12VDC Pelts at BGMicro

richone · 03-15-2002, 08:48 PM

What do you think these pelts will be like? They are cheap (3/$20) and I was tempted to get them to try different ideas before buying a more powerful peltier.

Any opinions?

Brad · 03-15-2002, 11:50 PM

not too powerful, and fairly small, they'd be good for ram I think, maybe even some on a gpu or nb, but definately not for a cpu

richone · 03-16-2002, 01:47 PM

Well I have a few ideas I wish to try with these cheaper pelts. Some GPU cooling and a water chiller. I am not trying to go sub-zero on my CPU, I just want to hold and nail ambient, so a chiller might help that goal. I am consistantly at 10C over ambient with both my cpu and gpu at idle and about 13C with a full load.

Nomad0 · 03-31-2002, 01:45 PM

What about using of those pelts for hard disks?

Brad · 03-31-2002, 03:00 PM

i would be hesitant doing it with hard disks, but then it may work just fine, maybe you should email seagate about that

futRtrubL · 04-15-2002, 08:09 PM

Putting a pelt on a hd is a BAD idea, you won't get better performance, in fact you will get worce as the hd is set to work optimally with the platters at or just above room temp, at any other temperature circuitry has to compensate for the thermal expansion (or contraction) of the platters. Niether is it likely to give better reliability.

Edward

03-15-2002, 08:48 PM	#1
richone Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 33	12VDC Pelts at BGMicro What do you think these pelts will be like? They are cheap (3/$20) and I was tempted to get them to try different ideas before buying a more powerful peltier. Any opinions? __________________ --------------------------- Yes, Yes I Am Watercooled. Live Temps

03-15-2002, 11:50 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	not too powerful, and fairly small, they'd be good for ram I think, maybe even some on a gpu or nb, but definately not for a cpu __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

03-16-2002, 01:47 PM	#3
richone Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 33	Well I have a few ideas I wish to try with these cheaper pelts. Some GPU cooling and a water chiller. I am not trying to go sub-zero on my CPU, I just want to hold and nail ambient, so a chiller might help that goal. I am consistantly at 10C over ambient with both my cpu and gpu at idle and about 13C with a full load. __________________ --------------------------- Yes, Yes I Am Watercooled. Live Temps

03-31-2002, 03:00 PM	#5
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	i would be hesitant doing it with hard disks, but then it may work just fine, maybe you should email seagate about that __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

03-31-2002, 01:45 PM	#4
Nomad0 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: UK Posts: 17	What about using of those pelts for hard disks?

04-15-2002, 08:09 PM	#6
futRtrubL Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Kingston, Jamaica Posts: 204	Putting a pelt on a hd is a BAD idea, you won't get better performance, in fact you will get worce as the hd is set to work optimally with the platters at or just above room temp, at any other temperature circuitry has to compensate for the thermal expansion (or contraction) of the platters. Niether is it likely to give better reliability. Edward

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