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Old 13th February 2008, 22:45   #15 (permalink)
reignofchaos
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TECs are risky for CPUs... if the junction fails, the CPU will fry. Also cooling the hot side is a lot of pain and to cool a modern quad core CPU, you'd need a 350W TEC which means huge power consumption. Using dry ice is much easier, also less risky and gives way lower temperatures.
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