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Hello I am planing on building a new rig soon and am thinking about using Peltier cooling I have a few noob questions to ask so i can sort things out a bit.

im going to be using an antec1200 w/ i7 920 processor and two gtx 280 cards. Is it even possible to cool the graphics cards with tec units, if so: 1)how would I insulate around the graphics cards? 2)assuming that i use two separate loops, what sort of radiators and pumps should i use? 3) will i need to worry about condensation on the tubing of the system? 4)Do i need to place anything between the tec units and the chips (cpu and gpus)? 5) what sort of psu should i use to power the peltiers?- iwas thinking of buying a cheap one and hooking it to just the tec units.

ohh and one final question what sort of waterblocks would be good for the cpu and graphics cards?

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I don't know about peltiers in a GPU, but regardless if I'm not mistaken you need to add some sort of epoxy between the Tec and the PCB to keep condinsation from entering and damageing your hardware.

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Ultrasonic2 (muffy)

if it was me i'd make a TEC water chiller .. there really isn't enough space to fit direct die tecs on a SLI setup

2 GTX480 ish

3 if it's a chiller then yes

4 i dont understand this ?

5 Meanwells not PC PSU's

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ira-k

These are GPU TEC blocks..Swiftech MCW60-T™ Liquid Cooled Thermoelectric Assembly for Graphics Processors .I have no idea if they will fit your cards and they may be under-powered. Danger Den makes a GPU TEC block to. They come with insulation I believe, if not there are guides here for proofing and some at Danger Den also. The GPU blocks go directly on the GPU die.

With a CPU block you'll need a copper cold-plate, look at Petra's.

But I wouldn't even waste my time direct TEC'ing a i7 chip, they put out quite a bit of heat and I doubt the 437W could keep up with it. Well it would to a point but I wouldn't spend $30+ a month on electricity to power it myself.

If you don't already have a high end WC'ing set-up I wouldn't even bother with TEC'ing any of it, unless maybe your volt modding your GPU's. If not a good HSF would most likely be enough for them.

I'd just look at good WC'ing or phase, or you could make a slush-box chiller out of a $100 window AC and sub-zero cool your chip and mobo with that.

The most economical way to do it is to just use a HSF on your chip and then use dry ice or Ln2 to bench with, you can get an OK DICE/Ln2 pot for around a $100.

It really just depends on what you want and how much your willing to spend.

EDIT: Heres a link to a real decent chiller build, the nice thing with a chiller is you can cool CPU,GPU's and the entire mobo with the one chiller..Ok, I'm Chilled. I'm Chilled. Relax....56K Warning! - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net .I'm sure they would cost as much or a little more then a 437W direct die TEC to power.

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1. pretty much the same as a motherboard id guess... neoprene, kneadable eraser, etc.

2. GTX480 ish

3. not the way i think you're planning this

4. Thermal grease.

5. meanwell 12v or 24v depending on the TEC. make sure to get one that delivers enough amps.

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