Watercooling question

[Runes911]

Lately the room that my computer occupies is getting VERY hot. Most/all of the heat comes from my computer. I wanted to know if going to watercooling would cut down on some of the heat output into the room. It would stand to reason that it would not, seeing as the heat output of the PC is unchanged but rather would be changed from air to liquid instead. I thought I would ask just to see though. Short of adding a seperate a/c unit, I am trying to find better ways to keep the room cool.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Runes911
Lately the room that my computer occupies is getting VERY hot. Most/all of the heat comes from my computer. I wanted to know if going to watercooling would cut down on some of the heat output into the room. It would stand to reason that it would not, seeing as the heat output of the PC is unchanged but rather would be changed from air to liquid instead. I thought I would ask just to see though. Short of adding a seperate a/c unit, I am trying to find better ways to keep the room cool.

let me teach you some general physics.

Energy can not be created nor destroyed, well its only created when you use nuclear fission, but i highly doubt you'll use one of those in your machines.

Using that principle, that means, heat which is in the form of energy will never be destroyed. So what does water do? it just transports it more efficiently to other areas in your system.

So no, watercooling will not magically reduce your ambient temps. You require energy to do that, and you cant create energy, nor destroy it, in which your trying to do.


You will get lower cpu temps, if thats what your aiming at, because water will transport it more efficiently.

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Just get a small house fan and put it near your computer. Distribute the heat evenly through the room.....

 

[Bill Kunert]

Find a way to mount the watercooling heat exchanger outside your window.

 

[MotF Bane]

I live in New England; during the winter the computer is a wonderful thing to have in a room.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: tylerdustin2008
Just get a small house fan and put it near your computer. Distribute the heat evenly through the room.....

Yup. I wish water-cooling had a magic bullet for this condition, but none currently exists.

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Runes911
Lately the room that my computer occupies is getting VERY hot. Most/all of the heat comes from my computer. I wanted to know if going to watercooling would cut down on some of the heat output into the room. It would stand to reason that it would not, seeing as the heat output of the PC is unchanged but rather would be changed from air to liquid instead. I thought I would ask just to see though. Short of adding a seperate a/c unit, I am trying to find better ways to keep the room cool.

let me teach you some general physics.

Energy can not be created nor destroyed, well its only created when you use nuclear fission, but i highly doubt you'll use one of those in your machines.

Using that principle, that means, heat which is in the form of energy will never be destroyed. So what does water do? it just transports it more efficiently to other areas in your system.

So no, watercooling will not magically reduce your ambient temps. You require energy to do that, and you cant create energy, nor destroy it, in which your trying to do.


You will get lower cpu temps, if thats what your aiming at, because water will transport it more efficiently.

*sigh* I figured as much. Hence the bolded part. Oh well I think I will still go with watercooling for the noise reduction.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Runes911

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Runes911
Lately the room that my computer occupies is getting VERY hot. Most/all of the heat comes from my computer. I wanted to know if going to watercooling would cut down on some of the heat output into the room. It would stand to reason that it would not, seeing as the heat output of the PC is unchanged but rather would be changed from air to liquid instead. I thought I would ask just to see though. Short of adding a seperate a/c unit, I am trying to find better ways to keep the room cool.

let me teach you some general physics.

Energy can not be created nor destroyed, well its only created when you use nuclear fission, but i highly doubt you'll use one of those in your machines.

Using that principle, that means, heat which is in the form of energy will never be destroyed. So what does water do? it just transports it more efficiently to other areas in your system.

So no, watercooling will not magically reduce your ambient temps. You require energy to do that, and you cant create energy, nor destroy it, in which your trying to do.


You will get lower cpu temps, if thats what your aiming at, because water will transport it more efficiently.

*sigh* I figured as much. Hence the bolded part. Oh well I think I will still go with watercooling for the noise reduction.

to be honest noise can be handled better by air.

You go water when you want these:


100 % loaded quad
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/NewTemps.jpg


100% loaded E6600
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/FinalTemp.jpg


So far air cant get anywhere near those temps. Noise would be the second reason.

You get water for performance with the benifits of sound.
You downvolt, and run passive on air for a uber quiet system.

:T

 

[Raider1284]

a watercooling system can achieve no better then ambient temps!

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Raider1284
a watercooling system can achieve no better then ambient temps!

Not if the water is chilled.

 

[tylerdustin2008]

Now that is true.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Raider1284
a watercooling system can achieve no better then ambient temps!

Which really is quite impressive if you consider that the human body would be thouroghly distressed before a water-cooled CPU would pop.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Watercooled with tec's in the radiator will do the job.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Puffnstuff
Watercooled with tec's in the radiator will do the job.

okey im gonna have to say omgwtfbbq on this one.

sorry your putting your tecs on the wrong stuff.

and also tec's arent efficient. And they wont work on a quad core.