do you guys put your clocks back to stock in the summer?
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Air Conditioning is a cool thing.
my temps almost double when the chip is OCd. stock i sit at 28 idle and up to 40 full load, OCd to 4.0 i get in the low 70s. last summer my comp was at a friends apartment because we were big into playing COD4... he was broke so the AC was never on. any other room in the apartment was bearable, but you walked into the room with the comps and the heat was overwhelming, and this was the only room in the whole place with a ceiling and box fan. it was nuts. i dropped the overclock and the room became noticably cooler. still hot, but definitely cooler.
jevery
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A 30c difference between stock and a 4.0 OC seems extreme. My 8500 runs 53c loaded stock and 62c OCed to 4.2, and my cooler isn’t highly regarded for OCing. Just curious how much you're having to raise voltage for the OC.
bebopin64
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thats rediculous. somethings not right. the CPU doesnt use enough power to create that much energy in the form of heat.
it's using enough power to get a chip to 170 degrees F, and a goood bit of that heat makes it outside the case. i don't see what is so hard to understand, overclocked CPUs generate a lot of heat, it's a known fact
I don't clock it back, I do open my windows tough.
Same here,if i dont like my temps il then remove the side panel which helps a bit.
But it doesnt realy get all that hot here in the Uk in the summer,Yeah it can get quite warm but nothing that bad.
lovely?
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well the both of us have to use 1.4-1.45v to hit 4ghz, and our e8400's are C0 so they naturally run much hotter.
My room heats up too, i swear in twenty minutes it becomes stifling in there. now that i think about it, i guess i should probably set it back to stock clocks now that im not really doing anything intensive...
Computer_Freak
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My graphics card generates a lot of heat.
And I mean a lot
And I mean a lot
bomberboysk
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Well, i actually clock mine UP in the summer, because during the winter it gets hot in my room(2nd floor, floor isn't insulated, but between my room and the attic there is about 24" of insulation, so my room traps the heat...actually i have a window fan in during the winter 99% of the time even when its like 10f outside.)But during the summer when i can run my window a/c I clock my cpu back up.
Yeti
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If you have a dedicated AC just for the computer, then yes, the power would be negligible. However, for the CPU to go from 60C at load to 50C at load would require your AC to cool the whole house (unless you have zone cooling) an additional 10 degrees celcius, or 18 degrees fahrenheit, which requires a substantial amount of power.bebopin64 said:
bebopin64
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ya if you were to use your a/c to bring your cpu temps down it would be substantial... but thats not really the topic. for the a/c to keep the house the same temperature with the computer on as opposed to without is a negligable difference.
Yeti
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I understand what you're saying, but in the summer the temperature will rise a bit (depending on location of course, and if you're blasting the furnace in the winter or AC in the summer). The point is that you're not going to keep the same temperatures during the summer that you had in the winter without a large electric bill, hence the OP setting clock speeds back. For maintaining a house's overall temperature an incandescent lightbulb would have more impact than an overclock, though local temperatures could vary a bit depending on ventilation.bebopin64 said:
bebopin64
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ya you can ofcourse save a few pennies by underclocking but thats just it, you save a few pennies.
bigdaddycane
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I have a 52 inch tv two computers the a/c washer and dryer in my apt that run a good bit of the day and my highest bill in the summer was like 80. I live in Louisiana it gets really hot here and i keep my a/c on 70. If you can't afford 80 bucks a month for a few months then maybe you need to rethink your money management system. Or play the computer in the dark. (light bulbs give off a lot of heat. duh.)
epidemik
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back on focus,
No. I just get a fan for my room to keep the air moving around. I also try to not run my computer as much. In the winter, the little bit of extra heat from my comp is nice though (not gonna lie). I have a small room and can definitely feel a difference in room temp when its on (or off for that matter).
No. I just get a fan for my room to keep the air moving around. I also try to not run my computer as much. In the winter, the little bit of extra heat from my comp is nice though (not gonna lie). I have a small room and can definitely feel a difference in room temp when its on (or off for that matter).
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