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Today my computer room it 130F... I have a box fan taking air in from the rest of the house (can't come from outside humidity is too high) and am trying to figure out what I can do to keep it at the nice 60F I like to work in.. an AC unit is out of the question but I was thinking that maybe a combined heat-dump to the water system and outside would work... any ideas?
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I have a small window AC unit in my computer room keeps it nice and frosty in there. Before i bought it it would get very hot. I also but a ceiling fan int my computer room which helped alot. Other than that not much you can do.
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post #3 of 10
I dont think youre going to get to 60 from 130 without some form of AC. There isnt really much else you can do besides set up a bunch of fans.
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Iam having similar problem cpu tems and mobo are almost 90 degrees f , the ac runs like crap in my pc room and unfortunetly this was the only room the wife would let me use,now iam getting desprete so I've been looking at cutting a hole into a small fridge and running some type of hose from the freezer to my pc, or to utilize my ac vent and make a ram air kit for a pc haha,I had a ram air on my mutsang so I guess its time to ram air the pc lol
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post #5 of 10
The only way to lower the air temperature is with some kind of phase change cooling system. For example evaporative cooling or AC. No fridge or freezer is going to be able to keep up with the heat load of a PC. It's really AC or bust.
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We need a bit more information.
you stated your room is 130f . Is the rest of your living space being cooled with a centra air unit?
I have a 52" fan in the ceiling that is very quiet except for the sound of the air.. :> A cheap fan makes too much noise for me.
My house is set at 75 but with a oxygen machine ( iuse to help my ankle heal) cpap machine i use to sleep and all of my electronics tv (lcd) blu-ray standalone dvd standalone, computer things can get a bit warm. I was thinking about making a vent from my top fans of my outside the case closed loop radiator with dryer vent tubing to a board in my window with a dryer vent flapper in it when things get warm.
I also use a box fan to blow air out of the room by the door. I dont have a photo site set up yet but when i do ill try to update.
oh yes 5.1 logitech sound and 23" monitor. (lcd)
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post #7 of 10
garden hose, spare car radiator from the junkyard, electric cooling fan, and a spare 12v power supply.

keep your room @ 70F for cheap. it doesn't even take that much water.


I just turn the AC on - 105F outside, 70F in the basement.
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Originally Posted by sunset1 View Post

We need a bit more information.
you stated your room is 130f . Is the rest of your living space being cooled with a centra air unit?
I have a 52" fan in the ceiling that is very quiet except for the sound of the air.. :> A cheap fan makes too much noise for me.
My house is set at 75 but with a oxygen machine ( iuse to help my ankle heal) cpap machine i use to sleep and all of my electronics tv (lcd) blu-ray standalone dvd standalone, computer things can get a bit warm. I was thinking about making a vent from my top fans of my outside the case closed loop radiator with dryer vent tubing to a board in my window with a dryer vent flapper in it when things get warm.
I also use a box fan to blow air out of the room by the door. I dont have a photo site set up yet but when i do ill try to update.
oh yes 5.1 logitech sound and 23" monitor. (lcd)
Sunset1

I have centra air that is set at 65F and my computer room heats up the whole floor it is on to about 80f though frown.gif
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Click my sig.. http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/406256-official-bong-lovers-club-56k-fail.html ..after running for a while..My bong actually helps cool the room.I live in FL ..and it's pretty
humid here...The bong really doesn't add to it :lachen.gif: and cools whatever chip I'm running nicely biggrin.gif
It's about 81F where my computer is.
PS: Read Motoray's bong build wink.gif
I used that template with a few tweaks thumbsupsmiley.png
Edited by Schmuckley - 7/5/12 at 6:58am
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We have a large window ac in the next room that keeps it tolerable in the computer room (no windows in the room). Last year it was miserable because we have a saltwater reef that was lit by 3 250 watt metal halide lights, the room was always 90 + even with the ac in the next room. Over the winter switched the reef over to led lighting and now it doesnt get over 70

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