Peltier elements

[munka]

I am about to by a Thunderbird and want to overclock the balls off it. I live in Australia and we see air temperatures up to 45 degree C. I see little point in pumping around 40 degree water so I am thinking the peltier is the best way to go. I have 300 watt power supply. I have available a 55W Senfu Peltier (TEC) Element for $36 which sounds like a very good buy and to be honest i don't want to drain any more than 55W but I would like to know what experience other have had with water coolers.
What kind of insulation is needed? Do you need a shim?
Can a normal heatsing fan be used or will i need to weaken the spring?
I intend to use a FOP-32 on top of it, and hopefully get my hands on silverado later.

Any relevant input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Munka

 

[FreeFrag]

NOOOOOO! I tried a Senfu 55Watt Peltier on my Duron 900@1044, if failed miserably and the heat from the CPU overwhelmed the peltier. You need a peliter twice the wattage of your CPU, i'd go for a 120Watt in your case, and THAT would greate condensation if you weren't careful. The 55Watt created condensation when I tried it with my slot one heatsink.

You should use water cooling with A peltier above 75Watt, 55 heated up my Copper Hedgehog. I needed to weaken the spring, IT WOULD NOT FIT unless I bent it a bit. You can use a shim with the Peltier, although you dont NEED one. I imagine you are getting the Peltier from CoolPC (I got mine there), you could ask them if they have bigger (as in wattage) peltiers, because i wouldn't waste my time with a 55Watt. You could use one for A chipset or Video card

I did a writeup of my experiences, it'll be on Overclockers Australia soon