Heat needs to go somewhere

[MonKENy]

So when I put a Liquid cooling system together I assume that the heat dissipated from the rad will be displaced into my room and raise ambient temps creating a warmer room that in turn will add to the heat in the PC?

 

[MongGrel]

More or less yes.

but it's not going to raise it that much compared to inside the case.

I still use air myself on a NH-D14.

Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018&cm_re=nh_d14-_-35-608-018-_-Product

 

[Galatian]

The idea behind a water cooling is that water can "transport" the heat better away. Yes your average temperatures in the room will rise, but that doesn't matter for the cooling, since you will create an equilibrium at some point.

 

[Blain]

So when I put a Liquid cooling system together I assume that the heat dissipated from the rad will be displaced into my room and raise ambient temps creating a warmer room that in turn will add to the heat in the PC?

Your ambient temps rise unless you dump the heat outside the room where your cooled PC is located.

 

[BrightCandle]

Water is much more conductive of heat so when its run through the metal over the CPU it more efficiently takes the energy away. It also takes a lot more energy to raises waters temperature so it tends to gain minimally as it travels through the channels. The end result is that water can remove more energy faster.

But then that energy has to go somewhere. So the radiator takes the above ambient water and cools it using moving air. A radiator isn't really any better than a heatsink but it can be a better placed and bigger due to the distance that water will travel. It's not uncommon for overclockers to go up to a 360mm radiator to get quiet and very effective cooling capable of dissipating up to 400W or more, or more importantly maintaining the water at as close a temperature to ambient as possible.

But the radiator exchanges it's heat with your room. Your room exchanges its heat the planet and the planet radiates off the heat into space. There is definitely a limit to what the planet can radiate but it's not something that should directly concern someone looking at water cooling, and neither is the room temperature. Because a heatsink and fan is doing the exact same thing.

 

[MonKENy]

I am more thinking about the room getting warmer an making it hotter for me actually. With my TV and PC in the same room it can get warm playing games. Im not actually worried about it making the pc even hotter.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The room temp wont change no matter what kind of cooling you use, the time it takes for it to get warm once the pc is powered on but that's about it. The PC is radiating 400w (for example) and no matter how you move that heat out of the pc it's not changing that number.

The only way to prevent the room from warming up is to move the heat of the PC outside of it. You could extend the water loop to another room, or put the PC in another room and run long cables. (I actually did this, it's great actually, no noise, dust, or heat)

 

[MonKENy]

The room temp wont change no matter what kind of cooling you use, the time it takes for it to get warm once the pc is powered on but that's about it. The PC is radiating 400w (for example) and no matter how you move that heat out of the pc it's not changing that number.

The only way to prevent the room from warming up is to move the heat of the PC outside of it. You could extend the water loop to another room, or put the PC in another room and run long cables. (I actually did this, it's great actually, no noise, dust, or heat)

yeah thats how my setup is now. I have it in the room next to mine and ran the cables through the wall.