Easy CPU Cooling question and interesting idea

[lpoht]

Alright, here's my abbreviated story. I just put together my first AMD system. Intel just doesn't match up for the price, and for many other reasons. Regardless, lets not get of on that tangent. My system is an Athelon 1.4Ghz, 512MB DDR RAM, Abit KG7, Maxtor 7200RPM ATA/100 Drive. The Antec Jet Cool fan I got is keeping my system at a steady 53 degress Celcius. Ouch. So, I've gone ahead and ordered a Dynatron BM-P heatsink and with a 38CFM Delta fan. I've read some good reviews about this particular heatsink/fan combo (it seems that its pretty hard to get a bad cooler in this price range). I just wanted to get any warnings or pointers as far as mounting this cooler. It uses the clips on the socket, and in my tower case, I'm wondering if the 472g mass of this cooler might damage anything.

2nd question- So, now that I've seen so many OC reviews and articles, I'm starting to turn on to the search not so much for speed, but for cool. Don't ask me why, maybe its because all I've seen for a few hours are temperature measurements and the metonomus names such as Arctic Silver or Cooler master, etc. Anyway, I live in the mountains of Colorado, and I got a real crazy idea. What if I got some insulated dryer hose, about 5 inches in diameter, and attached it to a fan on the back of my case. I know, I know, the hose won't help just sitting there on the computer. So, my idea is that I can screw a large piece of plexiglass over the window, with a hole, about a foot up (protect from snow) for the end of the hose. I, of course, would put a filter and some sort of sliding "door" on the mount to keep moisture out during rain/snow. Since temps here get down around -20F in the winter, I thought that having that air in my case could help a lot. Any ideas? Thanks for reading this epic post, if you've reached this line, I thank you again.

-Davis

[fuzzba11]

Welcome to the forums!

Yup, that's been done before, called Ducting. And I live in CO, too, since early this month, and I figuire it will get a little chilly, here. What you want to do once you have the duct is install at least one 120mm or larger fan onto one end, and definitely a filter on the outside end. Good luck with the project, and again, welcome to the forums, everyone here is always willing to help, so just ask if you have any other questions :)

[MetalSiren]

I hope a bird don't fly into that hole. :D

[TOMATOMAN]

I just moved my room around so my PC is next to the window so i can do that :} cant wait till its like -10 out side :}

[The Overclocker]

i hope you like noise! the delta will give it you

[Crash893]

at temps like that you could almost pull off a pumpless water cooling system the you might have to make some modifications but you could have a closed loop system filled with something that absolutly wont freeze. then throw the slack cable out side.

the cpu would heat the liquid make it rise in the tube then the cold liquid from out side would come in to fill its place and push the hot liquid out side to be cooled again.


just my thought

[Rooster]

Already got my vent set up for mine, nice having a window next to my box. Love these Colorado winters.

[lpoht]

My one concern is that if I pump cold air into my system, would the temp change cause any warmer air to condesnse and essentily shed water inside my system. It would be cool for the fact that I would have a micro-atmosphere in my computer, but the water itself would be bad. I think that condensation may not be a problem considering the fact that Colorado's air is very dry in the winter (to the tune of15-20% relative humidity). Also, if I ran a quick fan, and the only air going IN to the case was cold, then the air would be warmed and cooled without chance of moisture. Of course, I wouldn't run the system on a foggy day. Thoughts??

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Originally posted by lpoht
My one concern is that if I pump cold air into my system, would the temp change cause any warmer air to condesnse and essentily shed water inside my system. It would be cool for the fact that I would have a micro-atmosphere in my computer, but the water itself would be bad. I think that condensation may not be a problem considering the fact that Colorado's air is very dry in the winter (to the tune of15-20% relative humidity). Also, if I ran a quick fan, and the only air going IN to the case was cold, then the air would be warmed and cooled without chance of moisture. Of course, I wouldn't run the system on a foggy day. Thoughts?? Condensation happens when warm air hits something cold, not from cold air hitting something warm. Plus, as you said, winter air has very low humidity.

You should be just fine. :)