Outdoor Cooling

andy_taximan

andy_taximan

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Ive just moved my pc case up on a shelf on the wall, now i can see what 1500£ has been spent on! its about 2ft away from a north facing window i can open.. outside temps are normally 10-20oC lower then inside, sooo im just about to move my Koolance rad out of the case and rest it on the open window frame were it can cool down much better (i think) i will try with and without fans and see what temps i get and report back.
Has anybody else ever tried outdoor cooling?
Pros gota be lower temps but Cons are i wont be able to move it easily, dont matter tho.
Any thoughts?
 
The main con of that would be condensation if the coolant is running below ambient (where the pc is). Probably not a big issue in the summer, but will be in the winter.
 
where do you Live that you get such a difference in temps? considering that most homes are kept to around 18-28cl temp range, so it must be near freezing out side.

If the temps are a lot lower out side than inside you might get condensation introduced to your rig.
 
My rads are mounted in a box on a windowsill and have been for several years now. All i have to do to increase cooling is vary the amount to open the window. In the winter i can get away with it just being open a crack and have low single figure water temps. I have never had any condensation at all. The box is filtered as well so dust and bugs is not a problem.
 
its Folding 24/7 so im sure it wont freeze, im in uk near london 25oC inside and 12oC outside atm.
Nice idea pastymuncher to mount in a box , i think ill add some quick release connections then can just wash the rad under the tap to clear out any bugs n dust.

Ahh just thought about nylon stockings!!! not for me lol to cover the rad, keep out the bugs n dust , might try it

Ill keep an eye out for condensation but dont think its going to be that much colder then room temp , just looking for a few degrees so i can turn the fans down.

Just waiting on the posty now to deliver the tubing then we will see :)
 
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Here are a couple of pictures of my rad box. It houses 2x 360x60mm rads. Top rad is a Coolgate CG360 full copper rad with 3x 120mm OCUK/Zaward golf ball fans and the bottom one is a Thermochill PA120.3 with 3x Yate Loon 120x38mm fans.





A picture of the window side of the box showing some temporary mesh as a grill. It is similar on the inside and sandwiched in between is pond filter material to stop any dust/bugs getting in. I took the side off a couple of weeks ago to check inside for the first time in almost two years and it was all spotless.





I vary the cooling just by the amount i have the window open. Current water temp is 16.5 degrees but will go up to around 22 degrees when i start gaming. Lowest i have seen in the winter is 7 degrees and i still have not had any condensation problems.
 
A picture of the window side of the box showing some temporary mesh as a grill. It is similar on the inside and sandwiched in between is pond filter material to stop any dust/bugs getting in. I took the side off a couple of weeks ago to check inside for the first time in almost two years and it was all spotless.


I vary the cooling just by the amount i have the window open. Current water temp is 16.5 degrees but will go up to around 22 degrees when i start gaming. Lowest i have seen in the winter is 7 degrees and i still have not had any condensation problems.[/QUOTE]

Very nice temps, i assume your water cooling all components?
My water temps are 5 oC above room temp atm but i only have 1 fan on the rad blowing colder air in , ill prob add some more , ive turned off both case fans so its much quieter already :)
 
Cpu and GPU (core only) are all that's watercooled. Haswell pumps out a lot of heat. Watercooling the motherboard and memory is pointless. In fact, my memory doesn't even have heat spreaders.
 
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