Leds and heat.

[Steampunk360]

So today a friend dropped off 2 strips of red LEDS with molex connectors for my PC. I just moved all my stuff into a Bitfenix Shadow window case. I havent mounted them yet but when I tried them out on a spare jumped power supply, it seemed almost instantaneously they produced a good amount of heat . They are 12V and seem of a higher grade. They are in a waterproof type of acrylic and the ends are capped nicely, even the wires are wrapped in a clean black sheathing. 

 

Will 12V LED strips raise the temp. in my case enough to warrant an upgrade to cooling?

 

I am running a 6600k with a Hyper D92 + 2 front case 120mm and 1 exaust 120mm. My PSU is bottom fan in to its rear exaust.  

[W-L]

9 minutes ago, Steampunk360 said:

So today a friend dropped off 2 strips of red LEDS with molex connectors for my PC. I just moved all my stuff into a Bitfenix Shadow window case. I havent mounted them yet but when I tried them out on a spare jumped power supply, it seemed almost instantaneously they produced a good amount of heat . They are 12V and seem of a higher grade. They are in a waterproof type of acrylic and the ends are capped nicely, even the wires are wrapped in a clean black sheathing. 

Will 12V LED strips raise the temp. in my case enough to warrant an upgrade to cooling?

I am running a 6600k with a Hyper D92 + 2 front case 120mm and 1 exaust 120mm. My PSU is bottom fan in to its rear exaust.  

No they may get a little warm but nothing that will amount to making a real difference in affecting the heat in the case.

[Gnun1x]

I doubt it, do you know how hot the leds get?

[Steampunk360]

I don't have a way of measuring the temp* But I will install them [mainly because I am excited to make it look cool] and W-L's comment. I may run my MSI command center and see how much it raises. O-O detective work time. Now I feel the urge to investigate. *in other words I just remembered Command center has a case temp probe]

 

[ramm]

Sure they will emit some heat but I doubt it's making your case hot.

 

Keep in mind a case has airflow too so it shouldn't matter much. I doubt you will notice a single degrees in temperature rise