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Dorm Room Overheating

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Patman

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My dorm room is overheating pretty bad, we have a serious fan in the window but its still not enough. It's just my dual opty 170, and my laptop folding but its really hot in here, maybe i can get some pics up or something. I need like dryer exhaust tubing or something to get this heat out of here. Suggestions?
 
I leave all of my rigs directly UNDER an open window....the coldest air will come in and sink straight to the floor, so leaving my rigs under the window pushes all of the coldest air into the rigs. Seems to be the best bet for me, with 4 rigs running in my bedroom + tv + game systems.

 
You need to open the Window MORE ........ :p

Your not [H]ard untill the temp in your room is +10C above ambient.
You are only putting out less than 500 watts of heat max.
My farm is throwing out very close to 2,000 watts of heat.

Luck ......... :D
 
Where are you from?

What I did is pipe cold air into the front of my PC using dryer exhaust venting tubing.
That way it doesn't matter how hot the room is (to a point). You'll always be pulling in fresh/cool (hopefully not damp) air.
 
1. Get a giant cardboard box.
2. Put it over the PCs to collect the heat.
3. Every 5-10 minutes, pull the box off of the PCs, making sure to close the flaps as quickly as possible.
4. Walk outside and let the warm air out...let the cool air in. Close the box.
5. Put the box containing cold air over the PCs.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 as long as the computers are on and folding.

Enjoy!
 
Yamaki said:
1. Get a giant cardboard box.
2. Put it over the PCs to collect the heat.
3. Every 5-10 minutes, pull the box off of the PCs, making sure to close the flaps as quickly as possible.
4. Walk outside and let the warm air out...let the cool air in. Close the box.
5. Put the box containing cold air over the PCs.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 as long as the computers are on and folding.

Enjoy!
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yeah do that.
 
actually today its cold and rainy so it cooled down a bit. The main issue is the time until they let our AC start working again. The inbetween winter cold and AC cold is what kills me on heat control. We have central air in our room but only when the dorm decides to let it work, its weird.

I'll have to try the card board box idea, being on the 6th floor hopefully the elevator dosen't break again.
 
Yes, but he might be onto something. Can I fold for someone to get them to ship me a roll of duct tape? I have everything else here for this =)
 
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