Room Temperature Theory

ToejaM

ToejaM

ToejaM

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So right now theres two of us sat in the same room, both computers on and the room temperature is 28/29c

Comp 1:
CPU: 47c
GPU: 34c

Comp 2:
CPU: 41c
GPU: 40c

Its getting a little annoying that the computers are kicking out heat enough to warm the room up. Its to the point where the radiator in the room is perma turned off and you walk out of the room and you notice a difference straight away, downstairs the front room is at 21c.

While my hand isnt exactly a temperature gauge, running it round the PCs I can't find a warm source of heat coming out of either which is a good thing I guess but still maybe a better way to test is to position a heat sensor in an ideal place within the case and see what it says?

Do any of you aim for certain temps to keep your room temperature down or do you not care much for that?

a lot of things are going to affect the room temp like: Body heat/amount of bodies, outside temperature, temperature of the room below and joining rooms, current load on the computer (probably the easiest to regulate with fan speeds)

Probably going to be a dead thread but its worth a try lol.
 
i am not that bothered over room temp tbh, even though i have seen the cpu temps creeping up the last few days, as day to day gaming i barely get in the 60's.C (Q6600)
also doesn't the HD 5870 exhaust hot air out of the case (my HD5850 does)
and my NH-D14 also exhausts out the rear of the case, so my pc also keeps my back room warm ;)
also what are you using for cooling the cpu?
 
Any idea what your current room temp is and probably what it gets up to when you're gaming?

You don't seem to notice when it gradually rises its really only when you leave the room for something. Although I could cure that, having a beer fridge (with soft drinks in, have to be responsible or something with a baby around ;)) and plenty of empty bottles I guess I could significantly reduce the amount of time I realise the room is too hot ;)

Edit:

On a quick google about similar problems a bit of common sense hit me, the heat regardless will be there, even if its not around the components its still being pushed away so maybe the idea is not to do with incase cooling but rather stopping the temperatures getting that high regardless

I guess on that note its going to be more room cooling rather than rig cooling.

Perhaps and outside the box idea, what about A/C for the computer, like a drive slot or something built into the fans. Something that generates cold air first, is that even possible without an exhaust for the heat?
 
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lol,
thats why in the movies, all mainframe computers etc.. are always kept in a cold room.
Colder ambient = cooler components
 
Yeah does make it a little difficult, I guess running my stuff at lower temps is the first port of call and the second a good AC unit!
 
You seem to be a bit muddled, though your edit in post 3 contains a little sense.

An AC unit in the room will heat the room up more, as to produce cold air the unit consumes power from the wall and releases it as heat. This is why AC units go on roofs/outdoors, where they can dump this heat into the outside air.

If you don't like the warm room, you either need an (external) AC unit, or to reduce the power consumption of your PCs by reducing the overclocks (if any) or even underclocking/undervolting.

Or crack open a window.
 
Been considering an AC unit myself the last few weeks but for 2 months of the year at most i can't justify the cost really lol, been getting 27c+ in my pc room too while gaming, Shogun 2 is a killer lol.
 
Aye I know how the AC units work, I have one with a tube coming off the back which usually goes out the window but unfortuantely the gap in the window often means that it has to fight harder to keep the room cool, have yet to find a better solution for an exhaust other than drilling a giant hole in the wall!

I really want a wall mounted one but they're quite costly :(

Im glad someone else feels my pain Krony lol - last night I got it up to 30c and thats when I opened a window and it stayed around 26-27 which is still too hot for me, sat her topless and jeanless sometimes which is fine while the baby is 7months but as he gets older it gets weirder and eventually the social services get involved and I dont want that! :D
 
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The actual pc temps are fine, the gpu's have hit a max of 50c/52c playing big battles in Shogun 2 which is fine but the heat generated has to go somewhere i.e. out the back of the case and into the room :P
 
My office is on the 2nd floor and gets quite hot, probably around 28-30C in summer. I bought an AC unit 2 years ago that can pump air out the window via a hose but I've only bothered to use it about 3 times. Like mentioned above the problem is that you have to have the window open so when the outside temp is high it doesn't help all that much. Then at night it means insects get attracted in etc :/

As a general point the heat has to go somewhere from your PCs, if anything the best way to keep your room cool would be to have HIGH temps inside your case, as the more heat you keep inside, the less will be going out into the room :)
 
Your room will warm up at exactly the same rate if your processor is at 30 degrees as it would at 50 degrees. You're feeding a certain wattage in down a power cable, and every single watt of it is going to come out as heat. You may split hairs and say that some is noise, and some is light, but it's all going to end up at heat regardless.

Aiming for 20 degrees will not make your room colder. Aiming for 60 degrees will not make your room hotter. It's a closed system, whatever you do the computer is going to warm up the room.
 
Only real way i can see to stop ur pc heating up a room is to have the exhaust air from the pc go down a pipe to outside :P
 
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