I used "HI TEMP HEATER HOSE" from Autozone (although it can be acquired at many other stores, including some hardware stores).  This hose proved  to be MUCH better than vinyl tubing because it  compresses a lot better around hose clamps for less  leaks, and will not deform due to higher  temperatures from peltiers.  In the second pic, you  can see 4 gas valves (2 pairs of 2). Between each pair I inserted a copper union.  This setup is used as a "quick disconnect": all I have to do is close each of  the valves, open the unions, and haul the cooler and  computer away to a new location.  Once arrived, I  just reconnect the unions and open the valves and all  is ready to go again. The only disadvantage this has is that it looses a tiny bit of coolant each time I  disconnect them, and I introduce a little air when I  reconnect them, but not too bad. It usually works it's way out quickly.

  This is the radiator (a heater core I got from a local
  dismantler) that I used to use.  I no longer use it, as I
  got a large A/C condenser coil which is *MUCH*
  better, and allows me to mount six of those 6" air
  hockey table fans you see in the picture (a little loud
  at full bore, but when not at full voltage are pretty
  quiet and still move quite a bit of air).

  After using a 60 gph Little Giant pump for about 10
  months, I started to notice a leak developing around
  certain parts of the pump that inhibited the flow rate,
  so I thought a new pump was in order (60 gph is
  really under rated anyway.. it worked all right for my
  passive water cooler, but not with the three 84 watt
  peltiers I use now.  In fact, when I got my first set of
  peltiers I was still using that pump and the peltiers
  overheated... charring my insulation and burning one
  of the peltiers up.  Check out the water jacket section
  for a look at that). So I got the one in the picture,
  which is 205 gph @ 1 foot of head pressure, with a
  max head pressure of 7.4 feet. This increased the
  flow rate tremendously, and my temps fell from -5
  deg C at idle to around -25 deg C (-15 deg C full
  load). BTW, I chose a Little Giant pump because
  they are extremely quiet.  I could not hear my
  previous pump running at all, and this one is almost as
  quiet; sometimes I get a slight hint of a "whiring"
  sound. This pump is also in a cast aluminum housing
  with a protective epoxy coating.
 

Although the water jacket in the first picture is not
the current water jacket I use, it is very close to the
design of my current one.  They are both 6" long
with similar mounting holes, but my current one
(second picture) was made from three 6"x2"x1/4"
copper bars, while the one pictured to the right was
made from a 6"x1.5"x1" copper bar.

I originally tried to use the 1.5" one with my peltiers,
but it proved to be just a little too narrow (40 mm TEC's
very close fit), so I opted to make a new 2" wide
block. The one I currently use also has the
inlet/outlet pipes coming out one of the larger faces
(rather than out of the top, like the one pictured
first).  Also, this block has 2 rows of 4 holes (8
total), drilled length wise through the block (each
hole is 3/16" in diameter), with the ends plugged with
large copper wire + soldered shut. My current one
just has a large channel with irregularity cut walls to
add turbulence.  Notice the holes going from the top
to the bottom of the block (3/16" again).  These
house some bolts that attach to little plastic "bridges"
that I made that attach to those 4 extra holes in front
of the Slot 1 connector.

One more thing to note: the  4 holes on the front face of  the water jacket are tapped with a 1/4-20 tap so that I can use nylon  bolts to bolt the peltiers, cold plate, CPU,  plastic insulator, and aluminum back plate to the water
jacket and then slip it over my mounting bolts and
into the slot 1 interface. You can see the current
water jacket, custom mounting bolts, and all the
different layers in the second pic (notice the
scorched insulation: this picture was taken before I
replaced the burned peltier).  You can also just see
the bags of desiccant in the lower left. If you really
look hard, you will notice that I don't even loose a
RAM slot with this beast. :)
The best thing about using the 1/4-20 nylon bolts to
sandwich the entire mess together is that the holes
are farther apart than the CPU catridge is long - so
this can be used to mount to any Slot'ed CPU (ie,
Slot 1 - Slot 2 (why? heh) - Slot 1 -> Socket 370
adapters - Slot A, etc...

The Block

The Mount

This is the power supply that was built in order to  power my peltiers. I just gutted an old 63.5 Watt XT power supply, and "retro fitted" it for 480  Watts.  It was originally built for two 31.8 volt peltiers @ 3.6 amps each (configured in parallel), so  it's output is around 34 volts (the two transformers  are 12V center tap, each at 5A RMS, so a total of  about 34 volts up to around 14 amps). However, I have since changed peltiers to units that are 15.8  volts @ 7.6 amps, and so now I have to run the  peltiers in series (under this load the PS puts out  about 30 volts). 

Notice that there is a bridge  rectifier on the output of each transformer, and the  outputs of the bridge rectifiers are paralleled together and filtered from there with 2 2200 micro F  capacitors. There is also another 2200 micro F capacitor on the inside of my case, where I connect  the peltier power up to the case.   The second picture shows how the water lines enter the PC, and also show where my custom PS hooks up the the peltiers (the big black A/C style cord,  which is really DC.. not too good I guess, just have  to pay attention while I hook it up). You can also see the fairly good sized red LED that lights up when  the heater circuit is activated, and that third capacitor  for further filtering.

The Modified PS

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