CPU temps

[Leon Goldstein]

Steve Jardine wrote:

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>Has anyone uses a Peltier cooler? I have seen them in portable coolers for cars, but they seem terribly inefficient.
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As a CPU cooler, Peltier heatsinks are too efficient; condensation can 
form at the CPU-heatsink contact.  Since the Peltier is basically 
refrigerating the CPU, the heatsink fins are also much hotter than with 
a normal cooler, and this extra heat must be dissipated and removed from 
the case.



-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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