Grady wrote:
Just wondering, what kind of temps your getting and what cpu and is it=20
overclocked? I am watercooling, and enjoy it so much more over air. Easy=
16=20
degrees C cooler, and a whole lot quieter. Are you still using air to mo=
ve=20
the heat off the sink on the warm side of the pelt?

I'm getting about 55=B0F-60=B0F (12-16=B0C), on a AMD 1600+, not overclock=
ed,=20
mainly because my chip/mb combo isn't the best. However I'll be moving=20
to an A64 system designed to overclock in a few months, so I'm working=20
out the kinks in my cooling now.=20

I'm using a Danger Den Maze4-1 water cooling setup to cool the hot side of=
=20
the peltier. I've got a heater core that fits 2 120mm fans to dump the=20
heat into the air. I could go a lot cooler with a phase-change setup, but=
=20
one of the main reasons I got into watercooling in the first place was to=20
cut down on the noise. I'm also going to be building my own case because=20
even though I've got a full-tower, it routes all my hoses and cable=20
through a 3"x4" hole from the top to the bottom. I like room to work=20
around in, because I do a lot of incremental upgrading. Though the case=20
will be uv-reactive acrylic rather than metal.=20=20

Ob metal content:

I'm planning on machining out a new coldplate out of silver for it's=20
better thermal conductive properties. That might get me an extra couple=20
of degrees C.

Todd