peltier

[himynameis]

are these any good?

[CanadaRox]

Unless you are running a low end dual core or single core, no. They can't handle the heat load of a high end dual core or any quad core so they would only act as an insulator and heat up your computer. If you want lower than ambient cooling, mod an A/C unit into a water chiller and hook that up to a liquid cooling system. Next step up would be getting a custom build phase change unit (the pre-made ones can't hold a decent temperature for a quad core or i7).

[Cowboy]

I've got phase cooler I'm willing to part with. shoot me a pm.

[biff]

Peltier's are nice in that they are simple, small and silent, but they are grossly inefficient.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by biff

Peltier's are nice in that they are simple, small and silent, but they are grossly inefficient.

And require too much power for one to do anything worthwhile.