Hi all,
I have an SLI rig that's running really hot (FX-55: 70-75C under load). It's also a fairly loud rig as you might expect with two GeForce 6800GTs. Anyway, my desk is currently up against the back wall in my basement. On the other side of the wall is our laundry/storage room. Rather than spend a ton of money on expensive heatsinks/fans or a watercooling setup, I was thinking of putting the machine in the storage room, leaving the side panel off, and having a table fan blow on it 24/7. I tried putting a fan on the floor blowing on my computer for about 10 minutes last night, and all the temps dropped like 15C almost immediately. Not only would this cool the machine much better, but it would also eliminate the fan noise. This would also be very easy for me to set up, but I'd probably end up leaving the machine on all the time.
So, the obvious question is whether or not there are any implications with this setup. As long as I was careful to blow out dust on a regular basis, are there any other problems with a setup like this?
I have an SLI rig that's running really hot (FX-55: 70-75C under load). It's also a fairly loud rig as you might expect with two GeForce 6800GTs. Anyway, my desk is currently up against the back wall in my basement. On the other side of the wall is our laundry/storage room. Rather than spend a ton of money on expensive heatsinks/fans or a watercooling setup, I was thinking of putting the machine in the storage room, leaving the side panel off, and having a table fan blow on it 24/7. I tried putting a fan on the floor blowing on my computer for about 10 minutes last night, and all the temps dropped like 15C almost immediately. Not only would this cool the machine much better, but it would also eliminate the fan noise. This would also be very easy for me to set up, but I'd probably end up leaving the machine on all the time.
So, the obvious question is whether or not there are any implications with this setup. As long as I was careful to blow out dust on a regular basis, are there any other problems with a setup like this?