Power Consumption
To further help potential customers decide if this cooler is a good “value” for them we have also included the power usage of this device. For this range of tests the Advanced features of the MTEC controller software enabled with the default range of 20 min and 40 max as this is a more likely scenario than maxing out the TECs and fans. For anyone interested in maximum power consumption this unit is rated to use 154 watts of power (130 for the TECs, 8 watts each for the fans and another 8 for the pump). 
There is no getting around it, and just like a certain saying goes: "There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” for if there was, this kit would be able to keep our overclocked processor nice and cool AND be able to produce ice cubes…and run the rest of the computer of its excess power generation. Since this would break a whole bunch of “laws” and we still haven’t been able to create a perpetual motion machine, the Boreas sucks power like it going out of style. If you are planning on using this in a high end system don’t forget to budget in the necessary power requirements of the unit itself as nothing would hurt more than having your system go “POOF!” over lack of juice.
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