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Hai gais. I was wondering if it would be possible to TEC cool my Q6600 oc'ed to 3.9ghz @1.51v with an mcr220 radiator. It will be a cpu only loop with an apogee gt. +rep for helpful posts.

The reason why I'm asking is I don't know if a 220 will be enough for a TEC and a q6600.

Also, what about a TEC for a 8800 GT / 3870 on a different mcr220 rad. That will be in a loop of just the north bridge and video card. What wattage of TEC would I need for a video card?

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DuckieHo

Nope. For a Q6600, you are looking at a 200w+ TDP. For that type of load, you will need a 437w TEC running at near full load. This means you'll be putting 600-700w into a loop.

For the video card, you can use a smaller TEC in the 200-320w range. However, you will still be dumping 300-400w into a loop.

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TnB= Gir

How much can a 220 rad handle?

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Find the spec sheets for it?

Here's a curve sheet for the Thermochill PA120.2. I assume the 220 isn't THAT much off.

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dralb

hmm, interesting. Could you assume that a better pump leading to higher flow rate may get you close? I never really considered it, but I am running a Q with a BIX2 240. I doubt I will do a TEC anyways, but neat to think about.

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DuckieHo

That graph demonstrates the pump's impact of thermal dispersion.

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Scarlet Infidel

Yes, and that the graph only goes up to 2gpm is because you are unlikely to get higher than that with normal pumps and that above this you wont see any real improvement anyway.

Id suggest that radiator is not sufficient to cool your CPU and a TEC and also that TEC is not sufficient to cool your CPU I'm afraid.

However, with that radiator and without the TEC then life will be much simpler. You can always add more radiators if you decide on going to TEC later (its been shown that decent radiators barely affect the flow rate of the water so you can have as many as you like in series).