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I am definately no engineer
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Clearly, so I'll start off with a few engineering questions to get you thinking. Given this:
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I elected to not use a Radiator since a Radiator can only cool temperature down to ambient level and I was looking to cool the water somewhere 10-20 degrees F, lower than ambient. Also size and the need to have extra cable running around the computer was taken into consideration.
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Where does the heat go? You'll have several hundred watts of it to deal with and its not clear from your post where you intend to send it.
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I think mounting a TEC directly onto the CPU (Coldplate) will cause more condensation than using a TEC to chill the water just a few degrees below ambient.
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What is the purpose of this? You've elected to go with a waterchiller because you want to reduce the performance of the TEC to avoid condensation. Would it not be cheaper to just use a smaller TEC on the CPU to get the same effect? If you're just cooling the water a few C below ambient, why use a TEC at all? You'd have a cheaper equally well performing kit using plain watercooling provided you invested the TEC cost back into the block.