Custom Built Computer Generating alot of heat

[Leaky Milky]

ok so i built this computer of mine about a year ago. so far all the parts have been working normally and nothing is broken. i have noticed though after i have moved, the computer seems to output alot of heat, enough to heat up the rooms that i have stayed in. i know nothing inside the computer is going bad and i know that i never noticed this until after i moved to a smaller bedroom from my last ones. i have liquid cooling on my cpu which should have taken away most of the heat, other than that im not sure whats generating all of the heat. it has adaquet vents that are not blocked that should be giving it enough air to keep it cool. i do have room for a small 100 mm fan i beleive that would be on the front and a 300 mm on the side and a 120 on the top. i dont have the money for them quite yet but i want to know if there are any other options i can take that would solve this as having the computer on for 10 minutes raises the temp of my room by about 20 degrees or so. (a rough guessament) thank you all in advance

also the case i have is a phantom case

i have an AMD or ATX Motherboard not sure with 1
a quad core x4 II phenon amd Cpu black edition at 4.2 ghz
2 ati 56xx series gddr5 graphics at 1gb each crossfired
8 gb ddr2 ram
850 watt psu
self circulating liquid cooling system
2 tb hard drive
1.5 tb hard drive

and the side fans and the top fans are installed and running all the time

if i need to provide more info please ask (i will try to take photos tonight to show you how the inside is since i am away from that computer at this time.)

 

[wolfeking]

Mine does the same thing. When you have the heat being removed in a closed space it will heat the room. If I turn off the Air conditioner and fan the temp will raise a good 25-30* in no time. Nothing is wrong with your computer.

 

[Leaky Milky]

Mine does the same thing. When you have the heat being removed in a closed space it will heat the room. If I turn off the Air conditioner and fan the temp will raise a good 25-30* in no time. Nothing is wrong with your computer.

is there anything i can do to lessen the heat? cause sometimes it becomes unbearable even with the fan on and i cant leave my door open for security reasons for myself.

 

[wolfeking]

lower your overclock. Possibly remove one of your graphics cards. Otherwise, buy a room air conditioner and count yourself as lucky. Otherwise not a lot can be done.

 

[Leaky Milky]

lower your overclock. Possibly remove one of your graphics cards. Otherwise, buy a room air conditioner and count yourself as lucky. Otherwise not a lot can be done.

count myself lucky? not sure if i should take that as a bad sign or not.

also i have yet to overclock my cpu cause i dont need to. its good enough as it is.

so all i can do is realy just put an ac unit next to my pc? that seems a bit dramatic

 

[wolfeking]

a quad core x4 II phenon amd Cpu black edition at 4.2 ghz

also i have yet to overclock my cpu cause i dont need to. its good enough as it is.

According to the specs above you are overclocked. There are no stock phenom II processors that run at 4.2GHz. No way around it. And a overclocked processor makes more heat.

so all i can do is realy just put an ac unit next to my pc? that seems a bit dramatic

You don't have to put it next to the computer. Just have a source of cold air to the room. It will moderate the temps that are raised by the computer.

 

[Leaky Milky]

According to the specs above you are overclocked. There are no stock phenom II processors that run at 4.2GHz. No way around it. And a overclocked processor makes more heat.

You don't have to put it next to the computer. Just have a source of cold air to the room. It will moderate the temps that are raised by the computer.

i see. well would a vga cooler work? or would that be a waste of money as well.

and realy its overclocked? i honest to god have not realy figured out how to over clock this thing.

also i seem to have a problem on the phantom case with one of the usb connections on the top. its never seemed to work for some reason or itll sometimes switch which one will work and which one wont. is there a reason for this?

 

[wolfeking]

Installing a VGA cooler will cool your graphics card but will also put more heat into the room's air. The more heat you remove from the computer the more will be pumped into the room. Heat transfer is 1:1. If you remove 20* from something then you will raise something else by 20*. No way round it.

If it is running at 4.2GHz then it is overclocked. You may not have done it, it could have been a factory overclock. You could reduce the heat by resetting the BIOS and thus returning it to stock, but you also loose performance.

Can not really tell you the solution to the USB issue. It could be a simple loose wire, or may be a bad motherboard connector.

 

[Leaky Milky]

Installing a VGA cooler will cool your graphics card but will also put more heat into the room's air. The more heat you remove from the computer the more will be pumped into the room. Heat transfer is 1:1. If you remove 20* from something then you will raise something else by 20*. No way round it.

If it is running at 4.2GHz then it is overclocked. You may not have done it, it could have been a factory overclock. You could reduce the heat by resetting the BIOS and thus returning it to stock, but you also loose performance.

Can not really tell you the solution to the USB issue. It could be a simple loose wire, or may be a bad motherboard connector.

wait i dont get how removing heat will increase the heat of something else. that doesnt seem to make sense.

 

[wolfeking]

Simple rule of science, no energy is ever created or destroyed, it only changes forms. When you pump electricity into the computer (via the plug in the wall through the power supply) it powers your components and radiates as heat (changing forms from electrical to heat). When you attach a cooler (be it water or air) to the components (CPU, RAM, HDD, GPU, etc.) what you are doing is facilitating the transfer of the heat energy generated away from your components, thus making the component cooler. Now think of it like this, you are putting electric in, and getting heat out (same way a stove works). That heat will be put into the air in your room (like a refrigerator works). If you do not add cool air or a external air source, the room will get hotter.

 

[Leaky Milky]

Simple rule of science, no energy is ever created or destroyed, it only changes forms. When you pump electricity into the computer (via the plug in the wall through the power supply) it powers your components and radiates as heat (changing forms from electrical to heat). When you attach a cooler (be it water or air) to the components (CPU, RAM, HDD, GPU, etc.) what you are doing is facilitating the transfer of the heat energy generated away from your components, thus making the component cooler. Now think of it like this, you are putting electric in, and getting heat out (same way a stove works). That heat will be put into the air in your room (like a refrigerator works). If you do not add cool air or a external air source, the room will get hotter.

but wouldnt cool air going into the computer counteract the air coming out of the computer? my fans blow in cool air

 

[wolfeking]

If the air coming in is from a air conditioner or the like then it may be able to. If not then it won't. But you also have to take into account that the BTU of the computer may be greater than that of your cool air.

Without a specific number on the heat outbound from the computer and the cool air inbound I can not tell you for sure if they balance or if you are doomed to heat.

 

[swchoi89]

Why do you need to overclock? When I had AMD Phenom II CPUs (I had 945 and 965 in two different computer systems), I never overclocked and hit 60fps+ in most games. To reduce your concerns about heat, you should consider lowering your frequency back to either stock or lower it by a significant amount. Just a thought

 

[Leaky Milky]

Why do you need to overclock? When I had AMD Phenom II CPUs (I had 945 and 965 in two different computer systems), I never overclocked and hit 60fps+ in most games. To reduce your concerns about heat, you should consider lowering your frequency back to either stock or lower it by a significant amount. Just a thought

as i said before i havent overclocked my cpu, mostly cause idk how. to my knowlede unless someone hacked into my computer, no one else has ever been on this computer so no one could have overclocked it.