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arken420 · 03-26-2004, 04:51 PM

I'm planning my TEC setup for cooling my CPU and GPU. I've got a 120 watt peltier for my CPU, it's 24V 8.4A. I'm getting all 24V fans for my case and radiator, so I can power them all off a 24V meanwell rated at 10A. The fans aren't pulling much amps ~.06-.05A, so I'm fairly certain I'll only be slightly over the 84% efficiency rating. I'm not worried about that setup.

I'd like to run an 80 watt, 15.2v TEC for the GPU. I don't want to run three PSU's in my case and was wondering what affect it would have, if any, on any other components in my PC, like HDs, CD-Drives and that sort of stuff. I'd like to use Enermax's new EG425P-VE SFMA, which has 2 12v rails. One for the motherboard and the other for drives and that kind of stuff. If I put the TEC on the same rail as the drives, which wouldn't be more than 2 WD HD's pulling little more than 1A, and a CD-R/W pulling 1.5A, would the TEC do anything bad to the drives?

03-26-2004, 04:51 PM	#1
arken420 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kailua, HI Posts: 31	TEC powering question I'm planning my TEC setup for cooling my CPU and GPU. I've got a 120 watt peltier for my CPU, it's 24V 8.4A. I'm getting all 24V fans for my case and radiator, so I can power them all off a 24V meanwell rated at 10A. The fans aren't pulling much amps ~.06-.05A, so I'm fairly certain I'll only be slightly over the 84% efficiency rating. I'm not worried about that setup. I'd like to run an 80 watt, 15.2v TEC for the GPU. I don't want to run three PSU's in my case and was wondering what affect it would have, if any, on any other components in my PC, like HDs, CD-Drives and that sort of stuff. I'd like to use Enermax's new EG425P-VE SFMA, which has 2 12v rails. One for the motherboard and the other for drives and that kind of stuff. If I put the TEC on the same rail as the drives, which wouldn't be more than 2 WD HD's pulling little more than 1A, and a CD-R/W pulling 1.5A, would the TEC do anything bad to the drives?