Syrillian

I have no AC.

I am at the mercy of the airflow through my little home.

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rpm666

Yeah but Santa Rosa can't be that bad.

I mean, where do you live? lol

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Syrillian

I live where you stated.

At the height of Summer it can get to be 40C in my house. Note that I live...uh... a little differently than most. I have no normal furniture, the house is filled with worktables, shelves and my main corner desk.... I do have a bedroom though. lol.

My house is about 480sqft and has numerous computers and machines that run constantly. The thermal output can be high, bordering on excessive at times.

The upside is that I have not used my heater for many years.

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Case Mods:
Liquid Chameleon, VF1000 LAN box

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Billy(the kid)

Damn with all those posts you got me worried!!!i know that ambient temp affects the general temps of the hardware,but i did not thoufht of that match!I was hoping for something like +6c up +3-4c up in hardware temp not something like 1:1 ratio!!!!By the way my fans are placed accordingly:frontal lower fan throws air in,side fan which is 120cm after modification throws in and back fan throws out all fans are 120cm and work fool speed are they correctly placed?

TwoCables

They're correctly placed. Most of us have more case fans than we actually need (I am included). But sometimes it's better to be safe than sorry.

But as for the 1:1 ratio: well, think of an object just sitting on your desk. Now imagine that it's been there for a while and it's at the exact same temperature of the room. Now let's say that the temperature increased. Within a certain amount of time, that object will become warmer and eventually match the new room temperature.

And so it's the same with our components because they are exposed to the air. The only difference here is that our components are generating heat, and so therefore we need to do what we can to help dissipate that heat in order to help prevent heat build-up (or at least minimize it). And so with air cooling, the temperature of the components is dictated by the air temperature. The warmer the air, the warmer everything will be. The cooler it is, the colder everything will be. And quite naturally, I think I have to agree that the ratio has to be 1:1. I mean, I don't see any way that it can't be a 1:1 ratio.

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