Thermoelectric coolers are an interesting technology, but have fairly poor efficiency. Plus, you still need somewhere for the heat to go (which probably still means heatsink + fans).
A thermal engineer I know remarked that non-thermal engineers often suggested TECs, and her job was pointing out why they are rarely the right tool for the job.
Re:A failed experiment in laptop cooling
by Choad_20261104 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:38PM
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yeah. It was a hail mary for the guy. Honestly the a immersion is better bet but it is kind of messy - not gonna got have some toast at the breakfast table with that laptop after that
OR maybe try immersing the unit in ampcool or bitcool [engineeredfluidsdotcom] (again around $250) and use a recirculating pump from a fish tank over a decorative waterfall to bleed off the transferred heat from the PC into the environment