anyone play with peltiers anymore?
So i was thinking of getting a peltier for my i5, or rather i did. :am:
i work at an electronics store so i was able to get a couple 140watt peltiers for like 10 bucks each. of course it couldnt handle the OC 3570k (idle was fine, but load was lulz:rofl:) so i put it back to stock and it was pretty cool, got me -5 to -10 C at idle, and load it got up to about 35-40C (i was using my true120 to cool it)
:shakes: unfortunately i was playing with it late at night when i was tired, and was just planning to test it then shut it off before going to sleep (hadn't insulated anything yet:shakes:) well i left it on over night, without keeping it under load (DOH!:clap:) and went to work the next morning without checking on it:shakes:. get home and it wont come out of sleep..... oh :banana::banana::banana::banana::eek:. i remembered then that i had the peltier on it. so i shut everything down and take it apart to find a few drops of water in and around the socket (SONOFABISCUIT!:mad:) well, i replaced the motherboard (my z77 sabertooth, RIP, served me well) with an asrock xtreme 4. pretty nice board, once i updated the bios, the boot time which was bothering me shortened significantly.
anyways, the cpu is no longer prime stable at any clock:(, minimum 1, most often 2 cores fail while the other 2 or 3 keep on trucking. I'm fine with that though as it still runs my games and whatnot.
I had a h100i ready for the peltier, which im now using alone to cool the cpu. and my boss just ordered a couple 12v 29A power supplies :yepp: im guessing i need around a 250-300watt unit (3570k @ 4.8-5ghz). (i plan to get a new cpu sooner or later)
so my questions are as follows:
does anyone know where to get a peltier of this wattage that is an appropriate size? i've found some that i think are like 55-65mm, im not sure if that's too big or not. but even if that would be a good physical size, the places i found them aren't for retail, and i dont need 100+ of them.
and will the h100i cool it and the cpu?
i've got liquid electrical tape that i plan to coat all around, inside (not the pins but the little pcb section) and behind the socket with, and i've got a mousepad i can cut up for neoprene, is there anything else i need for insulation?