Sandy Bridge Tec Water Block

[aussie-revhead]

How does it perform with the TEC completely off? Just out of curiosity for worst case scenario planning.

I have wondered about this too, probably act as an insulator and overheat the cpu even faster.

Ultra - does your controller throttle back on the TECs when your on light load? ie reduce power consumption when your not benching or gaming? I reckon the dual pelt will get more attention than the single as people wanting this will want to overclock it as far as they can and still have cold temps. When the TEC's cooling capacity is exceeded do temps skyrocket or just slowly creep up?

[Ultrasonic2]

I have wondered about this too, probably act as an insulator and overheat the cpu even faster.

Ultra - does your controller throttle back on the TECs when your on light load? ie reduce power consumption when your not benching or gaming? I reckon the dual pelt will get more attention than the single as people wanting this will want to overclock it as far as they can and still have cold temps. When the TEC's cooling capacity is exceeded do temps skyrocket or just slowly creep up?

umm this isn't my block or controller Aussie

however i will answer on mindchills behave

yes the controller will throttle back at light loads

Sure more plets /TEC = more Qmax which is pretty much always better

According to mindchill he has managed to cool an overclocked i5 as it's wattage is relatively low when overclocked.


if for some reason power is lost to the TEC's the TEC will still conduct heat , though poorly. so your pc wont explode if this happens. mind you if it happens when the cpu is loaded the temps will go crazy causing a crash. if you buy a QUALITY it's unlikely this will happen . not sure if the price included the TEC or not. i assume not based on it's cost.

[aussie-revhead]

umm this isn't my block or controller Aussie

Yeah sorry Im reading multiple threads and replied incorrectly.

Arent all pelts made in China anyway? Maybe your US source just tests them before selling them?


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