My Friggin Room Is Always Too Hot!

[iamdarkyoshi]

And I blame my PC. My room is always like 20 degrees hotter than any other room in the house. I only have it on for like 4 hours a day.

 

I have a 3930k and r9 390x. Is there any way to reduce heat output on them other than to sell them and buy lower TDP things, or turning it off? Because I cannot seem to sell things and turning it off obviously wont work.

 

I know opening my window is a thing, but not when it is raining. Today it is windy AF, my cat could hardly stay on the windowsill this morning.

 

Any ideas?

[ddrazen]

try to buy decent coolers for your cpu like liquid coolers

and buy an aircon hahah!

[Vivilacqua1]

Welcome to my world. Be happy it's winter.

 

EDIT- Or pull a Linus and do a whole room watercooling outside

[LegacyStijncat]

Have you tried underclocking?

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

And I blame my PC. My room is always like 20 degrees hotter than any other room in the house. I only have it on for like 4 hours a day.

 

I have a 3930k and r9 390x. Is there any way to reduce heat output on them other than to sell them and buy lower TDP things, or turning it off? Because I cannot seem to sell things and turning it off obviously wont work.

 

I know opening my window is a thing, but not when it is raining. Today it is windy AF, my cat could hardly stay on the windowsill this morning.

 

Any ideas?

Make a kind of vent for it to out your window.

[itsmyjobtoknow]

Just now, ddrazen said:

try to buy decent coolers for your cpu like liquid coolers

and buy an aircon hahah!

The dude has a custom loop....I think it is already more than decent.

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

The dude has a custom loop....I think it is already more than decent.

And I am going passive soon

 

3 minutes ago, Vivilacqua1 said:

Welcome to my world. Be happy it's winter.

 

EDIT- Or pull a Linus and do a whole room watercooling outside

But winter in nevada was like 85 degrees outside yesterday.

I have thought about moving the rads outside, but the parental units do not want PC radiators hanging out the front window on the brand new 400K house...

 

5 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Make a kind of vent for it to out your window.

Eh... I have thought about it, but the pressure outside is much higher than inside, the air forcefully comes into the window, at least right now

[Vivilacqua1]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

And I am going passive soon

 

But winter in nevada was like 85 degrees outside yesterday.

I have thought about moving the rads outside, but the parental units do not want PC radiators hanging out the front window on the brand new 400K house...

 

Eh... I have thought about it, but the pressure outside is much higher than inside, the air forcefully comes into the window, at least right now

Pull another Linus and put it in another room?

[Cpt Buzzkill]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

And I am going passive soon

 

But winter in nevada was like 85 degrees outside yesterday.

I have thought about moving the rads outside, but the parental units do not want PC radiators hanging out the front window on the brand new 400K house...

 

Eh... I have thought about it, but the pressure outside is much higher than inside, the air forcefully comes into the window, at least right now

Or just suck it up? or get air con? a simple vent will do

[jasonvp]

5 minutes ago, ddrazen said:

try to buy decent coolers for your cpu like liquid coolers

Using different coolers for his PC isn't going to help the temperature of the room.  The heat has to go somewhere.  Just because you cool the CPU (and GPU) quicker doesn't mean the room will cool off quicker.  In fact, it'll probably heat up quicker, because as I stated earlier: the heat has to go somewhere.  Liquid or air cooling: you're not going to get lower than ambient temperatures.

 

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and buy an aircon hahah!

 

A far more useful suggestion.  The room needs to be cooled if the heat source isn't going to be removed.

[Hailey-Ross]

10 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

And I blame my PC. My room is always like 20 degrees hotter than any other room in the house. I only have it on for like 4 hours a day.

 

I have a 3930k and r9 390x. Is there any way to reduce heat output on them other than to sell them and buy lower TDP things, or turning it off? Because I cannot seem to sell things and turning it off obviously wont work.

 

I know opening my window is a thing, but not when it is raining. Today it is windy AF, my cat could hardly stay on the windowsill this morning.

 

Any ideas?

your best bet is probably air conditioning.

[SmilesRising]

place your pc outside of the house and then run the cables through your window and boom.. no more heat in the room

[MEC-777]

10 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

And I blame my PC. My room is always like 20 degrees hotter than any other room in the house. I only have it on for like 4 hours a day.

 

I have a 3930k and r9 390x. Is there any way to reduce heat output on them other than to sell them and buy lower TDP things, or turning it off? Because I cannot seem to sell things and turning it off obviously wont work.

 

I know opening my window is a thing, but not when it is raining. Today it is windy AF, my cat could hardly stay on the windowsill this morning.

 

Any ideas?

When I read the title of this thread, I immediately thought, "must be a Hawaii GPU user."  

 

You can try undervolting your GPU (not the same as underclocking). I tried this when i was running an R9 290 and it gave me the same performance but actually ran a few degrees cooler. Mileage will vary depending on silicon lottery though. 

 

8 minutes ago, ddrazen said:

try to buy decent coolers for your cpu like liquid coolers

and buy an aircon hahah!

Changing the type of cooler will not reduce the amount of heat being produced.

[Mazeman03]

Friggin right, give pug your Pc for his stovepipe BMP

[Nikolithebear]

Maybe try what Im working on, Im planning on doing a custom loop but putting my rad in my windows and have it take air outside.  Therefor I am not hot.  Now its just about the funds and the will to do the project.

[App4that]

10 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

And I am going passive soon

 

But winter in nevada was like 85 degrees outside yesterday.

I have thought about moving the rads outside, but the parental units do not want PC radiators hanging out the front window on the brand new 400K house...

 

Eh... I have thought about it, but the pressure outside is much higher than inside, the air forcefully comes into the window, at least right now

Nevada? Me too. Had to move my setup out into a more open area. Bigger the room, the less the rig effects it. 

[Citadelen]

23 minutes ago, ddrazen said:

try to buy decent coolers for your cpu like liquid coolers

and buy an aircon hahah!

That would make the room hotter.

[iamdarkyoshi]

2 minutes ago, Cpt Buzzkill said:

Or just suck it up? or get air con? a simple vent will do

I cannot sleep in these temps. No blankets and very light clothes and I was sweating like I just ran a marathon (even though I would pass out after like 5 minutes)

 

3 minutes ago, Vivilacqua1 said:

Pull another Linus and put it in another room?

An incredibly silly ASCII art drawing of my upstairs

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[iamdarkyoshi]

17 minutes ago, jasonvp said:

Using different coolers for his PC isn't going to help the temperature of the room.  The heat has to go somewhere.  Just because you cool the CPU (and GPU) quicker doesn't mean the room will cool off quicker.  In fact, it'll probably heat up quicker, because as I stated earlier: the heat has to go somewhere.  Liquid or air cooling: you're not going to get lower than ambient temperatures.

 

A far more useful suggestion.  The room needs to be cooled if the heat source isn't going to be removed.

 

18 minutes ago, Preuss said:

your best bet is probably air conditioning.

My parents told me "We are not going to be paying extra to air condition this room when it is 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house"

 

13 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

When I read the title of this thread, I immediately thought, "must be a Hawaii GPU user."  

 

You can try undervolting your GPU (not the same as underclocking). I tried this when i was running an R9 290 and it gave me the same performance but actually ran a few degrees cooler. Mileage will vary depending on silicon lottery though. 

 

Changing the type of cooler will not reduce the amount of heat being produced.

My GPU overclocks like piss, so I could probably not undervolt it very much and have it hold its clock speed

 

The CPU on the other hand is surprisingly low in terms of clock speed (3.2ghz) and could probably undervolt well.

 

And the TDP of my card is only 25W more than a 980Ti

[chicksoup]

maybe try putting the pc on the desk next to the windows and opening the window a little bit or leave the door to your room open as much as possible

[Kryptyx]

Watercooling your system will make your room hotter. Your best bet is to get a small AC unit with the exhaust going out the window.

[jasonvp]

4 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

 

My parents told me "We are not going to be paying extra to air condition this room when it is 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house"

Well then, you're going to have to deal with that 20º some other way.  Either by de-clocking your CPU and GPU, or just live with the fact that your room is an oven.  There's no magic bullet here, it's simple thermodynamics and heat transfer.

 

 

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, jasonvp said:

Well then, you're going to have to deal with that 20º some other way.  Either by de-clocking your CPU and GPU, or just live with the fact that your room is an oven.  There's no magic bullet here, it's simple thermodynamics and heat transfer.

 

 

 

I know, I was wondering if anyone had any insight on underclocking or undervolting these specific parts

[don_svetlio]

11 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

 

My parents told me "We are not going to be paying extra to air condition this room when it is 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house"

 

My GPU overclocks like piss, so I could probably not undervolt it very much and have it hold its clock speed

 

The CPU on the other hand is surprisingly low in terms of clock speed (3.2ghz) and could probably undervolt well.

 

And the TDP of my card is only 25W more than a 980Ti

It's not your card's fault. Even my 6850 which is 120W kept me warm after a few hours of gaming. It's just how hardware is

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

I know, I was wondering if anyone had any insight on underclocking or undervolting these specific parts

Afterburner is what I used with the 290. Mine started with a voltage increase so it made under volting easy.

 

Also put a bowl of ice in front of a fan. I'm seriouse, I do this all the time.