Danny_75 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Has anyone ever tried/played about with these? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I haven't but I wouldn't dabble in them these days. CPUs put out too much heat to get a reasonable peltier (both in terms of cost and power consumption/cooling). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_75 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I haven't but I wouldn't dabble in them these days. CPUs put out too much heat to get a reasonable peltier (both in terms of cost and power consumption/cooling). I was thinking that but just ordered a 400Watt Peltier for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I have, it is not worth the effort. Waco is right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_75 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I have, it is not worth the effort. Waco is right. What results did you get and with what size(watt) of cooler? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) /tries to find the thread about the melted peltier yeah, another vote for it being "not worth it" this day and age. back during the socket A days, a properly cooled peltier would work well edit: i think this is it. http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=26078 sadly no pictures though Edited February 12, 2010 by airman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) I messed with em also, they are more trouble than there worth... Edited February 12, 2010 by road-runner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_75 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I messed with em also, they are more trouble than there worth... What happened there ??? did it just get that hot ? or no cooling on the hot side ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 A leak after several months so there was no cooling on the hot side, they dont get cold enough either and are a pain to set up... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_75 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Ahh right that was my next Q. atm i get 9C @4.2 idle 50ish full load. what do they do? I have ordered a 400Watt one just to play with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psywar Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I used one back in the day pretty successful, I used to have all my photos and stuff on here, but I cannot find them anymore. But this was before Bosco ran OCC so I think there was a bit of lost info when the swapping of owners happened. This was back on an old Pentium 3 933MHz. I think but don't quote me, I ran my CPU at about -15 deg. It really is quite a hassle though you need to seal up the back and front side of the cpu holder with Dow Corning, its a clear silicon that drys hard, and it keeps all the electroids n crap from getting water/moisture in them. You also need to buy neoprene and put it on the outside and back of the cpu holder as well. As these guys said with how hot these new CPU's run it makes it so you have to make the hotside even colder. There is a Hot side and a Cold side on a TEC. If you use no cooling on the hotside, the coldside becomes hot. Now if you place the coldside on a hot surface, then the hot side of the TEC has to be marginally cooler in order for the cold side of the TEC to work well at all. I honestly do not think water cooling would work all that well unless your water is running at a pretty constant 32-35deg F. Don't quote me on this though. I seriously have not read about or used a TEC since about 2002-2003. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) Mine got to about -15c idle with a 3.2EE, I cant remember load temps as it was long ago but I am thinking it was around 15c in a 25c room... Edit: This guy used to be on OCC years ago and designed a block and all that was getting the most out of peltiers, not sure if you can still buy them or not... http://www.wintschlabs.com/ArcticWeb.html Edited February 12, 2010 by road-runner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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