Secret to Lowering your Temps!

billiam · Nov 7, 2004

I've been experimenting with this hypothesis for 4 months. This is a secret between myself and this forum:

I live in a dorm at MSU. I rearrange my room a lot, so i have had to move my computer on my desk, on the ground, and on the desk again. Well, i just rearranged my room again.

Everytime i would move my tower, i noticed a temperature change. When it was on my desk, 36 degrees w/ 19 ambient. When its on the ground, its 28 degrees w/ 19 ambient. YES, that is the trick.

This post is meant for a good laugh, but in actually, it did work. On my desk, my computer is next to the window, which blows cold air in. On the ground, there is no air coming in.

Alacritan · Nov 7, 2004

Cold air is more dense than hot air and will be lower in the room. Putting your case on the floor is always ideal, especially if you have a window open letting in cold air as it will all collect on the floor. My temperatures went up 3C when I took my case off the floor. Of course, now it's also sitting in the sun.

sunrunner20 · Nov 7, 2004

Intresting. I knew cold air sinks but never knew it would cause that great of a differnace in temps. :clap:

Moos3d · Nov 7, 2004

It would be optimal if you could get the front intake near an airconditioning vent in the floor.

billiam · Nov 7, 2004

Yesterday night, the temperature outside was 3c and my tower is in front of the window. My computer temp was 35c. After moving it to the floor, my temperature at 3:00pm with 14c outside is 27c.

Genetic · Nov 7, 2004

what do you live in michigan or something? im in florida

, never cold in this damned state UNLESS its at the peak of the winter, then its down to mayb 35-40F.

jamie_bkc · Nov 7, 2004

you wouldn't wan an intake from the floow because you'd need to rais the tower lots to get sufficiant air to the fans, and the floor is COVERED in dust so you would be sucking up so much dust that it would probably heat up you pc anyway.

sunrunner20 · Nov 7, 2004

PFFF! florida, try Texas!!! people here freak when we have "snow" for 2 hours before it melts.

billiam · Nov 7, 2004

jamie_bkc said:
you wouldn't wan an intake from the floow because you'd need to rais the tower lots to get sufficiant air to the fans, and the floor is COVERED in dust so you would be sucking up so much dust that it would probably heat up you pc anyway.

The floor is clean, theres a purifying next to it. I also have a filter on the intake of my fan. I do live in michigan, attending michigan state. Go blue! :< sigh

capmuffin · Nov 7, 2004

Moos3d said:
It would be optimal if you could get the front intake near an airconditioning vent in the floor.

Just turn ur exaust fans around an intake,and same with the intake>exaust.
I did that and it worked a lot better,it allowed the window are to flow in

-4 temps

Alacritan · Nov 8, 2004

jamie_bkc said:
you wouldn't wan an intake from the floow because you'd need to rais the tower lots to get sufficiant air to the fans, and the floor is COVERED in dust so you would be sucking up so much dust that it would probably heat up you pc anyway.

Despite the fact that this post is nearly unintelligible, I feel compelled to respond to it.

They're called air filters:

http://www.xoxide.com/lascutfangri.html
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/fanfigu.html
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Computer-Cases/Fan-Filters/
http://www.coolerguys.com/fanfilters.html
http://www.jab-tech.com/catalog/category_170_Case_fans_and_accessories_Fan_filters_page_1.html
http://www.directron.com/filterguards.html
http://www.svc.com/filters.html

I don't know about you, but I don't live in a chalk and sawdust factory so dust has never really been that big of an issue for me.

jamie_bkc · Nov 8, 2004

haha very funny, but some of us have carpet in our homes, and do you know what happens to carpet? That's right it collects dust. but anyway from what I have read a lot of people avoid using filters because they restrict airflow but if you're sure they don't restrict at all then i'll give it a go.

TazExtreme3 · Nov 8, 2004

billiam said:
attending michigan state. Go blue!

HAHA now that's funny, couldn't get into UofM I take it?
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billiam · Nov 8, 2004

TazExtreme3 said:
HAHA now that's funny, couldn't get into UofM I take it?
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Got into Umich, but i have a full ride at michigan state. Pay 20 grand to goto a school where i support the football program dearly, or get a free tuition and 500 bucks back if i goto michigan state. Yeah, i was that kid who was smiling when umich beat state 2 weeks ago.

whoever · Nov 8, 2004

sunrunner20 said:
PFFF! florida, try Texas!!! people here freak when we have "snow" for 2 hours before it melts.

pff sothern califonia, never seen snow hit the ground!

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