Hey guys,
Honestly I put "unusual" in the title because I've never seen anyone ask about this idea.
Now, I have very little knowledge of the use of Peltiers and TEC solutions, but I figured I'd ask anyways.
I'm doing a new build, and it's an all custom water cooling loop.
I've done the math & the radiators and such are all fine for keeping the temps close to ambient even under load. (5-8C error ratio or so)
Now the question I have is more of a "What if."
I was thinking, what if I took a Peltier, akin to this
And a EK VGA waterblock, or really any waterblock of the right dimensions such as this
And the proceeded to use a thermal adhisive like this one
(And now here comes the part I think is unusual),
and use the thermal adhesive to "glue" the cold side of the peltier to the waterblock.
The idea is that I would then hook up this waterblock to my loop, presumable near the res, and let the water pass through the block, being cooled by the Peltier, if that makes sense.
Of course I would also cool the hot side, but let's leave that aside for now and just assume that's not an issue.
Would the water actually receive any cooling benefit from this setup?
Ignore the thermal capacity to hold the sub-ambient water temps, I'm not interested in finding out if it could be more effectively maintained by an insulated res, etc.
My question is simply, in a water passing through a peltier cooled waterblock situation, would it receive a thermal dissipation that would even be noticeable? I mean, consider the water going through the block at different temperatures as well. I'm well aware that without the proper insulation, etc. sub-ambient water would not hold the temp. What if the water going through it was 10C above ambient for example, would it make any difference?
Keep in mind, this would be more for a "wow" factor than an actual thermal dissipation usage. Imagine having it hooked up to a switch on the case that would turn on the peltier and the cooling element for the hot side, for perhaps an intense gaming session. I just want to know if there would be any benefit at all.
Also, just to make this clear, the waterblock would not be resting on my cpu or any hardware besides the peltier, it would be mounted independently, assume this would be done effectively.
Any/All speculation or facts welcome.
Honestly I put "unusual" in the title because I've never seen anyone ask about this idea.
Now, I have very little knowledge of the use of Peltiers and TEC solutions, but I figured I'd ask anyways.
I'm doing a new build, and it's an all custom water cooling loop.
I've done the math & the radiators and such are all fine for keeping the temps close to ambient even under load. (5-8C error ratio or so)
Now the question I have is more of a "What if."
I was thinking, what if I took a Peltier, akin to this
And a EK VGA waterblock, or really any waterblock of the right dimensions such as this
And the proceeded to use a thermal adhisive like this one
(And now here comes the part I think is unusual),
and use the thermal adhesive to "glue" the cold side of the peltier to the waterblock.
The idea is that I would then hook up this waterblock to my loop, presumable near the res, and let the water pass through the block, being cooled by the Peltier, if that makes sense.
Of course I would also cool the hot side, but let's leave that aside for now and just assume that's not an issue.
Would the water actually receive any cooling benefit from this setup?
Ignore the thermal capacity to hold the sub-ambient water temps, I'm not interested in finding out if it could be more effectively maintained by an insulated res, etc.
My question is simply, in a water passing through a peltier cooled waterblock situation, would it receive a thermal dissipation that would even be noticeable? I mean, consider the water going through the block at different temperatures as well. I'm well aware that without the proper insulation, etc. sub-ambient water would not hold the temp. What if the water going through it was 10C above ambient for example, would it make any difference?
Keep in mind, this would be more for a "wow" factor than an actual thermal dissipation usage. Imagine having it hooked up to a switch on the case that would turn on the peltier and the cooling element for the hot side, for perhaps an intense gaming session. I just want to know if there would be any benefit at all.
Also, just to make this clear, the waterblock would not be resting on my cpu or any hardware besides the peltier, it would be mounted independently, assume this would be done effectively.
Any/All speculation or facts welcome.