an innovative way to cool a pc?

zaroba · 06-02-2007, 02:02 AM

with summer here, and warm temps outside, who wants a pc heating up a room inside? definatly not me. with my pc running, the heat i feel coming off it is almost like that of a toaster. mainly from the 8800. the pc will actually keep my room around 10-15F warmer then the rest of the house.

so i had this thought.
what if you were to take a dryer vent hose, attach it to the PC case where most of the warm air comes out, and run it to your window? maybe put a fan at the window end of it too so you have better airflow. at the window you could just use a piece of plywood that has a hole cut in it to allow the pipe to go out so theres no big open space.

the fan at the pc would push the air into the tube, the fan at the window would pull the air out the tube and the heat from the comp gets blown right out of the house.

footballstevo75 · 06-02-2007, 05:56 AM

sounds OK
you'd would have to get a lot of the hot air to move into the tube to keep it efficient though, and I don't know how well it would flow through the tube, depending how long it is
and if it works, you can change it to bring in cold air in the winter if you have cold winters like we do

The_Beast · 06-02-2007, 06:03 AM

It depends on how far the ducting has to go, if it's a long distance you could add a fan on the other end to pull the air out

water cooling setup + Wisconsin in the winter + anti freeze = extreme OCing

06-02-2007, 02:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
zaroba Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hereford PA Age: 27 Posts: 602	an innovative way to cool a pc? with summer here, and warm temps outside, who wants a pc heating up a room inside? definatly not me. with my pc running, the heat i feel coming off it is almost like that of a toaster. mainly from the 8800. the pc will actually keep my room around 10-15F warmer then the rest of the house. so i had this thought. what if you were to take a dryer vent hose, attach it to the PC case where most of the warm air comes out, and run it to your window? maybe put a fan at the window end of it too so you have better airflow. at the window you could just use a piece of plywood that has a hole cut in it to allow the pipe to go out so theres no big open space. the fan at the pc would push the air into the tube, the fan at the window would pull the air out the tube and the heat from the comp gets blown right out of the house. __________________ The Universal - the internet's most unique and enjoyable game. Mobo: Asus P5N32-E \| CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4GHz \| PSU: Coolmax 650watt Case: Lian-Li PC-V2100plusII \| OS: XP Professional - 64bit \| Monitors: Dual 19" Hanns-G 2ms LCDs HDs: 3x320gb, 3x500gb, 2x750GB \| Disc Drives: 16x DL dvd +/- rw Ram: 6 gb ddr2 \| GPU: 640MB GeForce 8800GTS

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footballstevo75 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 1,238	sounds OK you'd would have to get a lot of the hot air to move into the tube to keep it efficient though, and I don't know how well it would flow through the tube, depending how long it is and if it works, you can change it to bring in cold air in the winter if you have cold winters like we do __________________ R.I.P. MOM February 7th, 2006, I think about you every day. ---------------- Q6600 160GB Seagate SATAII 2gb patriot ddr 2 800 p180b gfx- xfx geforce 8600gt (dx10)/ hauppauge pvr 500 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P hiper 530W modular ubnutu 7.10 /XP

06-02-2007, 06:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Beast Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 3,300	It depends on how far the ducting has to go, if it's a long distance you could add a fan on the other end to pull the air out water cooling setup + Wisconsin in the winter + anti freeze = extreme OCing __________________ Rendering Machine - Gigabyte DS3L P35 - - C2D E6550 - - Corsair XMS2 2Gb - Seagate 'Cuda 320Gb - Sapphire 2600 XT 256mb - - Antec Earthwatt 430 watt - - Antec New Solution Series Case - - Hp w1907 monitor - Check Out My Custom Clock Picture 1/\Picture 2

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