Dual ?? Frost-Fighter Gel / Coldplates

[Inteleron]

Is this stuff worth getting? has anyone heard of it? i forget the site that had a link or sold it... the site was EXTREMELY informative and since i format / switch hardware every few hours i never save any info ... also would i need this for a 80w pelt?
i plan on using it on my 633 celeron all i have is some cell foam will this be enough? and how should i cool this sucker? i have a cool-computers.com H20 kit in the mail but is it possible to cool a 80w pelt with a HSF? and could a 65w or 36w pelt chill a Celeron from 600 to 1200 with only cooling w/ a HSF? (future setup thoughts)


and... what the hell is a coldplate and what are they used for? i sorta know.. but i sorta dont... inform me please Thanks guys :D

[Diggrr]

I believe the 65 or the 80 would do your celery quite well. You would need a good hsf to handle the heat it makes, but it shouldn't go too badly. I wouldn't swear to this, I haven't used an Intel chip for a while, but I don't think you can double your clock speed no matter what you use to cool it.

A coldplate is used to spread the heat/cold from the usually smaller cpu surface to an area the size of the peltier chip (40mm up to 50mm). It's second function is the clamping pressure required by the pelt far exceeds the pressure your socket can take. So the pelt is bolted tightly between the coldplate and the waterblock (or hsf), then that assembly is mounted in the normal fashion (mind the extra thickness). Don't use a coldplate that doesn't have boltholes to bolt it to the waterblock, the peltier will not perform as well as it could.

[ButcherUK]

Diggrr is right on the mark there.
As for condensation, you should definitely protect against it. You'll need to seal the socket with silicone dielectric grease or similar. Then if you make sure the coldplate is well insultated with the closed-cell (note it must be closed-cell) foam, and also put foam over the motherboard socket pins (assuming it's a socket cip, if not insulate the whole slot assembly). You should be ok. There are lots of good articles on this.