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thermoelectric vs water

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will042082

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ok, i gotta couple questions
my setup
2.8c@3.2 p4
2x512 dual channel ddr400 kingston hyperx
9800pro 128
asus p4c800 deluxe
**thermaltake subzero4g** thermoelectric cooling unit
maxtor 200gb 8mb
maxtor 80gb
cathodes and blah blah blah

ok, my question is, is water that much better than thermoelectric?
my temps at idle are 28C for mb and 29C for cpu
when playin games they can go up to about 35-40 range, but nothing higher that i've ever seen, and immediately after playing, they drop back to their idle temps. does having water cooling lower the temps even further than the 28/29C i see at idle or are they both really about the same regarding temps. and if so, why doesn't everyone just go thermoelectric cuz it was definately cheaper and alot easier to install.any answers would be cool, thanks guys
 
The problem is that you're still using air to disperse the heat. I am not sure of the mathematical realities between water cooling and your setup however, I do know that water can carry more heat away from the CPU at any one time than your setup can. Thermoelectric on air is almost a waste....almost. :)
 
then my question to you is why are my temps really low even with a 400mhz over clock. i mean, 80degrees isn't a waste i wouldn't think and im sure w/o the thermoelectric cooling, i would think they would be a good 10/15C higher with stock cooling. what are average temps with watercooling? if they are compariable to what i am getting, i don't see how it would be a waste or any better. i guess my quesion is why go water if there isn't a benifit to do all that extra work, unless there is one and if so, please fill me in
 
will042082 said:
then my question to you is why are my temps really low even with a 400mhz over clock. i mean, 80degrees isn't a waste i wouldn't think and im sure w/o the thermoelectric cooling, i would think they would be a good 10/15C higher with stock cooling. what are average temps with watercooling? if they are compariable to what i am getting, i don't see how it would be a waste or any better. i guess my quesion is why go water if there isn't a benifit to do all that extra work, unless there is one and if so, please fill me in
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I didn't say that it wouldn't work. It's just that you get so much more out of water cooling a TEC that you can out of air. What you've got is great and you're probably getting the same temps with that setup that you would get with straight water (no TEC). But if you WC'd that TEC you could quite possibly have better temps. Assuming the TEC isn't maxed out yet.

I think I read your post wrong. I was thinking air cooling the TEC vs. water cooling the TEC.
 
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