[Nottingham] Water cooled CPUs - worthwhile?

[Martin]

Richard Ward wrote:
> Richard Ward wrote:
>> Camilo Mesias wrote:
>>> Would it be possible to power a Stirling
>>> engine off a CPU, and in doing so, cool it?
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> 
> Hah!, after a quick check on everyones favorite collaborative 
> encyclopedia, it appears someone at MSI had the same idea...
> 
> http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9051/msi_employs_stirling_engine_theory/index.html

Now that is /very/ neat... But not what Camilo asked.

In brief, yes you can use drive a Stirling Engine to then drive the heat 
flow for active cooling.

http://www.stirlingengine.com/faq/one?scope=public&faq_id=1#5


Cheers,
Martin

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