AK73-1394 motherboard www.myaopen.com
256 MB PC150 CAS2 mem http://www.coastmemory.com
$76.50 after shipping = a really good deal.
GeForce2 MX www.pcstop.com
AMD TBird 1420-1520m http://ocz.safeshopper.com/index.htm?849
125W TEC http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=CTLG_010_019_000_000&product_id=900-8562
They tell me it'll do AT LEAST 1420 with air cooling at 1.85v.
However, what I wanna' do is water cool - with a peltier. What size TEC am I gonna' need with the assumption that I've got a constant supply of room temperature water 30C in summer. I've read all of the theoretical papers about 10 times and I just wanna know what's REALLY being done. I've got a TEC that pulls 8.5A at 15.4v which puts it, I think, in the neighborhood of 125W. Will this be enough to handle 100W from the CPU? I've got a dual out PS (12/15v) from ebay for $20 that will supply that current and then some.
Next, I'm crafting my own waterblock in the spirit of the one's hawked by Tidal Pool. I believe I've seen a good review of these. Any one have any experience with 'em?
ciao
AOpen AK73-1394 motherboard www.myaopen.com
256 MB PC150 CAS2 mem http://www.coastmemory.com
$76.50 after shipping = a really good deal.
GeForce2 MX www.pcstop.com
AMD TBird 1420-1520m http://ocz.safeshopper.com/index.htm?849
125W TEC http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=CTLG_010_019_000_000&product_id=900-8562
They tell me it'll do AT LEAST 1420 with air cooling at 1.85v.
However, what I wanna' do is water cool - with a peltier. What size TEC am I gonna' need with the assumption that I've got a constant supply of room temperature water 30C in summer. I've read all of the theoretical papers about 10 times and I just wanna know what's REALLY being done. I've got a TEC that pulls 8.5A at 15.4v which puts it, I think, in the neighborhood of 125W. Will this be enough to handle 100W from the CPU? I've got a dual out PS (12/15v) from ebay for $20 that will supply that current and then some.
Next, I'm crafting my own waterblock in the spirit of the one's hawked by Tidal Pool. I believe I've seen a good review of these. Any one have any experience with 'em?
ciao