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Is this water or phase?

AHHHHH... that kit is incredible, ive been doing some research on it. Basically it uses a TEC to chill the water instead of having the water cool the TEC plate on top of the cpu. The only problem i see with this kit however is the delta from idle to load is a bit too extreme. idle at full ranges from 27C and load will go up to 44C. This was however tested on a prescott, and there known to heat up quite a bit. Either way, the price tag on that unit is too extreme. For 399 u probably get the new OCZ phase, but thats my opinion.
 
Peltier kits basically make one side of a special plate very cold, the other side very hot, so you need the water to cool the hot side. I agree with the above. Wait for the OCZ model.
 
All I know is that running a Peltier indirectly like that simply does not give you the mostest out of the Peltier. In fact, they seemed to have forgotten to tell us just how big the Peltier unit(s) are. Quite often, the whole concept of using a Peltier is sound, but because a unit is used that is too small, the results are poor with all that heat gain.

Speaking of 478 pin 3.2 GHz Prescott chips, mine runs at 4.4 GHz rock steady, but this is with a direct Peltier unit that is rated at 226 watts. It takes a 24 amp +12 volt dedicated power supply to run it and extra large radiators... exterior ones to rid the heat as it is produced. The end result is -5 C under full load.
 
And I couldn't find any info on how much heat (measured by Watt) it's capable of dissipiating. Also, how much power does it consume itself?

Agree on the price. It's very expensive and actually that's why I got curious about it to begin with. It's too expensive for water and somewhat cheap/small for phase.
 
I rarely fear what a marketer of just about anything tells me. I fear the information they conveniently leave out!

The main advantage with a direct Peltier vs. a compressed system is that the compressed systems as I've seen them all come in very cramped cases and trying to add water cooling for even one video card is very hard and for two?... I guess anything's possible, but for all the compressor noise and space limitations, for what little you gain over a properly done Peltier system, I'll stick with the Peltier! Going from -5 C to -35 C you gain.... 2%!!! Yeppers, as impossible as that may sound, that's all you get! Problem is the doing the Peltier right which is rarely done. almost without exception it takes a very large Peltier attatched to an efficeient water block and run on its own power suppy. It must also have very, very big external radiators to rid yourself of all that heat. After all, the Peltier runs at a factor not exceeding like > 69 F of what the water temperature is. Let the water heat to 45 F and you'll suffer as well on a Peltier system.

In fact, it may be unpoplular to point out that properly done water cooling alone takes you most of the way there as far as cooling goes. I got all the way from 3.2 to 4.0 on water alone, but it was water with the more efficient water blocks and big, external radiators. Half measures will yield 1/4 results as far as I've seen.
 
as was said by some....they do not say what the exact pelt specs were......and the most inportant.....where this unit was getting its power??....from the computer PS.....you cant get good pelt performance without a dedicated PS.....big amps=lower temps....(if everything is setup right across the board)
 
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