Ambient temperatures require beefier cooler?

[Mr.Twabfish]

I live in a house with no A/C, that consistently reaches 80+ Degrees F during the summer. If I was to build a PC would I need a better cooler for my CPU/GPU because of these circumstances? I understand that any conventional cooling method cannot go below ambient temps, but would, say, a AIO make a difference compared to a stock heat sink?

 

Thanks in advance for any comments.

[ShadowCaptain]

7 minutes ago, Mr.Twabfish said:

I live in a house with no A/C, that consistently reaches 80+ Degrees F during the summer. If I was to build a PC would I need a better cooler for my CPU/GPU because of these circumstances? I understand that any conventional cooling method cannot go below ambient temps, but would, say, a AIO make a difference compared to a stock heat sink?

 

Thanks in advance for any comments.

A top end AIO vs top end cooler produce basically the same result - and is more of a personal choice

 

but if you have the PC in a hot environment a better cooler will always help

anything better than the stock cooler should suffice

[manikyath]

80°F shouldnt make *that* big of a difference, my system has already made it trough a blazing hot summer (30°c, with AC being something that doesnt even exist here) and honestly.. it's pretty straight forward:

- keep the party dust-free. the less dust the better. (especially on the stock heatsinks...)

- ventilate your room, concrete bunkers dont make a good office.

- get at least *something* better than a stock cpu heatsink.

- GPU wise you should be fine, you'll most likely be a bit higher up on the fan curve, but other than that it's not really a big issue.

[Limecat86]

I think even a CM 212 Evo should do the trick unless you're overclocking your CPU.

[Mr.Twabfish]

Thanks! good to know. 

[Mr.Meerkat]

6 minutes ago, manikyath said:

ventilate your room, concrete bunkers dont make a good office.

That's only half true...usually concrete bunkers are nice and cool with but if you had a gaming PC running, it will bring the ambient room temp up by quite a bit after a few hours of loaded usage  

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

That's only half true...usually concrete bunkers are nice and cool with but if you had a gaming PC running, it will bring the ambient room temp up by quite a bit after a few hours of loaded usage  

wellyeah.. a fridge is nice and cool as well, but we all know how great pc cases they make

 

no matter how big or cool the room is, if there's no heat being transported out, it'll turn into an oven sooner or later.

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

wellyeah.. a fridge is nice and cool as well, but we all know how great pc cases they make

 

no matter how big or cool the room is, if there's no heat being transported out, it'll turn into an oven sooner or later.

Like my mining/server room? Get's to like 35C (or maybe not that high but definitely higher than 25C as I can't bare to stand in there for more than 1 min) as there is absolutely no ventilation  (3 7950s and a 290X outputting heat 24/7 to a 3~m cubed room  not including the 2 server I have in dere which I bought for too cheap...)

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Like my mining/server room? Get's to like 35C (or maybe not that high but definitely higher than 25C as I can't bare to stand in there for more than 1 min) as there is absolutely no ventilation  (3 7950s and a 290X outputting heat 24/7 to a 3~m cubed room  not including the 2 server I have in dere which I bought for too cheap...)

well, in practisce any room "radiates" heat trough the walls, as well as most houses being less airtight than you'd think

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

well, in practisce any room "radiates" heat trough the walls, as well as most houses being less airtight than you'd think

True true but I'm pretty sure the insulated walls (like all the internal and external walls) in my house should keep the radiation at bay more  

[AnonymousGuy]

The technical explanation is that heat transfer is a linear function of surface area and the temperature differential.  If your ambient temperature is twice as hot, you need at least twice the surface area to move the same amount of heat to maintain a 0C temperature differential between the part and the air.

 

Heat transfer = surface area * temperature difference

 

H = 1 * (60 - 20) = 40

H = 2 * (60 - 40) = 40