Question can i use 2 peltier coolers on my gaming laptop ?

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hi.. i have an MSI GF65 thinUE (the Canada variant i think, .. inside there are copper pipes from the crappy 3060 and the intel cpu... if i put 2 peltiers thermo electric coolers and pressed them against some of those cooper pipes... would that cool things down ???since this will be on the bottom of the laptop.. any condensation would drip onto the 2$ cooling pad... the laptop is raised at a, i dunno.. a 15 degree angle ? very certain that all condensation if any will drip onto the laptop cooling thingy....

small question, can i use usb power to power the peltier thing ???, it needs 55 watts to do its magic and i want 2.... so if my elementary math claas serves me well.. id need 110 watts

PS in this scenation i will keep the bottom plastic of the laptop removed
also im french Canadian so please forgive my grammar and lack of punctuation... actually the punctuation is simply because im dumb :)

and furthermore the laptop doesnt overheat, but after i lost a nvidia geforce gpu, ive been paranoid about temps.. so if speedfan has that little fire icon, im not comfy


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if i put 2 peltiers thermo electric coolers and pressed them against some of those cooper pipes... would that cool things down ???
No it won't since you'd be overwhelming the little coolers on your laptop.

since this will be on the bottom of the laptop.. any condensation would drip onto the 2$ cooling pad...
Physics and Chemistry will tell you that humidity will make it's way around your PCB and that will in turn hinder your laptop's overall longevity.

the laptop is raised at a, i dunno.. a 15 degree angle ?
If you've done trigonometry, what sort of height do you gain from raising the rear or the laptop by 15 Degrees?

and furthermore the laptop doesnt overheat, but after i lost a nvidia geforce gpu, ive been paranoid about temps.. so if speedfan has that little fire icon, im not comfy
You're overthinking things.
1| Replace the thermal paste and pads with higher quality compounds/putty(for the areas that have pads)
2| Make sure you don't overapply the paste
3| Make sure your vents are cleared of dirt/debris
4| Prop/raise the laptop up with an eraser or even a sharpie to lift the laptop's base off the table and allow for cooler ambient air entering the vents.
5| Undervolt the processor and GPU.
 
if i put 2 peltiers thermo electric coolers and pressed them against some of those cooper pipes... would that cool things down ???
No it won't since you'd be overwhelming the little coolers on your laptop.

since this will be on the bottom of the laptop.. any condensation would drip onto the 2$ cooling pad...
Physics and Chemistry will tell you that humidity will make it's way around your PCB and that will in turn hinder your laptop's overall longevity.

the laptop is raised at a, i dunno.. a 15 degree angle ?
If you've done trigonometry, what sort of height do you gain from raising the rear or the laptop by 15 Degrees?

and furthermore the laptop doesnt overheat, but after i lost a nvidia geforce gpu, ive been paranoid about temps.. so if speedfan has that little fire icon, im not comfy
You're overthinking things.
1| Replace the thermal paste and pads with higher quality compounds/putty(for the areas that have pads)
2| Make sure you don't overapply the paste
3| Make sure your vents are cleared of dirt/debris
4| Prop/raise the laptop up with an eraser or even a sharpie to lift the laptop's base off the table and allow for cooler ambient air entering the vents.
5| Undervolt the processor and GPU.
thank you... i mentioned the 15 degree tilt to show that the condensation if any will not streak towards any other mobo components, i am a star citizen fanatic, so i dont thin, i can "undervolt" anything , also i didnt overclock anything, the only thing is that i selected full pc performance in the Linux power settings, should mention that i reside in the Philippines a tropical country... ambient temperature is in the 30's (celcius)
 
If you search you will find large number of articles and video that explain why peltier technology is not used in cpu coolers.

The short version is if your cooler uses 55 watts of power where does that energy go. It is all converted to heat that you now somehow must get rid of. There is some cooling effect but many sites say these devices are only about 10% efficient. That means you are now getting about 5 watts of cooling and but now need to get rid of a extra 50watts of heat.