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I hate the heat of the summer, my mouse and keyboard get all sweaty, leaving marks everywhere. My PC's fans work as hard as they can. 

 

I tried a fan but I get a headache if it's on for too long. What do you guys use and are there any tips and tricks to beat the summer heat?

 

 

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A Air-con or a cheap side a fan.

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1 hour ago, aaradorn said:

What do you guys use

I take my phone, open an app and toggle the On-switch to turn the air-source heat-pump on -- BOOM, comfortable temperatures indoors!

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Turn on the air-con.

Before i had an air-con i had a small fan, so i used that.

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cold bath, t-shirt soaked in cold water(if your chair can take it)

 

heat makes me want to die
1. a/c is the only way to fix it
2. a good fan can make it a little less annoying, but as above, my head hurts and it also blows things of my desk.
3. There is sun blocking foil or however it's called, it's supposed to block for example 90+% of IR and UV light, but only 10% of the visible spectrum, I had it and I have to admit, the difference was big, like if you leave something on a windowsill, normally it can get hot to the touch, with such foil it would be just warm, It could make your room 2-3'C colder, so it's also less work for a/c and a bit privacy thanks to venetian mirror effect.

 

I had a/c and was foolish enough to move...

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Air con is the proper way . other than that small table fan with a damp cloth hung nearby & windows open would be a nice alternative or just keep drinking ice chilled water/soda/drinks at intervals by having an ice box in your room.

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I use a fan, it's far enough to not cause issues for me and it's also remote controlled~

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36 minutes ago, seoz said:

open windows

That is actually completely counterproductive, you wanna keep the extreme heat outside. 

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AC on; ceiling fan on; clothes off

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2 minutes ago, Queen Chrysallis said:

that may go poorly if one doesn't live by themselves or no one's home atm, otherwise, great idea, i approve

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4 minutes ago, Queen Chrysallis said:

as someone who lives in an area sorrounded by green:

 

insects be like:

 

"yea boi time to party"

i live in front of a swamp and the frogs are so loud at night

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I got a mobile air con for me and my vega 64

Let's agree to disagree

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1 minute ago, MrTiC said:

my vega 64

ooof

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1 minute ago, Velcade said:

ooof

Great when winter is comming, not so much when its 30c in a small 1 room apartment in summer

Let's agree to disagree

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Just now, Mr. horse said:

You think that is bad. i used to have quad 4890 and dual xeons in a small room with no AC.

Yikes!

Let's agree to disagree

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Gotta turn on the swamp cooler first thing in the morning.

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AC at 63F.

 

And now that I run a wetbench, I have extra case fans and some easily accessible fan headers, sooooo plug one in and point it at me.

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I play in the bathtub with cool water running, water cooling isn't just for my PC...

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My ancestors had the foresight to set up camp in Scotland so excessive heat is not really a thing where I live. I like to think that they did it specifically so that I could game in comfort thousands of years later but I doubt it.

During our hottest of days it's really just sufficient to make sure the heating is turned off and downgrade to a single layer of clothing to be comfortable.

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I live in Scotland where it admittedly doesn't get as hot as many places but on the back of that we have an issue. All our houses are built to keep heat in because of the colder climate. We don't have aircon in our homes most of the time so we're left with open all the windows (one on each side of the house for a through draft is a good strategy), wear lighter clothes, drink cool drinks and if worst comes to worst, get a fan.

One thing I did notice when I was doing maintenance on my computer and it was sitting open on my desk while I was working is that it shoved out a lot of cool air so if you're desperate to keep your hand cool and sweat free you could try that I suppose?

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1 hour ago, Drak3 said:

AC at 63F.

That's got to be the best advice in this thread.

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I use 2 box fans (one for me, one for my PC) and cold drinks. 

If it's >35c inside then I also put a bag of ice cubes on my head (it makes me look like an idiot but it works really well).

It might seem excessive but where I live it gets up to about 32c in the summer. My house has a lot of insulation and no A/C so it can get to 40c inside.

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a/c if it's above 90F

otherwise i'm still wearing a hoodie

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