Is there no solution to heat problems?

Se7ven

Se7ven

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Hey guys, don't get mixed up here when I say I have a heating problem, my CPU and GPU's are running at temps which are fine, however the heat coming from them is a little unbearable for the room, when gaming even if a fan on and window open the heat coming from the machine is almost like putting your hand over a radiator.

However they are not overheating and I have never had issues, its just a personal thing, I can't bare to be in the room after about 1 hour of gaming.

The cooling is just standard, I have 2x GTX 480's and an i7 2.8 overclocked to 4GHz - all done by OCuK (Ultima Dreadnought)

When not gaming its bearable to work with but can still get pretty hot after it's been on for a while

any tips/suggestions? cheers
 
Well I hear 480's do get pretty hot, so having 2 is like having the sun in your case :D

As for your situation, maybe leave the door to the room open, as it could create some airflow through the room from window to door. Sometimes I can actually feel the difference when I do this...quite strange especially if there is little wind, but I can feel the temp drop sometimes :p
 
Not much you can do really without drastic measures. The heat-dump to your room is always going to be the same..... even if you spent £300 on a custom watercooling loop, all it's going to do is transfer the heat from the components to the air in your room even more efficiently. If anything, it could make your problem worse, making the room heat-up in less time.

The only real way would be to improve the air-transfer in your room. Get an extractor fan or something.
 
Funny I have always considered options on this.

I suppose simplest is buy a small cheap AC unit, I got one myself which I use in the summer, cost £150, stick vent out window, win.

More extreme but could be really fun to do would be a watercooling loop that actually has the heat exchanger outside.
 
Lol (sorry op :p)

I remember when 480 power consumption figures came out and people joked they would heat rooms, often then being accused of ati fanboyism. Turns out it's true!:)

As jimbob correctly points out, no amount of better PC cooling will help the situation as all the heat ends up being dumped into the room anyway. I assume you dont want to consider undervolting and underclocking, so your potential solutions include...

1. Improving room air change rate with extractor fans.
2. Moving PC to a bigger room with better airflow.
3. Installing air conditioning unit in room.
4. Ducting PC exhaust fans to outside the room or water cooling loop with rad outside room.
5. Only play Farmville

edit: to add best solution - no. 5
 
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Re the outsied heat exchanger you would need to be careful on this for very cold winter months. Its quite possible that the water could freeze over night and transfer this into your PC, its not a massive water volume.
May make for some pretty good overclocks when outside temp is -10C but there are definately some risks to be considered before doing this.
 
thanks for the feedback guys, I am swtiching rooms within the next few weeks and I am going to try and have the PC at a ventilated area, maybe close to a window with a fan blowing in its direction, I think even with the window open in the winter months the room would still be at an ok temperature, we'll see how it goes :)
 
Liampope said:
As jimbob correctly points out, no amount of better PC cooling will help the situation as all the heat ends up being dumped into the room anyway.
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Well theoretically, if a better cooling system resulted in lower temps for components, then the heat being dumped into the room would be of a lower temperature? :D

Either way, I'm sure it wouldn't make that much difference. :cool:
 
You can buy 120mm air ducts if you are desperate and have them outputting out the window or something. Always wanted to see an outdoor wall-mounted rad!
 
I toyed with the idea of setting my systems up in the garage (it's always freezing cold) which is next to my compter room & just feeding cables & connection points through the wall for DVI/USB etc. It seemed like a good Idea to take care of heat & noise problems but the other half wasn't keen on letting me loose with a hammer drill for some reason.

Anyway winter will soon be upon us & I find it comforting to know that during those cold winter days & nights my tiny space heater, also known as a GTX480, will be able to keep the computer room nice & toasty without having to engage the conventional heating system.
 
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