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Quad Tec Direct Die Block on the Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge (I5 3570K and 2500k Tested)
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5/7/12 at 8:02pm
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4x40mm? That will enable sub-zero cold plate temperature on IB 
Nice work! BTW Is that a penguin you carved on the cover?
Nice work! BTW Is that a penguin you carved on the cover?
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It is a penguin.. lol.. just messing around .. I figured I throw in a couple leds and see if I could get it to glow.
they are 4x40mm 225watt 199 couple 24v tecs.
That would give an theoretical 900 watths qmax.. lol..
But in reality it gives the option to run off the psu and get a decent cop.
Edited by Mindchi|l - 5/7/12 at 8:36pm
they are 4x40mm 225watt 199 couple 24v tecs.
That would give an theoretical 900 watths qmax.. lol..
But in reality it gives the option to run off the psu and get a decent cop.
Edited by Mindchi|l - 5/7/12 at 8:36pm
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5/7/12 at 8:59pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mindchi|l 
It is a penguin.. lol.. just messing around .. I figured I throw in a couple leds and see if I could get it to glow.
they are 4x40mm 225watt 199 couple 24v tecs.
That would give an theoretical 900 watths qmax.. lol..
But in reality it gives the option to run off the psu and get a decent cop.

It is a penguin.. lol.. just messing around .. I figured I throw in a couple leds and see if I could get it to glow.
they are 4x40mm 225watt 199 couple 24v tecs.
That would give an theoretical 900 watths qmax.. lol..
But in reality it gives the option to run off the psu and get a decent cop.
LED will be nice! They say IB has lower power consumption. It seems you will be the first to find out with a TEC setup.
I almost went with 4x40mm but didn't want to deal with hard mounting from the back. Is it secure to mount without spring? I was afraid too much pressure is applied on CPU.
I am very much looking forward to your testing result
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..tuning in to this..did you insulate? :
: Will it be necessary,even?
: Will it be necessary,even?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foxrena 
LED will be nice! They say IB has lower power consumption. It seems you will be the first to find out with a TEC setup.
I almost went with 4x40mm but didn't want to deal with hard mounting from the back. Is it secure to mount without spring? I was afraid too much pressure is applied on CPU.
I am very much looking forward to your testing result

LED will be nice! They say IB has lower power consumption. It seems you will be the first to find out with a TEC setup.
I almost went with 4x40mm but didn't want to deal with hard mounting from the back. Is it secure to mount without spring? I was afraid too much pressure is applied on CPU.
I am very much looking forward to your testing result
Mounting is secure but it definitely takes a little more time to get the block to seat correctly.
Quote:
..tuning in to this..did you insulate? :thinking.gif: Will it be necessary,even?
Depends on if you want to run the block with a controller to keep it above dew point. I'll run a few test all out which would require insulation.
Quote:
4x40mm? That will enable sub-zero cold plate temperature on IB thumb.gif
Any of my tec setups will go subzero on a processor at idle. My goals have never been subzero but subambient and above dew point. But yes this will go sub zero on an Ivy Bridge.
A few initial tests looks real promising.. I need to run it on straight water to give me an idea where the block stands, but it looks like this block will do ~30Âșc dt from normal water cooling @ 4.8ghz, but I'm still collecting data.
Edited by Mindchi|l - 5/8/12 at 8:34am
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5/8/12 at 9:05am
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Excited to see how this turns out! And the penguin is a nice touch - Linux? 
The most important question, of course, is: will this be for sale?

The most important question, of course, is: will this be for sale?

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Ooooo, this looks shnazey!
Keep up the innovative work Mindchill!
Keep up the innovative work Mindchill!
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Some Initial Results:
Wow what a wanky ars chip I got.. So I wanted to get a baseline and an overclock on the chip.. well the chip wouldn't even boot at 4.8ghz on water so I did a baseline on water on this chip stock.. wow cores are hot at stock on water!!
Note ambient is about 30Âșc here in the desert

Best I could overclock this chip on water was about 4ghz
Unfortunately I couldn't get a good oc baseline at 4.8ghz (wouldn't boot) on straight water so I turned to the new tec block for a baseline at stock speeds on the chip.. core temps are bizzare for the cores 2 & 3 and you might say it needs to be reseated but as I overclocked it the temps came in line so the stock heatspread is wierd in some respect.

Interesting with the tec block.. the cpu was just fine at 4.8ghz.

I did get it to boot at 5.0 ghz but very unstable..
Conclusions:
The ivy chip loves the lower temps this block gives it.
I think I'm going to throw a sandy bridge chip in to see how that fairs..
More results as I get them
Wow what a wanky ars chip I got.. So I wanted to get a baseline and an overclock on the chip.. well the chip wouldn't even boot at 4.8ghz on water so I did a baseline on water on this chip stock.. wow cores are hot at stock on water!!
Note ambient is about 30Âșc here in the desert

Best I could overclock this chip on water was about 4ghz
Unfortunately I couldn't get a good oc baseline at 4.8ghz (wouldn't boot) on straight water so I turned to the new tec block for a baseline at stock speeds on the chip.. core temps are bizzare for the cores 2 & 3 and you might say it needs to be reseated but as I overclocked it the temps came in line so the stock heatspread is wierd in some respect.

Interesting with the tec block.. the cpu was just fine at 4.8ghz.

I did get it to boot at 5.0 ghz but very unstable..
Conclusions:
The ivy chip loves the lower temps this block gives it.
I think I'm going to throw a sandy bridge chip in to see how that fairs..
More results as I get them
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