Graphite Posted December 21, 2005 Posted December 21, 2005 Trying to find a setup to keep the temps near or below room temperature. Got a nice watercooling system right now, but when the temps start going over 100F on the cpu, i start cranking up the fans. If i could keep those temps down around 60-70F...i wouldn't have to crank the fan up so high. Heard some things about waterchillers....cost a ton, and take up a bit of room, and cost a ton. Waterchiller Using a peltier setup will drop me down into temperatures i'm not ready to deal with. Looking at condensation and things like that...i'd rather stay away from it. Is there a way to control the TEC as to not transfer heat so quickly? That way i can almost control the temperature. Increase and/or decrease the voltage to the TEC to control where the temperatures are going. Not sure if this is possible, TEC's baffle the living crap out of me. Let's hear some ideas on how to keep the 10 cups of water in my system at a nice 60-70F degrees. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thespin Posted December 21, 2005 Posted December 21, 2005 The heat transferred is a function of the current draw. I would venture to guess that if you controlled the voltage, you could control the temps ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphite Posted December 21, 2005 Posted December 21, 2005 TEC's wouldn't bother me to much if i know exactly how they worked...IE startup. When i hit the power button on my computer, and the CPU starts heating up...does the TEC instantly hit the x temperature...or is it a "warmup-cooldown" procedure. Is the TEC running constantly? Even when the CPU is off? Does the CPU care if it's temperature fluctuates from 70F to 110F back to 70F? Will their be damage to the chip if i leave a TEC running even when the power to the CPU is off? Questions like this are never asked on any forums dealing with TECs...and they are very basic questions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDMF Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Startup temps depend on the wattage of the pelt and the thickness of the cold plate. The CPU heats faster than the Pelt cools, Using a cold plate 5/16 of an inch or better absorbs the heat and allows the pelt time to to cool off. Some systems have a problem firing a CPU off below 0 degrees, most don't though so you can set it up to fire the entire system at the same time. My last pelt system didn't have a problem firing up cold so I used a PCI card that delayed computer startup 5 seconds after the pump and Peltier PSU fired. I sent you a PM on some stuff as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 You might consider a seperate PSU that is what most people do for pelts. If you are not giving them enough juce they can act as insolators. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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