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Unread 08-14-2004, 06:20 AM   #13
muffy
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no it's not that crazy really

My last system had one 120mm radiator and a 80 mm radiator . which was trying to cool my 61.5 watt 2.53g p4 with a 172 watt tec. These radiators were unable to cool the 354 watts of heat created at 24 volts. the system kept getting hotter and hotter till the cpu got to 60 drgrees c.

i can not imagine that one 120 mm radiator will be able to cool 643 watts of heat created by a 320 watt tec . i might add that that will be pulling like 550 watts of power too

these numbers are theoretical based on the thermoelectric system calculation.

you can of course run your tec at lower voltages to save on heat and power usage
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