CPU Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC - Peltier) Tested and explained

This happens when the night before the delivery of the Zen3 CPUs I had some time to waste :)
I will show you in depth how a Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC - Peltier) can be used to cool a CPU.

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[HardwareNumbrs]

I know, I know... the audio is messed up... won't happen again 😅

[fefo]

For who read this: always check if your idea exist, and how. I'm watching this video after asking me "peltiers works for cpu cooling?"
Thanks for the information!

[madcatattack]

Awesome, a DIY version of what LTT was hinting at with the EK prototype. Thanks for the cool and informative video!

[bgtubber]

Can't wait for you to OC the heck out of the new Zen 3 CPUs. 😄 I'd love to see also the gains after memory tuning.

[liaminwales]

Cool to see you back, cant wait for the new videos!

[XxLukexX]

Awesome to see you made a video on this :)

[almheiriwow]

Welcome back Max! good to see you again

[Sebysquall]

*Cerco un video sulle celle di peltier usate per raffreddare le cpu*
2 risultati:
LTT e uno youtuber sconosciuto
"Ma sì, proviamo lo youtube sconosciuto"
*Youtuber inizia a parlare in inglese*
"Ah, ma questo è italiano" 😂😂

In ogni caso, grazie per il video!

[blazetechstuff]

Peltiers become real interesting when you have free power, like from solar. You could play around and figure something nice system out.

I'm definitely getting something solar going, when I move to my new dungeon.

[dimos]

very good <3 and very interesting :D

[daslolo]

plus the pump out effect of a 50 degree jump

[ezequielbanquero]

Hi! I'm looking to cool the hole case with a peltier what do you think of this? I'm thinking in building a pre-chamber with the peltier and the coolside inside and flow the aire trough the case

[tirasoft]

Did you try the 500W Pelier ?

I've just ordered the Cooler Master Cryo cooler ML 360 . That has a 200W Peltier in it, making the cooler inefficient for overclocked CPU's which will draw more than 200W power.
I will try to replace the Peltier with a 400W one to see if I can do all cores OC on a i-10900KF. (by the way where did you find a 500W Peltier?)

So, I am curious if a over 400W peltier can do a good job for cooling big overclocked CPU's ....

[MI-wflw]

Do you plan testing new GPUs in WoW? like rtx 3080 ?

[chapstickbomber]

You need that more powerful TEC solution in order to sustain a good delta at a higher power.

Also, if the goal is nT performance, then yeah this is a terrible solution haha. But for gaming? Lower power for that use means better delta means bigger thermal advantage means higher boost means higher framerate.

[developerstutorial]

Can you create a thermoelectric vs liquid cooling for cpu video comparison

[DivineMoment]

Random question, is that multimeter from aliexpress or similiar place? :D

[pierpaolodesantis]

It should be interesting to use the peltier to cool the liquid within a custom loop, lowering the temperature of the liquid. In theory it should work. If we constantly pump for example 8-10 degrees of cold water directly into the water block, instead of ambient water it should have a constant delta of 10 °. It sure isn't linear. But maybe it should be worth it. using a smaller peltier and an air cooler for the hot side and a wb for the cold side. such a video could be interesting

[jec_ecart]

Why don't you try using peltier to cool the case air rather than direct CPU.

[Coyote]

The problem with TECs is how inefficient they are.

If you have a TEC rated 300w, it usually consumes close to 400w, and you will end up with 400w+input heat on the hot side.

If that huge increase in heat and energy consumption is not bad enough, if your input heat is 300w, on a 300w TEC, your dT is zero... But your output and consumption is still huge.

This means your TEC capacity needs to be at least 50% higher than the input power to even make sense.

Back in 2004 i was toying around with TECs on an Athlon XP 1700+, i had a 325w TEC on a little ~150-180w cpu when extremely overclocked (i think it was good for 2.55ghz, it was good for -15C under load. The watercooler i was using to cool it was dealing with about 500w of heat... Almost 3x the original input.

I switched to phase change after that. My little 1/4+ compressor consumed under 125w while the CPU runned 2.8ghz at -48C.