singularity2006
01-07-2003, 06:53 AM
Does anyone have any recommendations for safely implenting a peltier cooling solution for an Athlon XP 2100+?
And just in case ya'll aren't familiar w/ peltier cooling, it's a method of cooling that uses two materials that have two different electron densities sandwhiched many times that when given an electrical current, try to achieve equilibrium. The more electronically dense material gives off electrons while the other tries to take electrons and in the process cause one to get really h0t and the other to get frosty cold... these peltier coolers produce one side that is like 140*F and the other side a frosty -20*C @ max efficiency in some cases ... one side obviously goes onto the CPU die and the other end makes contact w/ the heat sink.
However, the problem that arises here is that the heat sink produces excess case heat meaning u need one heck of a cooling solution for your case but your CPU stays frosty cold even when overclocked.
The next issue is that when u turn off the computer, the h0t and c0ld regions begin to return to an equilibrium temperature as the electrons settle back to the normal densities and the h0t and c0ld regions begin to ... I dare say ... CONDENSATE!!! =X Thus effectively frying the CPU or whatever may come in contact. I've seen all sorts of different things from silicon sealing the CPU and never turning off the computer and this and that ... but nothing SAFE.
Anyh0w, another big problem is that these peltier coolers often suck up more juice than the Wild Cat dual vide0 cards and require their own direct connect to your power supply... *shivers* ... but for -20*C on the CPU.... where do we find a balance???? :shrug:
And just in case ya'll aren't familiar w/ peltier cooling, it's a method of cooling that uses two materials that have two different electron densities sandwhiched many times that when given an electrical current, try to achieve equilibrium. The more electronically dense material gives off electrons while the other tries to take electrons and in the process cause one to get really h0t and the other to get frosty cold... these peltier coolers produce one side that is like 140*F and the other side a frosty -20*C @ max efficiency in some cases ... one side obviously goes onto the CPU die and the other end makes contact w/ the heat sink.
However, the problem that arises here is that the heat sink produces excess case heat meaning u need one heck of a cooling solution for your case but your CPU stays frosty cold even when overclocked.
The next issue is that when u turn off the computer, the h0t and c0ld regions begin to return to an equilibrium temperature as the electrons settle back to the normal densities and the h0t and c0ld regions begin to ... I dare say ... CONDENSATE!!! =X Thus effectively frying the CPU or whatever may come in contact. I've seen all sorts of different things from silicon sealing the CPU and never turning off the computer and this and that ... but nothing SAFE.
Anyh0w, another big problem is that these peltier coolers often suck up more juice than the Wild Cat dual vide0 cards and require their own direct connect to your power supply... *shivers* ... but for -20*C on the CPU.... where do we find a balance???? :shrug: