I hate summer.

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Well, I like summer well enough, I just hate the heat.

Started having problems soon as the ambient temp in my apartment hit 80 F, things in my case started heating up. Sluggish performance, no POST on restart 'cause the hard drives were too hot, blah blah.

Two things I know I need........a bigger, full-tower case, I just have too much crap crammed into a mid-tower........good airflow, it's just everything's too close to be cooled effectively. I'm also looking at a watercooled setup. My new landlords will be moving in in two weeks, and they've already expressed some concern over the AC in my place..........which I am NOT giving up. Second floor apartment, over a garage, with lots of windows and a huge skylight in the kitchen..........95 F outside equals 110-115 F INSIDE, even with a couple of fans running.

Any suggestions for a good, relatively inexpensive WC setup? It has to be easily adaptable, since in 6 months or less, I'll be moving to an AMD setup for my audio processing, I think. Can be a mix of different brand stuff, I'd just prefer it to be under $150, OC'ing isn't a real consideration, just more reliable cooling than purely air-cooled.

And if anyone might happen to have a used, full-tower case lying around, it doesn't have to look pretty, just has to have more room than my generic mid-tower.........I'll take it.

I know the case I WANT, but it's $800 with a redundant 600w PSU. Yikes.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

best thing to do is go to frozencpu.com and look at the different options.
I dont know if you are going to be able to get a good set-up for the price you are look at. Right off the top of my head I could put a system together for you for about $200 or so. That would be using the new swiftech res and pump combo and a swiftech waterblock. And that would add up to about $140. So you would still need a radiator, which is about another 50-60 bucks for a single 120mm unit (as I wouldnt recommend a 80mm unit with the high ambient temps you are stating.)
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Josh · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

Yeah summer has its downsides...on a normal hot day, my case temperature is about 7C more than usual Neutral

Time to move the PC downstairs into our cold room

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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Wrong

Hoedizzy · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Wrong

PhRoZeN_X_ · SirTweaksabit Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 410

sandness · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

Just ignore this guy. He has posted a couple random posts in other sections that are also incoherent.

http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3910&highlight=
http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3512&start=350
http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3781&highlight=
http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6151&highlight=

His posts are irrational and he does not reply to questions.

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

we're giving him a while to sign on again....and see how he reacts....
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