That would be the 18,000 BTU window A/C unit, just 6 inches behind, and 3 inches to the left of rear of my comp. It just hit 80 degrees outside, and that was the signal to break it out of winter storage.....woooooooooooooooooooot !!

I'd show ya a comp temps reading, but it's STILL cooling down...we'll have to wait. Suffice it to say that motherboard temps are equal to ambient temps...which will take a few hours to completely cool down. This is a 'built in 1908' uninsulated apartment.

Well room ambient still 23C (75F) and here is initial reading:



Keep in mind that we talkin overclocked comp too.

Windows XP Pro w/SP3
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 125W @ 3.7Ghz
ASUS M4N82 Deluxe nVidia 980a SLI Motherboard
ASUS AMI 0802 BIOS
Realtek ALC888/1200 nVidia MCP72 HD Audio
EVGA 01G-P3-1280-AR GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit
Corsair CM2X2048-8500C5D Dual Channel [5-5-5-15-22-2T-2.1v]
SATA WD 300GB Velociraptor
SATA WD Caviar Black 1TB
LG GH22LS30 CD/DVD Burner
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad EPS12V
ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" CRT Monitor
Harman Kardon (3)
Logitech Optical M-BT96a
Coolermaster ATCS 840 Full Tower Case
3x230mm, 1x120mm, Optional: 3x Scythe S-Flex SFF21G 120mm
ZALMAN CNPS 10X Extreme CPU Cooler

This post was edited by ghot on Apr 25 2011 01:39pm

Central air is where it's at.

e p i c

ofc...but landlord ain't gonna do that in this old uninsulated building...in which HE pays the utilities

Feels like I just took a bite of a York Peppermint Pattie...lol

This post was edited by ghot on Apr 25 2011 01:41pm

Case itself is up OFF file cabinet...3 inches to allow the 75CFM intake on bottom of case...to have plenty of air.

Before A/C was in window...my temps were:
CPU: 38C
MBD: 28C
GPU: 45C
MCP: 53C



This post was edited by ghot on Apr 25 2011 02:09pm

You pretty much ripped me off. I was doing this about 1 or 2 months ago, and infact you posted in my thread about using an AC for cooling.

I had to install an ac unit in my apartment last summer. I was running 3 comps with 4 nvidia video cards (9800gtx and above)

I was also folding.

This post was edited by TheEvil1 on Apr 25 2011 02:17pm

Sorry to rain on ur parade, but I've been doing this for about 5 years now...almost 3 years with the new case.
I remember that post and was looking thru my backup HDD for that pic...must not have saved it...had to redraw it :/

But ya gotta admit..it works like a charm...almost a 10C drop across the board

P.S. I NEVER fold laundry

This post was edited by ghot on Apr 25 2011 02:26pm

Folding at home. Distributed computational research.

Yes, I know that, that was a little humor there...yeah, yeah...I know,...very little lol