Where to buy TECs

[Xris]

I had a pelt on a Pentium D a couple years ago. It isn't really all that worth the trouble. Your temps will be fairly good, but as mentioned they suck up power. The entire room I was in would get a few degrees hotter.

I couldn't imagine using a peltier on an air cooling setup. It's just foolish. The peltier would heat up your case like no other. Your box would need so many fans, it would sound like a jet. This is assuming you're using a high wattage peltier. Using a weaker one just wouldn't make sense price/performance. You need a second PSU and a small one is still too many watts to be worth the cooling benefits.

If you lived in an apartment with utilities included, had a great A/C system and you don't mind burning all that coal, then I suppose peltiers are for you.

 

[Zagi]

If you lived in an apartment with utilities included, had a great A/C system and you don't mind burning all that coal, then I suppose peltiers are for you.

Or if your like me and live in a dorm with utilities included....They wont be making much of a profit off me

 

[pillowsack]

Ok say you put a TEC in a 430WATT PSU like minimal TEC wattage maybe 50? Would that be fine on air cooling? Because if the TEC is pushing like 50C off this heatsink has it.



EDIT:

I found this http://item.express.ebay.com/Melcor...0QQitemZ270214248061QQihZ017QQcmdZExpressItem

Specs:

* 81.5-Watts (Qmax)
* 8.5-Amps (Imax)
* 740C (Delta Tmax)
* 16.4-Volts (Vmax) Can Run on 12-Volts as well
* Dimensions: 39.9mm x 39.9mm x 3.34mm
* 800C Max Temp
* Lapped Ceramic Surfaces
* 16-Guage Wire Leads
* 8.5-Inch Long Wire Leads


800C max temps? is that enough for air cooling? It would be on 12V line.

 

[Diddyu]

740 delta max? somethings wrong there, unless they meant 74 degrees...
And theres no way that would cool well. Your processor puts out ~65W at stock (2.1 ghz) so the pelt you linked would be able to run your processor cooler, but with no over clock.

 

[pillowsack]

well is there a TEC that would work with air, low power, and good voerclock?

 

[Doctor_Death]

I have a 12TEC Boreas Chiller and also a 6TEC Elite. I love both of them and they are both cooling QX9650s. One at 4GHz and the other at 4.5GHz. Thats the one the Boreas is cooling. Underload temps are 36c-34c-32c-32c Thats pretty good for 4.5GHz. The Elite keeps the other QX at 26c-24c24c-27c underload,Besides building and selling I also work as a reviewer,so i got both of them for free.

 

[gsrcrxsi]

how much power is 12 TEC's pulling?! what are the wattages of each? are they sinmply just stacked on top of each other?

 

[Automata]

how much power is 12 TEC's pulling?! what are the wattages of each? are they sinmply just stacked on top of each other?

I think I've seen that one. They use many pelts that are undervolted (which increases their efficiency) and cool over a larger area....not sure though.

 

[gsrcrxsi]

[OT]
hey thid, check out the thick fan thread, i had a quick question for ya
[/OT]

sorry but thats cool. how do they cool over a larger area when the chip surfce is only so big? or do they cool indirectly on something like a HS?

 

[Automata]

[OT]
hey thid, check out the thick fan thread, i had a quick question for ya
[/OT]

sorry but thats cool. how do they cool over a larger area when the chip surfce is only so big? or do they cool indirectly on something like a HS?

Yeah, that is what I'm thinking.

Fan thread?

 

[saxile]

linky for the boreas, http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7...2_TEC_Chiller_Unit_w_MTEC_Control_Center.html

oh, and the best way to tec cool an oc q6600+ is this http://www.arcticspider.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=4 with a 437 tec

 

[gsrcrxsi]

hmm ok so its cooling the water and not the cpu directly. looks neat. how cold could something like that get? i see its only 130W

 

[someone1029]

That water block looks nice! bit expensive though. What are the 4 barbs for?