Quote Originally Posted by Chicken Patty View Post
buddy of mine had one cooled with his TEC, but the TEC took a crap while at it. His idle temps were about -15ēc, load was about 8ēc until it crapped.
I had great luck with my Freezone on my Opty 165 but it definitely couldn't handle the heat put out by these i7's. My Freezone is parked in a box right now, sucks. But hey, such is the price one pays for being a tech nut..right.