Skullzaflare

whats the recommended thickness? i have a 1/2" plate right now, but its 50mm x 50mm and my new tec is 50x50

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Originally Posted by lemans81 No. Your going to continue to produce the same amount of heat whether or not your fans suck it all out. What that means is that your computer runs hotter, and that you will leak the hot air out more slowly. If you producing the heat it won't matter if you trap it in your case or exhaust it. Eventually its going to get out, your case isn't air tight.

ira-k

As long as your cold-plate is as big or bigger then the TEC its OK...I used a 1/2" thick plate for my 320W TEC and I like it better then the 1/4" thick one I'm using now...The temp's didn't spike up so fast...They say for sub-zero operation a 1/4" or a little thinner is best...I think I'm going to make a 3/8" thick cold-plate for this 437W and see how it does....

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Skullzaflare

the 320 is 50x50, my cold plate is 50x50x1/4

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Originally Posted by lemans81 No. Your going to continue to produce the same amount of heat whether or not your fans suck it all out. What that means is that your computer runs hotter, and that you will leak the hot air out more slowly. If you producing the heat it won't matter if you trap it in your case or exhaust it. Eventually its going to get out, your case isn't air tight.

ira-k

Yeah that will work, The base of your CPU block should be 50x50mm to to cover the hot side completely....As long as they are the same size its OK, if you had a 62mm TEC with a 50x50mm cold-plate and water-block it wouldn't work out to well...


Here is a good article about the thickness of cold-plates..Cold Plate Materials and Thickness...Optimum clamping pressure..Clamping Down a Pelt

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