Quote Originally Posted by ranker View Post
Out of curiosity, how hard is it to go from Watercooling to TEC? How much would the step up take and what parts usually need to be added or redone?
First you'll need to be sure your exiting loop is very solid...triple 120mm rad...push/pull fans...higher end pump...etc. You'll also need to invest in a seperate PSU to power the TEC...Meanwell is a popular brand...they cost about $120US plus shipping.

I am using the loop as stated in my sig...just for the MCW6500-T plus two small fairly unrestrictive blocks on the NB and SB. With six 89cfm fans in push/pull at 12v my idle water temps are hovering at 24c and that goes up to 26-27c under any kind of load. I also had to condensation proof my mother board. Guides can be found in the Phase Change section as stickies.

I am getting nice temps...but haven't really begun to see how that benefits my overclock. I also have a seperate loop where I have two TEC driven blocks on my 8800GTX's. In ambient 22c room air (no cold air induction...) I am getting 20c idle at stock 8800 clocks and 25c with them overclocked to 681/1070.

Waiting for a cold night so I can stick both rads in my cold air induction system that blows 4-5c air over the rads ducted in from the outside. I'll be volt modding my mobo next as well as the 8800's to make a run at the first page of the ORB in 3D Mark 05/06. I think 3.6 or 3.7ghz is possible from my outstanding little E6300 with this set up...and 06 runs of 22,000 should also be doable.

Quote Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
Insulation, PSU, a lot of radiatorage, coldplate (unless the block comes with one), and to top it off, ginormous power consumption.
Oh and Philly Boy, are you going to try out that block w/o the TEC?
No, I will keep the 6500-T as a TEC set up. The GPU blocks that run the 226 watt TECs on the 8800GTX's are frankensteined MCW60 tops with Apogee GT bases with the larger o-ring to bow the base. I chose the Apogee GT base because it is flat (no bump out like the MCW60) and the same size as the TEC and the cold plates. BTW...my power bill only rose like $5 for running the TEC's 24/7 for 7 days straight to burn them in. I'll gladly pay that for better performance. The myth of huge power consumption with TEC's is just that...a myth...