pelts, coldplates, spacers, pressure?

[sam]

if i were to want to pelt my system, do i need to get one of those special waterblocks that squeeze the crap out of the peltier? i read somewhere that you need lots of pressure to get any sort of efficiency out of a pelt...
also, i am a bit confused about when and where coldplates and spacers need to be used in a cooling setup... any comments?

 

[Colin]

Yep, pelts like 150 PSI. Check out the Danger Den Maze 2.1 and 2.2. The order is waterblock, pelt, coldplate, CPU.

 

[sam]

what about the pressure between the coldplate and the waterblock that is needed, if this is even true???

 

[Colin]

The pelt being between the waterblock and coldplate needs the pressure between these two surfaces to be close to 150 PSI for the best results.