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> I've wondered what became of the tech. Remember that Peltier coolers don't make heat disappear - they just move it from one side of the cooler to the other,
by duskwuff 1y ago
> I've wondered what became of the tech.
Remember that Peltier coolers don't make heat disappear - they just move it from one side of the cooler to the other, and produce a lot of additional waste heat in the process. There are better ways of transferring heat from a hot IC to a heat sink nowadays - like liquid cooling for really high-performance systems, or capillary-action heat pipes for more typical needs.
- delusional 1y ago> There are better ways of transferring heat from a hot IC to a heat sink nowadays Peltiers were always a bad way to move the heat. What they offered was the ability to go below ambient, which at the time could improve overclocking. Peltiers of course lacked the capacity to actually take you there with any decent load, but in theory it could. It never really made much sense for consumers, and once consumers realized that, the market went away.
- electroglyph 1y agopeltier on the liquid reservoir might be worth trying...