I have been looking at peltiers on some sites and now its got me interested in peltier cooling either my GPU or CPU, perhaps both. What I don't know is whether i'm going to have to use a seperate PSU to run them. I've seen that the excellent coolercases do them, but am I going to require one if I only use an 80w to cool my GPU? If on the other hand I do require a seperate PSU... will it be capable of running both the 80w GPU and the 170w+ cpu pelt? I have an x800xt and xp3500 winchester cpu core. Please help
I really don't mean to sound like a smartass (because I know sometimes I do --hey, at least I've got insight, right?), and please don't take this in any way as a put-down or criticism. It's just that when someone asks you "how do you use the clutch pedal?" you know they're not quite ready to take the keys to that Porsche... Pelt-cooling is the ninja level of extreme cooling. You need to understand watercooling and electrics quite well, and you'll be working with water, pretty high currents and condensation. If you cannot work out the PSU power requirements for a 80W + 170W pelt yourself, perhaps you are not quite there yet... However Procooling.com forums are an excellent source of information on Pelt cooling, and definitely worth a read. Meanwhile, in answer to your query the PSU sold by Coolercases should manage. However it is not just a matter of hooking the lot up and away --hence I recommend you do more reading on it.
thats fine, I just found it very interesting thats all.. I do agree with you on what you're saying there. Though i'm used to working with high current's being a sparky I am going to study them a little more... Basically all I was asking was people to put their input into the subject so I can get more of a grasp of the technical element of peltier cooling systems. thanks anyway
Yip, like Nexxo quite rightly points out...........its one thing to water cool a rig where temperatures don't go below ambient hence no condensation to worry about but its a big step up going into pelt cooling which will inevitably lead to sub ambient and with the correct watt pelt onto sub zero temps so plenty of condensation prevention is needed. A good entry into pelt cooling is with the Danger Den Maze4-1 GPU kit which comes with everything including 80watt pelt that can run off most normal PSU's for cooling your GFX card so works out not very expensive at all and will give you a great insight as to how they work.....not to mention the fun factor. I wrote a fitting guide a while back which might be worth checking out >>here<< I got to admit it was a lot of fun but not something i would like to run on my No1 PC on a daily basis anyway. Procooling is definitely your friend on this one.
OK thanks for that info... you can be expecting an order from me within the next few weeks anyway and I shall possibly include one of those kits too. Can I just ask why you say that you wouldnt run it on your normal rig? is that due to the condensation? thanks for the input guys
Same reason you wouldn't drive to the supermarket in a Formula 1 car. Sure, you'd get there very fast, but what's the point of that? Plus you'd have to nursemaid such a high-performing engine along continuously, at great financial cost, to keep it from blowing up. Your regular car would not be quite as fast, but you'd know that all you need to do is service it once a year, fill it up every week or two and it will just work reliably every time that you turn the key. Even watercooling, I think, is pushing the envelope a little bit. That's OK for the gaming geeks amongst us. But I use my rig also for work. This is why I use fill-and-forget PF-5080 as a coolant-- I want the performance and silence, but at the end of the day Metaversa is my main rig and it needs to be practical and reliable as well.
Thanks that was so well said, I think you are absolutely right in what you've said there... I think pelts for me after reading up on them are a little too much for what I actually need. At the end of the day all I use my system for is gaming and some business, but I want performance with silence Thanks for the help !
Absolutely: "A master's touch is light." --the Wize Master Good luck with your project, and don't forget to show us the pics!
