Who needs cooling?

kitkat9933 · 11 Dec 2012 at 18:01

Just got home and my house is that cold, I turned my PC on and my 3930k OCed to 4.5GHZ running at 19 degrees idle lol. Think I need the heating on, but something is telling me to see how far I can get a good OC with these temps.

pob9 · 11 Dec 2012 at 18:10

reverse the air flow so it comes out the front to heat you and you wont need home heating

shadow_boxer · 11 Dec 2012 at 18:21

My i7 920 genuinely warns my room up to a comfortable level after an hour of BF3, shame the rest of the house is freezing!

Pabl0 · 11 Dec 2012 at 18:25

When i was aircooled my 3750k @4.5GHz would idle at 15'c -17'c until i ran prime to warm it up.

RetrogamerX · 11 Dec 2012 at 18:30

pob9 said:
reverse the air flow so it comes out the front to heat you and you wont need home heating

lol

mranderson · 11 Dec 2012 at 18:30

HAd suggested it already http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18465577

doyll · 11 Dec 2012 at 19:56

Drape a blanket over your legs and case to warm up.

kitkat9933 · 11 Dec 2012 at 20:22

Na don't need to use it as a heater. If I want that Il turn my iMac on since it's just a massive radiator at the back with aluminum, swear sometimes with it I could pop it down flat and use as a grill.

Resident · 11 Dec 2012 at 20:39

I'd be tempted to try my PC outside at the moment to see what the temps would be.

It's currently -3.6°c outside, but a cosy 21.9°c in my house so I'm not going to.

SeraphX · 12 Dec 2012 at 07:13

I'm tempted to chuck the air cooler back on my Gtx 480 haha, couple of hours at 76c would warm my chilly room up no end lol
Currently idling at 27c, on a gtx 480 :O

snips86x · 12 Dec 2012 at 07:55

I remember the days of inefficient coolers, my old build used to run high temps 60-70 degrees. My new build idles @ 8 degrees and 47 under load!

Bacon? · 12 Dec 2012 at 08:13

shadow_boxer said:
My i7 920 genuinely warns my room up to a comfortable level after an hour of BF3, shame the rest of the house is freezing!

My 6850 does that for me

ubersonic · 12 Dec 2012 at 08:34

SeraphX said:
I'm tempted to chuck the air cooler back on my Gtx 480 haha, couple of hours at 76c would warm my chilly room up no end lol
Currently idling at 27c, on a gtx 480 :O

Unless my understanding of heat is skewed, it shouldn't make a difference, the cooler doesn't effect how much heat the chip puts out only how quick it moves from the chip to the case/room no?

SeraphX · 12 Dec 2012 at 08:53

ubersonic said:
Unless my understanding of heat is skewed, it shouldn't make a difference, the cooler doesn't effect how much heat the chip puts out only how quick it moves from the chip to the case/room no?

I'm not sure either, but yeah, the cooler doesn't in this case affect how much heat the chip puts out, but in this case, (mine is always open) with the air cooler and the fact my bedroom is only around 13ft long by 5ft wide, it would warm my room pretty well lol

mjones1 · 12 Dec 2012 at 09:00

ubersonic said:
Unless my understanding of heat is skewed, it shouldn't make a difference, the cooler doesn't effect how much heat the chip puts out only how quick it moves from the chip to the case/room no?

Running the card at a cooler temperature will reduce the amount of power consumption and the heat dump.

ubersonic · 12 Dec 2012 at 09:35

mjones1 said:
Running the card at a cooler temperature will reduce the amount of power consumption and the heat dump.

Can you explain how that works please as im just not getting it

surely if a chip dumps out X watts of heat under a certain load then that is the heat dump regardless of how cool the cooling solution can keep the actual die?

mjones1 · 12 Dec 2012 at 15:32

ubersonic said:
Can you explain how that works please as im just not getting it surely if a chip dumps out X watts of heat under a certain load then that is the heat dump regardless of how cool the cooling solution can keep the actual die?

It's apparently when transistors are cooler they use less power.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_480_Amp_Edition/27.html

ubersonic · 12 Dec 2012 at 16:04

Thanks dude that's an interesting read