Thermoelectric Cooling is a Bad Idea

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People keep emailing us saying “Hey Linus, you should look at Peltier Coolers!” - and I’ve finally given in, so here is a video about why it’s a bad idea.
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[@ElectroBOOM]

Hey no fair! You did a Thermoelectric video too! Well at least they are a bit different!

[@victornpb]

If you use a 300W peltier on a 100W cpu now you have to dissipate 400W. That's why it will always be unpractical.

[@vaghatz]

That was not fair, the traditional watercooling solution had RBG fans while the peltier on had non-RGB. Everybody knows that RGB boosts cooling up to 50%

[@stickoutofthemud]

"In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

[@dazley8021]

When your PC cooling requires it's own miniature power plant just to keep the CPU at sub ambient temps.

[@spok_real]

fastest pc ever ???

[@derekg2132]

Yeah now newest video fastest gamjng pc in the world he is using ek unreleased thermoelectric cpu cooler for 5.7 gigahertz

[@ModeratelyJoe]

Linus going for the party in back look.

[@thebuddies6165]

who is watching in 2020 and sees the add for the watch but then realizes that it expired a year ago

[@tommysalami6301]

Who’s here after 2020 fastest gaming PC video ?

[@erikwithak6555]

“But what’s even cooler!”

[@Timocracy]

"Bad Cooling Ideas"

[@MrElectron]

Yeah ! More than half the power is wasted in Heat

[@Knight3191]

Sounds like we're revisiting this from the "The Fastest Gaming PC in the World! ...For now" video.

[@dumpsterdawg]

Dad: What would you like for Christmas? Son: A Dragon! Dad: Be realistic.

[@kylequinn1963]

I love that I'm seeing this right after Intel released their first consumer Thermoelectric cooler. The results are amazing, I can't even lie. Watched one on a 5950x all core 4.8ghz to 5ghz boost clock at 45 degrees C which is bloody insane.

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

people will see the decibels and think "wow its half as loud as a jet"

[@flamingkillermc2806]

Everyone gangsta till Linus finds a liquid nitrogen cooler

[@DavidAragon13]

I had a friend in high school in 2001 who built a TEC for his Athlon XP system and made a water cooling system using a motorcycle radiator. This is old news to me and people keep trying it. I can't imagine trying to cool off a Pentium 4 system during that era with a TEC without breaking a kilowatt of energy.

[@wannabehuman.production]

I came here because of the new MYSTERY EK COOLER in the fastest pc in the world which is obviously a mix between a normal liquid cooler + a peltier cooler.