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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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20 Comments

@erikwithak6555 7 years ago

“But what’s even cooler!”
gets ready for sponsor
“Are these coolers”
Me: What?

@Timpossibly 7 years ago

"Bad Cooling Ideas"
Whole Room Water-Cooling 2 confirmed.

@stickinthemud23 7 years ago

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

@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559 6 years ago

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

@ア尺ノムリ丂 7 years ago

0:50 who else thought he was going to say "But what's even cooler, is today's video sponsor" lol

@flamingkillermc2806 7 years ago

Everyone gangsta till Linus finds a liquid nitrogen cooler

@dumpsterdawg 7 years ago

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Son: Okay, how about part 2 of Linus Tech Tips 10 Years of Gaming PCs.
Dad: And what color would you like that dragon?

@cadha13 6 years ago

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.

@ModeratelyJoe 7 years ago

Linus going for the party in back look.

@Γευστικός_Κάλυκας 7 years ago

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%

@animalhouse2720 7 years ago (edited)

4:01 linus pretends to tighten screw while alex looks worried that screw is not tightening

@Knight3191 5 years ago

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

@AmountStax 7 years ago

6:49 wanna congratulate Linus on keeping that yawn back.

@dazley8021 7 years ago

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

@tzxazrael 7 years ago

32 amps... lmfao...
"Ok alex, fire it up!"
(kerchunk)
(sudden random shouting throughout the offices as power breakers are tripped)

@wannabehuman.production 5 years ago

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.