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JeremyCT

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How do those of you without air conditioning handle the increase in ambient temps?

Decrease the overclock?

Only run the computer at night?

Distilled water ice cubes in the resevoir? (this one actually sounds kinda fun)

Run the coolant loop through a water chiller?

Just wonderin'. Temps hit 87 deg F next to the window where the computer sits yesterday and today.
 
Nothing, really. Although, in Texas, it's not like it's all that cool to begin with. ;)

Edit: Who doesn't have air conditioning anymore? It's the 21st century, and considering this is a hardware enthusiasts board, most of us live in nice countries.
 
I find the minimum stable voltage to run my CPU at 3ghz, and I run my GPU underclocked and undervolted (300mhz 1.15v) during 2D.
 
JeremyCT said:
Distilled water ice cubes in the resevoir? (this one actually sounds kinda fun)
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Sounds more like condensation -> Boom! :d

Running two core CPU and a relatively cool card I'll be safe even if temps reach 45*C - and they won't.
 
JeremyCT said:
How do those of you without air conditioning handle the increase in ambient temps?

Temps hit 87 deg F next to the window where the computer sits yesterday and today.
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put the computer on the floor?
 
I don't change anything, I'm in Austin, Texas and although it hasn't been real hot outside lately, it's been warmer than usual. I normally just raise my A/C temperature a couple of degrees, it doesn't affect my temperatures hardly at all. During winter, though, I'll open windows and watch my temperatures plummet.
 
JeremyCT said:
Run the coolant loop through a water chiller?
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that sounds like an interesting idea. if you ran a long tube out the back of the case through a slurry of ice water would it make the temp differential enough that condensate would form on the rad? i think not. sounds like a fun summer experiment to me.
 
If you lower the water temperature below ambient air temperature, then by definition condensation will occur.
 
Condensation can only occur if you drop the coolant temperature below the dew point for the ambient air conditions. This temperature can be accurately predicted based on ambient air temperature and relative humidity. Dropping the coolant temperature below ambient does not create condensation, but dropping the coolant temp below the dew point will.

Example: Currently in the computer room temp is 72 deg F, rh is 31%. Dew point is about 40 deg F. I could drop coolant temps to 45-50 deg F and still have no worries about condensation inside my case.

Problem is that the dew point changes based on prevailing weather conditions. Increase rh to 60% (not at all uncommon in the summer) and the dew point jumps to 58 deg F.

/dew point lesson
 
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