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Originally posted by abyssling
Lcpiper from pimprig managed to get his temps below ambient with exactly the setup i described. check it out HERE
Granted its not very far below ambient temps, but its a good start I think. with bigger/more powerful pelts I think it could work
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But, his 'below ambient temps' are only 0.5C below ambient, and that's a water temp from the chiller to the CPU block. He is still getting CPU temps well above ambient.
On the other hand, it did get him 2C at the CPU, so that isn't bad.
Also in his favor: it is significantly more fault-tolerant than having the TEC on the CPU (TEC failure worst case: water is no longer chilled), but I personally don't think the gains are worth the power consumption. For those of us running standard water blocks, I think it makes more sense to run a big pelt (226W) or a pair of moderate sized pelts (120-156W) right on the CPU, and cool them with water.
But from another perspective, the inline chiller makes a lot of sense for those of us running direct-die.
So...I guess it really depends on how far you want to take it: really low temps with more severe consequences with failure, or small gains with relatively little risk. I suspect I know how the crowd around here will vote, though.
