Lowering ambient temps

THEMIGHTYMAXTOR

THEMIGHTYMAXTOR

THEMIGHTYMAXTOR

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I have always know my games room was hot, but never did anything about it, its a small room consisting of a desk with xbox 360 and my rig etc etc, I can't really afford expensive air conditioning and am looking for an alternative to cool it down so I can start overclocking further, I dont want to resolve to loads of fans draining electricity making bills massive! any help would be great :)
 
buy a 120mm fan, a 12V solar panel....
use the 120mm fan to push air out your window...
Solar panel to power it...

Possible upgrade path would be to use a small 12V battery to store power during the day so that the fan runs over night...
 
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THEMIGHTYMAXTOR said:
is there like any way of getting air conditioning cheap? its sooo expensive
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Not really, plus you have high running costs!

One of my friends bought 2 air conditioning units. He soon stopped using them when he saw the electric meter spinning so fast it was altering space/time!
 
ahahahaha thats my biggest fear, looks like i will just have to invest in better/more fans for my rig and put up with the noise, i used to have cheap watercooling but i learnt the hard way why you shouldnt buy cheap watercooling, might be time to save up for some decent watercooling :)
 
I used a home made water cooling setup for 4 years. Only cost £80 to build and rant without any problems. I only changed the water once when I needed to move the PC.

Cheap doesnt mean naff. Just need to test it for leaks before installing it.
 
THEMIGHTYMAXTOR said:
ahahahaha thats my biggest fear, looks like i will just have to invest in better/more fans for my rig and put up with the noise, i used to have cheap watercooling but i learnt the hard way why you shouldnt buy cheap watercooling, might be time to save up for some decent watercooling :)
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I agree with other posters, cheap doesn't always mean bad.

For example between MM and fleabay and a couple of brand new items I put together the following watercooling kit.

Swiftech d5 variable pump
3m of Tygon 7/16" tubing
Swiftech Mini Reservoir
Swiftech dual radiator
Swiftech radiator mount for external mounting (new)
D-Tek Fuzion gpu block (2nd hand but brand new, never used)
One bottle of Feser (new)
Danger Den TDX CPU block with nozzle 1
4 x 120mm xilence fans (attached on a push/pull on the rad)
Pack of ramsinks for the gfx card
Metal 1/2" barbs on all items.

Total cost £120

Total cost without the gpu cooling was £87.

Now there are some high end, top quality components in that rig so it can be done if you look around and do it right ;)
 
I've just bought a portable aircon unit, they can be had for about £150 upwards.
It does the trick nicely, though it's for my bedroom (south facing, in the roof, hot sun, nightshift worker who can't sleep in a warm room).
in a small room, it doesn't run long at all, just chills down, then runs on fan, flicking the refrigeration unit on only now and then.
In my living room with the PC's....I open the window :D
 
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