Extreme cooling comes when you start looking for alternatives to simple air cooling. The second most popular cooling around has to be watercooling, the third? My personal guess is peltier cooling as it has been around for quite a long time. Even if I am wrong peltier cooling performs better than simple air cooling and possibly simple water cooling. For a really good read up on peltier cooling check out the Overclockers write up. Today however I will be reviewing the Swiftech MCX462 T™ with 226 Watt TEC (Thermal Electric Cooler aka Peltier).
To basically sum up peltier cooling:
Peltier cooling basically consits of a plate that has both a hot and cold side. By using energy, hence the wattage rating, the plate transfers the heat from the cold side to the hot side which is usually mounted with a heatsink to move the heat from the hot side onto the heatsink. On top of the heatsink is a fan that dissipates the heat from the heatsink that came from the plates hot side which resulted from the cold sides heat being moved by energy. Get it? Well if ya don't read the Overclockers write up or stay tuned for a peltier write up in the very near future by SubZeroTech. Specifications/Contents
Technical Specifications
Overall Performance:
100 Watts thermal load to ambient with 80CFM fan.
Heat sink assembly characteristics:
CNC machined, C110 copper base, 3"W x 3"L x .500"H, flatness better than 0.0003", micro surface finish 8 or better.
371 Helicoid Pins made of High Thermal Conductivity Aluminum Alloy, press fitted in the base.
Overall assembly dimensions 3"x3"x2.26"
Assembly weight: 31.5 oz (893g)
1/2" thick copper cold plate
Thermoelectric module:
Couples U max I max DT max Q max L×W×H(mm) R(O) 127 15.2 VDC 24 A >67 ° C 226.1 W 50 × 50 × 3.10 0.48
Neoprene sponge gasketing system, and motherboard gaskets are designed to eliminate condensation.
Users are advised that certain tasks are also required with respect to components insulation, as described in our installation guide.
Retention mechanism
Motherboard fittings: 6-32 Female to Male 1/4" standoffs with lock-nuts
Heat sink fittings: 4 pre-assembled compression springs provide exact specified pressure per chip manufacturers.
Power Supply requirements
Connection to an auxiliary power supply (recommended):
The TEC module is provided with "bare wires" to facilitate installation with screw type terminals. We recommend the "Meanwell S320-12" power supply, rated for 25A at 12 Volts.
Minimum requirements for a dedicated power supply: 20A at 12 volts.
If adjustable voltage is available: setting the voltage higher than 12V is not recommended. Lower voltage, can be safely used, down to 9 volts.
Connection to an ATX computer power supply:
Important Warning: to connect the MCX462 T cooler to your existing computer power supply, you must carefully consider the existing requirements of other devices connected on the 12 volts line. Connecting the cooler to an underpowered unit will definitely damage the power supply.
Minimum requirements for an ATX computer power supply (*): 28A at 12 volts, such as but not limited to the following products, provided as examples only, based on the respective manufacturer published specifications (**):
Enermax EG465AX-VE
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 600 ATX
Power Maxx PM520
(*) Based on an average computer setup, consisting of single CPU, up to (2) CDRom devices, up to (2) Hard Drives, (1) floppy, and standard AGP and PCI devices (graphics, sound, modem or network).
(**) These products have not been tested by Swiftech, and no representations are made as to functionality or compatiblity with the MCX462 T.
It is HIGHLY recommended for you to obtain a high quality power supply, for this review I used both the Meanwell S320-12 auxiliary power supply and a Vantec 470W Stealth power supply.
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