I have found that the exhaust from my 470GTX in SLI are raising the temp in my office considerably. Case cooling is fine and CPU/GPU are all within acceptable limits, but the 90+ degree celsius exhaust from these cards is crazy. I can just crank up the AC, but i do not like this as a long term solution.
I was thinking about running some flexible ductwork from the back of my case (where the cards exhaust) down through the floor of my office into the crawlspace under my house. I would probably connect a fan to the end of the ductwork in the basement to pull the heated air down.
It sounds a bit crazy, but do you think it will work? What are the potential failure points?
Possible issues I can see:
1) My wife may kill me if she notices i cut a hole in the floor! However I can fix this.
2) Condensation may come up from the basement. However, I live in Nevada where there is very little moisture so I do not see this as a big problem.
3) The duct may act like an incubator by trapping the hot exhaust inside the ductwork. I think the exhaust fan in a pull mode will alleviate this problem.
So...thoughts?
I was thinking about running some flexible ductwork from the back of my case (where the cards exhaust) down through the floor of my office into the crawlspace under my house. I would probably connect a fan to the end of the ductwork in the basement to pull the heated air down.
It sounds a bit crazy, but do you think it will work? What are the potential failure points?
Possible issues I can see:
1) My wife may kill me if she notices i cut a hole in the floor! However I can fix this.
2) Condensation may come up from the basement. However, I live in Nevada where there is very little moisture so I do not see this as a big problem.
3) The duct may act like an incubator by trapping the hot exhaust inside the ductwork. I think the exhaust fan in a pull mode will alleviate this problem.
So...thoughts?