Quote Originally Posted by Kenyth View Post
Peltiers have to be monitored VERY closely in critical cooling apps. Should they malfunction, they become excellent insulating material. If a cooling fan malfunctions, at least they heat sink still provides a lot of heat dissipation.
We used a Peltier in our high school science project. Had some first gen single core AMDs running around -20c. Fun project but we should tried to include some overclocking tests. We also had to seal the entire inner portion of the socket with some non-conductive gel. Very fun stuff to play around with.