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Since87 · 10-19-2002, 08:09 PM

I've seen the specs on the Swiftech TEC/Heatsink. It appears to me that they are claiming that it can get a 100 Watt CPU to ambient with 80 CFM airflow. I am very skeptical. I've got a spreadsheet for calculating TEC cooling under various conditions, and that kind of performance is at the extreme end of what I can believe that heatsink is capable of. (Depends on the C/W of the heatsink when cooling a 50mm X 50mm pelt.)

As far as my pelt controller is concerned, I wish I'd been looking into this cooling stuff a couple years ago, because I probably could have sold enough of these things to make some money, but the window of opportunity is closing fast now. Besides I'm a design engineer. I like designing things. I don't want to deal with all the issues of running a business.

10-19-2002, 08:09 PM	#36
Since87 Pro/Guru - Uber Mod Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 834	I've seen the specs on the Swiftech TEC/Heatsink. It appears to me that they are claiming that it can get a 100 Watt CPU to ambient with 80 CFM airflow. I am very skeptical. I've got a spreadsheet for calculating TEC cooling under various conditions, and that kind of performance is at the extreme end of what I can believe that heatsink is capable of. (Depends on the C/W of the heatsink when cooling a 50mm X 50mm pelt.) As far as my pelt controller is concerned, I wish I'd been looking into this cooling stuff a couple years ago, because I probably could have sold enough of these things to make some money, but the window of opportunity is closing fast now. Besides I'm a design engineer. I like designing things. I don't want to deal with all the issues of running a business.