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Originally posted by bigben2k
Again... It's been done here.
The problem is that you can only effectively air cool a pelt that's no more than 80 Watts, and that's insufficient for today's CPU (the rating isn't comparable to the CPU power). You could get away with 2 * 80W pelts, both aircooled...
The clamping pressure on the Pelt is critical: OnDaEdg's article.
Fins/heatsinks are going to be important, on both sides. Keeping it all sealed might be a challenge, in the long run.
Energy consumption will become a factor.
Otherwise, it's a pretty cool thing to build 
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yeah, i;m starting to think more and more that it's just not that feasible. although i wouldn't be attempting to cool near as much water as that french article (although i can't tell entirely, because i don't speak frenck
).
it would be pretty cool though, because it would be a very compact setup. power consumption is an issue, and i'd either have to build a psu, or buy one of those fancy $120 units. i'd probably just build it, somewhere i have plans for the same thing, assuming i can find it (my file system is a mess).
i'm just going to check around today, and if i can find what i'm looking for cheap enough, i just might build it.
i had another design that was considerably more complicated, wich included a chiller system, that could be done single-loop, or double loop with 2 pumps. the 2 pump setup would actually probably work a lot better (and this unit uses a rad).
i guess we'll see what i find first, and if anyone has any 80w pelts they want to unlead cheap, i'm all ears
