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I got 200$, what should i do

post #1 of 43
1/29/05 at 9:36pm
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Ok i got 200$ and i am putting it towards computers. I got a presscott, gets pretty hot. I was going to get the reserator or copper heatsink. If you got any suggestions what to do with it, that would be cool. It just has to reltae to computers.
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post #2 of 43
1/29/05 at 10:59pm
peltier unit
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post #3 of 43
1/29/05 at 11:10pm
Buy commodities. Buy on margin. That $200 should cover the commission.
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post #4 of 43
1/29/05 at 11:19pm
Two hookers and cheap hotel room.
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post #5 of 43
1/29/05 at 11:21pm
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already done, but they let me go for free.
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post #6 of 43
1/29/05 at 11:22pm
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Originally Posted by ITTechnology
already done, but they let me go for free.

Then I shall call you "Master"
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post #7 of 43
1/30/05 at 12:25am
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bow down....
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post #8 of 43
1/30/05 at 10:02am
I suggest you get a Thermalright XP-90 and a 92mm Panaflo Fan then blow the rest on two hookers and a cheap motel room instead of 2 blowup dolls and a cardboard box
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post #9 of 43
1/30/05 at 1:47pm
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post #10 of 43
1/30/05 at 10:52pm
Nah. Get a Thermalright XP120 and an Acoustifan AF120TC. After all, you don't want to be the guy with the second biggest toy, do you?

Oh wait, you are banned...
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post #11 of 43
1/30/05 at 11:46pm
yeah hes banned, and the xp120 doesnt fit on a lot of boards because of its immense size.
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post #12 of 43
1/30/05 at 11:48pm
what did he do?
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post #13 of 43
1/30/05 at 11:51pm
invest it
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post #14 of 43
1/30/05 at 11:52pm
BTW, do those peltier units really work? Where can one find them?
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post #15 of 43
1/31/05 at 1:18am
Apparently, with a powerful fan, the XP-90 performs better than the XP-120, i suspect due to the offset dead spot of the XP-90's design and the smaller deadspot of the 92mm fans.
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post #16 of 43
1/31/05 at 1:19am
But if you want a quiet fan with good performance, the XP120 is still better, right?
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post #17 of 43
1/31/05 at 1:24am
As for peltiers, they come in sizes according to the Wattage rating, the higher the wattage, the better the cooling power. It's basically looks like a square block of metal about 3mm thick with 2 wires leading off it. One side is known as the cold plate, the other side is known as the hot plate. It basically transfers heat from the cold plate to the hot plate at an accellerated rate according to it's wattage rating. Peltiers are able to achieve sub ambient temperatures that way. BUT there must be something cooling the hot plate. An air cooled heatsink will do, but due to the immense heat transferred to the hot plate, an air cooled heatsink will not allow a chip to go sub ambient and operating at such high temperatures isnt very good for the peltier either. Usually, peltiers are used in conjunction with watercooling systems for their maximum effect.
Peltiers also use up a huge amount of electrical energy, requiring their own dedicated power supply.

I think Peltiers are not worth it due to the condensation problems that might arise from sub ambient temperatures as well as the amount of power consumed.
But u can grab them from DangerDen.com i think.
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post #18 of 43
1/31/05 at 1:26am
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Originally Posted by deltawalkerl
But if you want a quiet fan with good performance, the XP120 is still better, right?
You can say that. A large 120mm quiet fan on a XP-120 will outperform a 92mm fan with a similar dB rating on an XP-90. But then again, due to the incompatability problems, i would probobly shy away from the XP-120.
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post #19 of 43
1/31/05 at 1:36am
Good thing they are compatible with the Asus SLI board, which is the one I'm looking at.
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post #20 of 43
1/31/05 at 9:59pm
I'm really happy with my Thermaltake Tower112. My overall system temps dropped by 15° to 20° under load (I have a Prescott... err... space heater). I was running about 65° on average and up to 70° when decoding DVD's. Now it never goes above 50°. If I cut the Tornado down too much for dB reasons, it will sometimes go up to 53°, but then I just adjust the airflow and all is good again.

The only reason I would recommend shying away from either water cooling or a peltier is I wouldn't trust the system when I wasn't around to watch it.
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