name='Mr. Smith' said:Or TEC/peltier...
Jim had a chiller and I don't think it did it for him, we both tried TECs and got OK results... Better to invest in phase if you want more extreme cooling
name='Jim' said:Yeah the chiller was too much of a pain in the a$$ tbh. The chiller itself weighed more than my PC, and having it hooked up externally made it hell to move the PC around:
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name='joner' said:ahh ive been looking for some input on a cooler like this sort.
can you please tell me what temps your water was cooled to ( below room ambiant )and did you have any problems with condensation ?.
i kinda kicking a tec chiller around in my head for the last few months.
thanks .
name='Jim' said:Its been a while since I had the chiller, but if I remember correctly I was getting 10c Idle temps and 19c load temps. At those temperatures condensation was forming on the pipes, but luckily I never had any drip off.
The Titan chiller that I used had an adjustable temperature display, so you could set it just above dew point to avoid condensation.
name='Ham' said:Tbh if you don't want condensation, just get the biggest, fattest radiator you can find for your watercooling.
As soon as you hit sub-ambient you have the danger of condensation forming.
name='NoL' said:Yep in recap;
TEC Block and bigger rad,
Proper built peltier chiller, often called a solid state chiller, or a TLC (thermoelectric liquid chiller);
Water chiller (and do the insulation or get a pansy one that won't help you that much)
Or direct die phase (least insulation, best efficiency).
name='joner' said:im gonna do some experiments at room temps with a glass of water and some ice . ile try and measure at what temp differance to ambiant water starts forming condensation on the outside of the glass.