Q6700 stress test

yeah I've seen some expensive TEC set ups, around 900usd or so, putting cpu temps to -50 or close. Those are nice because they arent effected by ambient temps, so you dont have to worry about condensation, the deadly sweat.

guys putting pc into freezer solve al cooling problems

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn...w.octools.com/articles/freezercool/Image2.jpg

about 7 years ago a friend and I put a pc in one of those small 4 cubic foot refrigerators with the very small freezer at the top, Worked great for about 30 minutes, then the weirded squeel heard, lol

Ya spend $900 on phase change cooling so they can run as fast as a CPU that costs $400 more than the one they have.<gf> If I had money I would probably be more into it too.

I don't think I've seen a commercial TEC system thats that powerful yet (edit: I remember some WC ones like those now), but I wouldn't be too surprised someone would come up with one. But it would be very very possible to come up with a DIY TEC system for less than 150 bux. Assuming you've already got the power supply to back it up of course, but even if you didn't, a good 350W secondary PSU doesn't cost the heavens. And there's a nice guide to start up 2 PSUs at the same time as well on the forums somewhere...

I don't really know what you're talking about. Unless they are installed in vacuum, or in a special 0% humidity environment, there will be problems with condensation, and affected by ambient temps.

These systems would have to be very carefully installed. I have step by step instructions somewhere on my comp on how to properly insulate the whole CPU area and its surroundings from condensation (edit: powerful commercial TEC coolers come with all insulating material, or at least it should). It would easily take a couple of hours for installation of a TEC cooler of that caliber.


As for phase change, if you could afford that, and actually bought it, you wouldn't be running anything less than the best, and you'd have it seriously overclocked that your CPU would probably beat stock CPUs for the next 2 generations or something.... Its definately gonna be worth more than the 400 extra you're suggesting

LM#AO! This probably isn't what you had in mind, and although it looks like it probably would work, it's pretty funny, to look at anyway. It's kind of old and has been lurking in my favorites folder for some time.

Roflmao...

Thats exactly what I had in mind actually. Except that it should cover a slightly bigger area.... You don't want condensation coming out somewhere else, and ruining the motherboard or graphics card, would you?

Bear in mind tool, that you'd have to adapt that to the socket 775, which really shouldn't be much more difficult. Its just too damn time consuming.

I didn't expect links to stay online for too long, so I actually saved the whole website on my computer.

Exactly what I do too.

I can empathize with that. I get a tad over $600 a month to live on. So this system I'm running right now is new but used at the same time.

Used AB9 $80
Refurbished 7800GT $120 (Ebay no warranty)
Refurbished 250GB SATA2 Caviar SE16 $55
New E6400 $200
New Geil Ultra DDR2 800 $120

As close as I've ever come to being up to date. Couldn't quite make the 8800 and the 8600 looks wimpy (128bit WUWT?)

While I'm at it, could somebody buy me this? LOL This sucker is SWEET!

That zalmans is almost as big as my tj07 http://silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=tj07&area=usa I like those two front intakes though.

I find it a lot more appealing without the fata1ity moniker on there. It would look so purdy in my desk's cubby hole!

yeah I probably will never buy another case, I had to make sure all my cords and wires were long enough to reach my bays and still put behind the mobo trade to hide them.

You know, you've thrown a monkey wrench into my cooling solution plans since I saw the ad for your Freezone, and the Eliminator. I found a dealer in New York that has the Eliminator for $149 including shipping. That puts it in the borderline realm of affordability for me. And I'm sure that will be enough cool for what I'm doing. So how's the quality of the products from them? Not performance wise, but the quality of the construction?

Its very solid. I have the freezone, and my younger bro has the eliminator. Both are rock solid, no loose parts in shipping except the 92mm/120mm adaptor if you need it. Everything is stable, I've adjust my brothers and my own multiple times. No issues with it what so ever. If you're not lookin for a power hog of cpu cooler as far as TEC, this will do the job.

luvhuffer, I really don't recommend the Freezone, and I've mentioned all the reasons already in this thread. Especially if you don't really have the money to throw away, there are much better solutions out there, and they would be much cheaper first hand too.

lol i saw CMH's response coming 16 hours ago. He's read reviews. I actually have one.

I'm looking at the eliminator not the freezone, and all the reviews I've read (4 today) everyone was positive except for one guy had issues with the standoffs. And one with fan noise. But I'm running a 96CFM rear exhaust fan now so this would actually be a little quieter. Besides, I'd like to have some playing room with this CPU, see if I can get it to 3.5 or 6 stable. And the price is exacly the same as the Vigor Monsoon ll I was already looking at.

CMH doesnt believe in low power TEC I dont believe, and he's shooting the idea down based upon reviews. I've seen both in action. My brother got his e4300 to 4Ghz with his eliminator and his load temps ate 32C

Well, to my defence, you didn't compare yours to a high end aircooler.

And most reviews do give positives, mainly due to the fact that the unit would be supplied to them by the companies themselves, which means they are REQUIRED to give positive reviews.

Most of them also compare them to stock cooling: just about every aftermarket cooling will outperform stock cooling.

Vigor Monsoon? That one uses another low-power peltier, which is why the price is still around the same as the Eliminator.

Look at reviews for the thermalright Ultra-120+, and look at the load temps at overclock. Low powered TECs will perform better at low thermal loads, but they absolutely are crap on high thermal loads.

Well written reviews will show drawbacks which you have not anticipated, such a a comparison between your freezone and a good aircooler (which is tons cheaper BTW). I don't think you've actually compared those, have you?

Anyways, 4ghz is quite impressive for the E4300, and to keep it at 32C load, its very good. If what you're saying is true, it is quite weird that I cannot find this particular result being done anywhere. Maybe you'd humor me, and validate that result online, as per instructions here?

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/coolitelim/3.htm

This one was pretty good.