Try to use this to get the Peltier Module together with a 12V fan to cool the same size and it failed miserably. It's my fault for underestimating the size of heatsink I would need for this application as I'm new to Peltier modules and heatsinks. This assumes that this heatsink will be used for processors that can also generate a lot of heat, and this heatsink cannot dissipate very much heat without the help of a really powerful fan. So I'm not saying it can't work for CPUs as I haven't tried it, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it as it can't handle the heat of a 100% used CPU.