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So here's the deal, I live in Australia and down here it gets really hot in summer. My room can get very hot (especially with my PC running games) and I was wondering if anyone could recommend any inexpensive methods of cooling it down, as my PC gets very loud and grumpy when my room heats up. I can't afford anything over a few hundred dollars so AC is currently out of the question. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Bucket > Holes in bucket > Ice in bucket > Fan in bucket > Blow cold air out of bucket > Profit!

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Move to the UK ... yea ... you'll have a cold room for 10 out of 12 months in the year (If your lucky)!

 

Kidding. I would save up for a AC Unit though as it would help out alot.

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Bucket > Holes in bucket > Ice in bucket > Fan in bucket > Blow cold air out of bucket > Profit!

Exactly what I was thinking

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Bucket > Holes in bucket > Ice in bucket > Fan in bucket > Blow cold air out of bucket > Profit!

It will cause condensation though, big no-no for electronic equipment. 

 

EDIT: I just realized he wanted to cool his entire room in general, and not his PC directly. Disregard my previous post.

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Thx for quick reply. 1 problem.

 

Ice melts > water drips through holes > floor gets wet > Loss

Put the holes above the ice.

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Move. It's your only option, move to the U.S.

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Absolutely incredible drawing skills.

 

Next we're going to need some quick maths on how long we can go per kilo, then how much per bag, to work out a total cost per day (or hour) on cooling.

 

jk, seriously though, you people reply fast.

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Well, if you have nothing holding you to Australia, move from it.  You'll likely find better internet and 'slightly' better prices in Europe :D  And cold weather abound!  Germany is nice as is the Netherlands.

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Well, if you have nothing holding you to Australia, move from it.  You'll likely find better internet and 'slightly' better prices in Europe :D  And cold weather abound!  Germany is nice as is the Netherlands.

1. I've still gotta finish Uni here.

2. I was born in the netherlands and lived there for 6 years, its too dreary and everyone's grumpy as balls half the time. Went on holidays to Germany a few times and its quite nice, but I think I like it in Australia for now.

 

Other than the heat its quite nice here actually.

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A fan with a wet towel over it is a well known makeshift air conditioner.

 

Probably wouldn't really help your PC though...

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take all the exaught fans on your pc case. 

connect some of that dryer venting stuff, duct... name... (metal tubes for the air conditioning and heating in houses) 

take other end and put it outside.

put icecream in your pants.

 

problem solved.

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Nope screw that place. I like my poisonous animals and ridiculously expensive PC part prices thanks. :P

alaska. 

equally as dealy however not form animals.

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Well, if you have nothing holding you to Australia, move from it.  You'll likely find better internet and 'slightly' better prices in Europe :D  And cold weather abound!  Germany is nice as is the Netherlands.

usually pc prices are the same between uk, canada, us and australia, its the conversion from one form of currency to another, and how much minimum wageage is and what not. also how much standard unit is worth. cuase you have to have precious metals to back the money itself. a dollar bill is worthless without gold behind it, and every country has different amounts of gold (other metals too but u get point) 

had a convo with a friend about it last night, he was saying that he would have saved loads getting hhi parts form the US but i did some math and it would have cost ecactly the same. pretty much atleast (he would have saved around 2 dolalrs on a 800$ rig) 

 

from whati hear israel has the worst prices ever. 

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usually pc prices are the same between uk, canada, us and australia, its the conversion from one form of currency to another, and how much minimum wageage is and what not. also how much standard unit is worth. cuase you have to have precious metals to back the money itself. a dollar bill is worthless without gold behind it, and every country has different amounts of gold (other metals too but u get point) 

had a convo with a friend about it last night, he was saying that he would have saved loads getting hhi parts form the US but i did some math and it would have cost ecactly the same. pretty much atleast (he would have saved around 2 dolalrs on a 800$ rig) 

 

from whati hear israel has the worst prices ever. 

While that may be true, i can still save $100 instead (after postage AND conversion) by buying from the US and shipping it over. However you are right in the fact that AUS has higher wages, although that is only relevant for the low end section of the country, above a certain point the 'minimum wage' doesn't mean much because it becomes irrelevant to the mid and upper class. You did  bring up some good points though.

Also we dont have much in terms of precious metals but I do know there's coal and Uranium just flowing out of our ass right into China and India's (respectively) hands.

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Open a window.


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Open a window.

HAHAHAHAHA mate i live in australia.

 

what does opening a window do when its fucking 40c outside?

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HAHAHAHAHA mate i live in australia.

 

what does opening a window do when its fucking 40c outside?

Mate I live in New Zealand!


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Mate I live in New Zealand!

A. You should have some understanding of why you cant just open a window and be done with it.

B. I'm a lot closer to the equator than you lot are :P

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A. You should have some understanding of why you cant just open a window and be done with it.

B. I'm a lot closer to the equator than you lot are :P

A. It's not that hot yet - only max of 26 right now...

B. Eh, shush and put some shrimp on the barbie!


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A. It's not that hot yet - only max of 26 right now...

B. Eh, shush and put some shrimp on the barbie!

a. Well its 33c as of 10.30 in the morning for me so....

b. Who the fuck buys shrimp in Australia, just prawns.

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