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Where do you install them? Also do you guys think it'll make a big performance increase without it? THanks.
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cold plates
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what are you going to be using it for? If its for a peltier then it goes on the bottom of the peltier.
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What's a peltier? (sorry i'm a noob at watercooling)
a peltier is a device that uses alot of energy to create a really cold and really hot side, thus allowing you to cool a cpu to extreme temperatures.
The cold plate is designed to spread out the heat of the cpu across the peltier i believe. If you dont have a peltier then it wont prove helpful, it actually might hurt your temps since the heat would have to go throught more material before it got absorbed by the water.
The cold plate is designed to spread out the heat of the cpu across the peltier i believe. If you dont have a peltier then it wont prove helpful, it actually might hurt your temps since the heat would have to go throught more material before it got absorbed by the water.
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Cold Plate Materials and Thickness
That's a bit about coldplates. Heat does not conduct across the cold side of a peltier, so in order to use the power of the entire pelt instead of a small CPU die sized area, you use a coldplate.
That's a bit about coldplates. Heat does not conduct across the cold side of a peltier, so in order to use the power of the entire pelt instead of a small CPU die sized area, you use a coldplate.
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sup3rcarrx8 said:
So sorry for not making my self clear...
If you are not planning to take an extreme path (using a peltier) then you won't need a cold plate
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But what exactly does the peltier do? Is it essential to a WC setup?
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A peltier is not part of any standard water cooling system. With a standard watercooling system you only need a waterblock to go on your CPU. Not a coldplate, peltier etc.
Parts of watercooling system
Pump
CPU Waterblock
Radiator
Resivoir or Tline
tubes
tube fittings
GPU waterblock (optional)
Northbridge waterblock (optional)
anyone feel free to expand on this list if I missed anything
heres a diagram of a standard tline setup
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=235168&highlight=tline+diagram
Parts of watercooling system
Pump
CPU Waterblock
Radiator
Resivoir or Tline
tubes
tube fittings
GPU waterblock (optional)
Northbridge waterblock (optional)
anyone feel free to expand on this list if I missed anything
heres a diagram of a standard tline setup
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=235168&highlight=tline+diagram
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Ok thanks for clearing that up guys. ^^
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baisically, peltiers will cool your system further more provided that there is a sufficient cooling.
Normally people will add WCing since its more effective than air cooling.
Most people decide not to walk that path due to
1. Another power supply
2. condensation problem
3. headache...
Normally people will add WCing since its more effective than air cooling.
Most people decide not to walk that path due to
1. Another power supply
2. condensation problem
3. headache...
