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- Apr 25, 2002
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- Austin, Texas
Maybe this has been done or proposed before, but I keep going over it in my head, and although it seems like a good idea, I'm still not sure. I've looked alot into TECs and how they're used on processors, and just recently came aware of the fact that they can be used to chill the water before it reaches the processor, or in place of a radiator all together, so here's my idea.
Ok, say that you're gonna watercool your processer, and you want to put a water chiller on. Now, from what I know, the best way is to have the water running on the cold side, and passively/actively cool the hot side some way. Would it be feasible to have setup, say, where the same TEC that is chilling the water, is also being cooled on the hot side by the same system? Basically, you would go pump -> radiator -> TEC cold -> processor -> TEC warm -> resevoir -> pump. It seems sort of dumb at first, but if you think about it, it should technically work if you have a radiator that's big enough to cool both the processor and the TEC to room temperature BEFORE it hits the TEC cold side to be chilled BELOW room temperature. Say, a big triple 120mm radiator or whatever.
Or maybe I havn't been getting enough sleep. Anyway, sorry if this has been brought up before.
Ok, say that you're gonna watercool your processer, and you want to put a water chiller on. Now, from what I know, the best way is to have the water running on the cold side, and passively/actively cool the hot side some way. Would it be feasible to have setup, say, where the same TEC that is chilling the water, is also being cooled on the hot side by the same system? Basically, you would go pump -> radiator -> TEC cold -> processor -> TEC warm -> resevoir -> pump. It seems sort of dumb at first, but if you think about it, it should technically work if you have a radiator that's big enough to cool both the processor and the TEC to room temperature BEFORE it hits the TEC cold side to be chilled BELOW room temperature. Say, a big triple 120mm radiator or whatever.
Or maybe I havn't been getting enough sleep. Anyway, sorry if this has been brought up before.