awalleyeguy
 So now I'm a bit confused. Was using a tec with chilled water worth it or not?

 
Sorry, Didn't mean to give you the wrong impression about my initial testing results. 
 
Actually even though I found it initially did cool the GPU down at first testing much better than just using Chilled Water Cooled Blocks, going to around 1C to 3C degrees at Idle sitting in the Windows Desktop, But Unfortunately as I found out after some maintained Bench Load Testing, It  wasn't going to do a better job than I had hoped for.
 
When I starting this experimenting, I had in mind I could also possibly cool the higher TDP GPU's in the same way I use to cool my old lower TDP CPU's, But found There was just too much heat produced by both the TEC (400W) plus the GTX 480 (250W) combined even using the Chilled 10C to 15C Cooling Water temps on the TEC to keep and maintain GPU temps down while under the heavy Benchmarking Loads (Vantage) I tested compared to just using Chilled Water Blocks Only on the GPU, such as I have been using on all of my recent GTX 980 series Cards. 
 
Yes, It worked OK with an LGA 775/QX9770 (TDP 136W) on my EVGA 790i back in 2008 when I was experimenting with a Swiftech TEC/Water Block arrangement, But the almost doubled TDP of an EVGA GTX 480 GPU under high load benching conditions caused the temps to rise too fast.
 
Basically It was Just another Experiment I wanted to try while waiting for my other Graphics Cards to arrive, But looks like I'll apparently still use my stand-alone GPU Chilled Water Blocks and eventually go back to the drawing board again trying to develop something else besides TEC's for GPU Cooling. 
 

 Thanks. So really the bottom line is a TEC works, but as I have heard the heat given off just counters the effect. Making it not worth doing. To bad there isn't a way to set up that one didn't have to worry/get rid of the heat, like it could just dissipate into the air and be gone. LOL. 

awalleyeguy
 Thanks. So really the bottom line is a TEC works, but as I have heard the heat given off just counters the effect. Making it not worth doing. To bad there isn't a way to set up that one didn't have to worry/get rid of the heat, like it could just dissipate into the air and be gone. LOL. 

Yup TEC's are a way cool idea, just terribly impractical.  There are some that get SERIOUSLY cold, but the hot side could head up a room.
 

hallowen

EVGATech_DaveB
Yeah it is a really shame about product prices..... wish it wasn't the case  :( 
 
As long as you keep posting your project to occupy your time im happy there!  As for a dual proc 980, I doubt it, I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

You never can tell, I would hazard a guess that AMD might make another new dual-CPU card just to irritate some of us "Green Fanboys". LOL!

Meh, not really on the "irritating" us.  Myself I am a Ford guy, and I like Mopars, not much of a GM fan, but in general I love cars, if you built a beefy Chevelle instead of your Stang, at the same level and quality you did, I would look just as intently.  Same goes for computers/benching;  So if you go team red and get some records, good for you and I will watch and enjoy.  Innovation on both sides is just good for the industry no matter how you cut it.

Well Guys, So much for my experimenting/attempting 2-Way SLI and Quad-SLI using two Radeon R9 295X2's on my ASUS Rampage V Extreme Platform.
 
Because of the unfavorable results I obtained (IMO), I didn't even get around to using Chilled Water Cooling due to the problems I encountered trying to set them up with just the Factory Cooling. 
 
Yeah I Know, I HAD to go ahead and try these Older AMD products just to satisfy myself, But Between Driver Install Problems (and Lack of any New Catalyst Drivers since 12/09/2014), Excessive Heat (Factory CCL water system) and a Limited GPU & Memory Overclocking range with Much Lower than expected Benching Results, I Dropped the Ideas I had about Modifying Them for Chilled Water Blocks and QUICKLY Sold them this Morning and Th..Th..Th..That's All Folks!
 
NOW I Remember Why I Stuck with Nvidia Products all these years. Once again I'm back to waiting for the New EVGA Offerings.
 
 

Just thought I'd have some Fun and Games with Phase Change on both the CPU and the GPU.
 
Yeah, I Know It's Jury rigged on the GPU, But it did manage to "Get it Colder", LOL
 
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EDIT:
After the results I got from Just throwing an SS on my old GTX 480, I decided to go ahead and order/experiment on a reference Nvidia Titan X that I'll be trying on this SS Phase Change on the GPU and see what Kind of Sub-Zero Temps/Scores I can reach with a Single Card instead of waiting/trying to get four cards for 4-Way SLI using just 10C Chilled Water Cooling.
 
Should be able to get MUCH colder on the GPU once everything is properly insulated for Sub-Zero Operation like I have done with the 5960X CPU!

Just tested out the phase change, just to see if it would freeze, and it is in good working order. Now I need to get my PC's in and start trying this cold thing.

After that, I need to go to NJ and visit Nateman and pick up a Dewar and I just found the place to get the LN2. I am excited to start testing this stuff out.

OK Guys, I just received my New NVIDIA (Not EVGA) Geforce GTX Titan X Graphics Card that I will be using for Testing/Benchmarking instead of my Usual 4-Way SLI setups JUST to do something different for a change, Not to mention at a LOT lower amount of $$$$.
 
I'll still be using my ASUS RVE/5960X/Corsair DDR4 with my Custom SS Phase Change setup.
 
I plan on starting out with using the stock factory air cooler to test limits and eventually move on to ambient and then chilled water cooling, Followed by a try at Phase Change cooling on the GPU as I have shown testing a few posts back in this thread on my old EVGA GTX 480.
 
This will be just to ensure if something goes wrong, I'll only blow up ONE card instead of Four! LOL!

hallowen
OK Guys, I just received my New NVIDIA (Not EVGA) Geforce GTX Titan X Graphics Card that I will be using for Testing/Benchmarking instead of my Usual 4-Way SLI setups JUST to do something different for a change, Not to mention at a LOT lower amount of $$$$.
 
I'll still be using my ASUS RVE/5960X/Corsair DDR4 with my Custom SS Phase Change setup.
 
I plan on starting out with using the stock factory air cooler to test limits and eventually move on to ambient and then chilled water cooling, Followed by a try at Phase Change cooling on the GPU as I have shown testing a few posts back in this thread on my old EVGA GTX 480.
 
This will be just to ensure if something goes wrong, I'll only blow up ONE card instead of Four! LOL!

+1

hallowen
OK Guys, I just received my New NVIDIA (Not EVGA) Geforce GTX Titan X Graphics Card that I will be using for Testing/Benchmarking instead of my Usual 4-Way SLI setups JUST to do something different for a change, Not to mention at a LOT lower amount of $$$$.
 
I'll still be using my ASUS RVE/5960X/Corsair DDR4 with my Custom SS Phase Change setup.
 
I plan on starting out with using the stock factory air cooler to test limits and eventually move on to ambient and then chilled water cooling, Followed by a try at Phase Change cooling on the GPU as I have shown testing a few posts back in this thread on my old EVGA GTX 480.
 
This will be just to ensure if something goes wrong, I'll only blow up ONE card instead of Four! LOL!

Haha, replacing one card will probably be easier to swallow, eh???