Running a comp located in another room to avaoid heat

[pirhana]

Hi.

I'm thinking about getting a new machine and overclock it. I'm already set with what I'm gonna get (Q6600 and Gforce 8800 and some other
nice stuff).

My concern here is heat, but I'm not concerned about heat inside my machine because I've already read through tons of good guides about that.
I'm concerned about the heat that the machine will cause in my room. I already think its too hot from 1 laptop and a non overclocked single core machine.

So I assume that my new mahine will produce quite alot of new heat that I dont want.
After looking around for solutions and not finding anything that seems to work well except having a ACC running I came up with another idea
(ACC will be to expensive I think).

If I put my computer in another room where it doesnt matter that much if it gets heated the problem should be solved.
So I'm looking for a way to put my highend machine in 1 room and have still have access to all ports.
all USB , parallell port, DVI port, Sound ports. So I can use my machine. I would also like to connect a external DVD drive so I dont
have to move my ass everytime I need to change DVD in the drive.
Is there some kind of hardware for this?

I would need to connect all of my ports on the comp to 1 "hardware" that is connected with 1 cable to my other "hardware" that I can connect all my diffrent devices to.

Anyone heared of this and know a solution?

I dont want to have 30 meter cables for every device running all the way from my comp room to my working place.

 

[imported_falacy]

A long while ago I saw a review of bar fridge that was made into a computer case. You could purchase a small fridge and,

1. Cut a hole in the door (no tubes in the doors)
2. Put a plastic tube in the hole
3. Fill the space around the tube with expanding foam (the type contractors and model makers use)
4. Feed your wires through the tube
5. Plug the tube with a wad of fiberglass insulation
6. Close the door and enjoy!

The only time you'd need to worry about condensation is if the power went out or you stood there with the door open for a while. However, condensation forms on a cold object in a hot room, rather than a warm oject in a cold room so using a computer inside a fridge is perfectly safe.

 

[pirhana]

I googled around and found a couple of tutorials from people who did just that. I'm not sure. I would prefer if there is a easier way. Like buying some sort o hardware. Are there thin clients that use the gfx, cpu and memory from the "server" and just act a hub for mice, keyboard and so on?


I found the pudge computerd mineral oil cooling which was really cool I think. But I guess that will heat up my room just as much.

 

[Aluvus]

Cheap solution: Run tubing from your computer's exhaust fans to a window.

Less cheap solution: Put the system in an adjacent room, cut a hole through the wall.

Even less cheap solution: Put the system in another room, use a low-power system to remotely log in to it. Enjoy your limited performance that completely moots your expensiev video card.

Putting the system in a fridge won't really solve your problem, the fridge will still be dumping heat into the room. Using mineral oil as a coolant will indeed put just as much heat into the room.