Got my Pelt installed :D

[Mr. Smith]

Jimbo, a few q's if I may?

How is this working out for you? (what temps)

How did you insulate? ((just the dialectric grease, or nail varnish and neroprone (sp))

Where did you buy the pelt?

The psu - it is working fine, however I read Nols sticky and for maximum efficiency you run a pelt at 1/2 v's/amps - how do you downwardly adjust the output of the psu?

@ Jim/Nol/Ham/Frag (our sub zero boys) I'm thinking about taking the plunge but I'll need a tripple rad to cope with the heat, one of those psu's and the tec itself (plus insulation stuff). I wanted to tec the gpu too... I have the swifty blocks ((apogee and mcw60(?)) so can I just buy pelts to fit and away we go?

Is everything I need here?

 

[Ham]

Dont quote me on this but iirc teh apogee dosnt fit with pelts. Jim will be able to shed more light on it than me.

 

[JN]

Jimbo, a few q's if I may?

How is this working out for you? (what temps)

How did you insulate? ((just the dialectric grease, or nail varnish and neroprone (sp))

Where did you buy the pelt?

The psu - it is working fine, however I read Nols sticky and for maximum efficiency you run a pelt at 1/2 v's/amps - how do you downwardly adjust the output of the psu?

@ Jim/Nol/Ham (our sub zero boys) I'm thinking about taking the plunge but I'll need a tripple rad to cope with the heat, one of those psu's and the tec itself (plus insulation stuff). I wanted to tec the gpu too... I have the swifty blocks ((apogee and mcw60(?)) so can I just buy pelts to fit and away we go?

Hi Mate,

Yeah its working out good. I insulated by spraying the entire top half of the mother board with a PCB lacquer available from RS (front & back), used dialectric grease in and all around the CPU socket area and back of the motherboard and used neoprene cut to the size of the Maze 4 water block.

Temps are -10oc Idle and 0oc - 5oc load with 1.55v.

The pelt is a 300w (or sommit close - mebe 320w) off ebay, and the PSU runs it fine. I don't have any voltage control, I literally just plugged it straight in.

Here are some teaser shots i was saving for a guide:

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1734&view=1

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1735&view=1

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1736&view=1

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1737&view=1

 

[Mr. Smith]

Hi Mate,

Yeah its working out good. I insulated by spraying the entire top half of the mother board with a PCB lacquer available from RS (front & back), used dialectric grease in and all around the CPU socket area and back of the motherboard and used neoprene cut to the size of the Maze 4 water block.

Temps are -10oc Idle and 0oc - 5oc load with 1.55v.

The pelt is a 300w (or sommit close - mebe 320w) off ebay, and the PSU runs it fine. I don't have any voltage control, I literally just plugged it straight in.

Here are some teaser shots i was saving for a guide:

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1734&view=1

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1735&view=1

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1736&view=1

http://upload.overclock3d.net/get.php?id=1737&view=1

You beauty! I may have to wait for the guide :yumyum:

Would I defo need a tripple rad for this? Cost wise I need a new rad (?) defo new blocks and a new case plus psu and pelt... Ouch... Might put this on hold for a month or two... Loving the results though.

 

[JN]

You beauty! I may have to wait for the guide :yumyum:

Would I defo need a tripple rad for this? Cost wise I need a new rad (?) defo new blocks and a new case plus psu and pelt... Ouch... Might put this on hold for a month or two... Loving the results though.

I'm running on an XSPC Dual rad and to be honest there air coming out isn't massively hot, but then I'm only cooling the CPU and nothing else.

My temps do increase by about 5oc over the space of a whole day's usage (hence 0oc - 5oc load), which could possibly indicate a larger rad is needed, but we're talking about a 5oc increase over a 12hr period, which doesn't bother me in the slightest.

I'd estimate upgrading an existing w/c system with a peltier would cost about £150.