Bringing Down PC Temps

[ignito]

I am aware that better cooling keeps temps down, but does it affect the heat being outputted by the system?

 

If so, would an aftermarket cooler help with that, or would it make much of a difference?

[W-L]

I am aware that better cooling keeps temps down, but does it affect the heat being outputted by the system?

If so, would an aftermarket cooler help with that, or would it make much of a difference?

 

A better air cooler or liquid cooling basically is expelling more heat into the room itself. what are your current temps and components.

[ryanmmax]

The same amount of energy(heat) is put out regardless... If you have a small heat sink it will need to get hotter to dissipate the same energy as a larger heat sink.

[ryanmmax]

A better air cooler or liquid cooling basically is expelling more heat into the room itself. what are your current temps and components.

No wrong gahh same amount of heat...see above

[W-L]

The same amount of energy(heat) is put out regardless... If you have a small heat sink it will need to get hotter to dissipate the same energy as a larger heat sink.

 

If you more efficiently transfer the heat from the CPU cooler or liquid cooler to the air it will make the room hotter.

[Godlygamer23]

No wrong gahh same amount of heat...see above

The same amount of heat is still being produced. First law of thermodynamics. Energy is not created or destroyed. In the case of the CPU or GPU's heat, a more efficient cooler still must absorb the same amount of energy. More heat will be kicked into the room as a result of a more efficient cooler.

[ryanmmax]

Sorry but your wrong... Think of it this way, what makes a room hotter, a penny that is 100 degree c OR a gold bar that is 80 deg c?

A smaller "less efficient" heat sink will need to have a larger differential temp in order to dissipate the same amount of energy. But it it really isn't "more efficient" it simply is able to achieve equilibrium at a lower temp.

The fact is that the CPU generats a given amount of heat do to current flow that needs to be rejected this amount is independent of cooler, so big or little it will reject it... The question is how hot are you willing to go?

[Godlygamer23]

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The same amount of heat is being produced. More heat is being moved away by the cooler. It must get expelled somewhere right? As a result, the cooler pushes out more heat. More energy is not being produced - it remains the same. More energy is being moved.

[ryanmmax]

The same amount of heat is still being produced. First law of thermodynamics. Energy is not created or destroyed. In the case of the CPU or GPU's heat, a more efficient cooler still must absorb the same amount of energy. More heat will be kicked into the room as a result of a more efficient cooler.

Lol, if it's not created or destroyed then how does it kick off more heat?

I am speak as a design engineer, who has degrees in nuclear/mechanical/electrical engineering. I also don't care to continue arguing this with anyone that doesn't care to learn.

To the OP a bigger better cooler will keep you CPU cooler, and aside from the heat generated by a 120mm fan blowing on it.... Your AC bill will not change

[W-L]

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It's simple thermodynamics a CPU generates a set amount of heat but the difference between a large and small cooler basically is the surface area and it's capability to transfer that heat to the surrounding air, the more surface area the better it's ability to remove heat from the CPU and transfer it to the air.

 

That's the concept of using rads in watercooling since you can get much larger triple or quad rads which have more surface air and ability to dissipate that heat with airflowing through it.

[ryanmmax]

Energy IS heat!! Or rather heat is the measure of energy... If it is the same energy then it is the same heat, unless your converting the energy to something else????

[Godlygamer23]

Energy IS heat!! Or rather heat is the measure of energy... If it is the same energy then it is the same heat, unless your converting the energy to something else????

And a more efficient cooler is attached causing the cooler to expel more heat because it is moving more heat.

[W-L]

Energy IS heat!! Or rather heat is the measure of energy... If it is the same energy then it is the same heat, unless your converting the energy to something else????

 

Your more efficiently transferring that heat to the air is what were trying to say it's not producing more heat/energy.