Swiftech TEC any good? - Overclock.net

se7en56 · 06-10-08

I saw this on their site and was wondering if it would be worth it to get this TEC and pair it up with a good WC loop...

Would I be wasting money on it?

http://www.swiftech.com/products/mcw6500-T1.asp

Either this TEC and a good WC loop, or just the good WC loop...

DuckieHo · 06-10-08

What do you plan to use for a CPU? The largest TEC that can fit without modding is a 320w unit. Running it at 80%, you can cool a Core 2 Duo fine. However, you will need a dedicated PSU for the TEC.

se7en56 · 06-10-08

It will be a Q6600 when the guy I bought it from decides it's time to ship it

DuckieHo · 06-10-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by se7en56

It will be a Q6600 when the guy I bought it from decides it's time to ship it

320w TEC won't be able to cool a heavily overclocked Q6600 effectively.

se7en56 · 06-10-08

Okay. Works for me

Thanks a bunch Duckie

TnB= Gir · 06-10-08

Yep, just as duckie said. With a upgrade to the 320w, you can cool a dual core just fine. But with quads you'd need to go in the 400w peltier range, which would be too large for the waterblock and you wouldn't be able to insulate properly or supply ample pressure for it to be effective.

se7en56 · 06-10-08

Sweet. TEC's are my major weak area :P

I know nothing about them or anything

Ultrasonic2 (muffy) · 06-10-08

before you go down this road you'll have to cool the TEC with a Very powerful watercooling loop.

and i just posted a a topic about someone cooling a Q6700 with a 345 watt TEC to -10 that was standard clock speed though. and cooled by 2 GTX 120.3 radiators !

Uncle Jimbo · 06-15-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ultrasonic2 (muffy)

before you go down this road you'll have to cool the TEC with a Very powerful watercooling loop.

and i just posted a a topic about someone cooling a Q6700 with a 345 watt TEC to -10 that was standard clock speed though. and cooled by 2 GTX 120.3 radiators !

Yea I did some analysis on that. Do you know what voltage he was running?

Ultrasonic2 (muffy) · 06-15-08

no sorry

06-10-08	#8 (permalink)
Ultrasonic2 (muffy) Extreme Cooler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Auckland New Zealand Posts: 754 Rep: 45 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	before you go down this road you'll have to cool the TEC with a Very powerful watercooling loop. and i just posted a a topic about someone cooling a Q6700 with a 345 watt TEC to -10 that was standard clock speed though. and cooled by 2 GTX 120.3 radiators ! __________________ Watercooling System Radiators: 3x 240SGTS radiators in parallel to each other. Fans: 6x Scythe ULTRA KAZE 120 x 38 mm fans sucking though a 7cm shroud Pumps: 2x MCP655 pumps in series RES: 80x400mm Water Blocks:D-tek FuZion CPU (stock), Swiftech MCW60 GPU Controller: M-Cubed T-balancer BigNG adjusts fan speeds and pump speeds to keep my system at X temp CPU: INTEL 6600 GO GPU ATI 4850 HD Six disks in RAID 0

06-15-08	#10 (permalink)
Ultrasonic2 (muffy) Extreme Cooler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Auckland New Zealand Posts: 754 Rep: 45 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	no sorry __________________ Watercooling System Radiators: 3x 240SGTS radiators in parallel to each other. Fans: 6x Scythe ULTRA KAZE 120 x 38 mm fans sucking though a 7cm shroud Pumps: 2x MCP655 pumps in series RES: 80x400mm Water Blocks:D-tek FuZion CPU (stock), Swiftech MCW60 GPU Controller: M-Cubed T-balancer BigNG adjusts fan speeds and pump speeds to keep my system at X temp CPU: INTEL 6600 GO GPU ATI 4850 HD Six disks in RAID 0

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