Yup, Duron600@980, 1.7v -- 28C max, its air-cooled and using a stock hsf. Room temp: 19C, motherboard temp: 15C.
The max temp is measured with CPUBurn running for 40 minutes.
Last night after the 6th or 7th trip between the computer and the wood stove, trying to keep one cool and the other hot, I figured there's gotta to be better way....
So I built an air duct to bring in outside air (right now at -18C) and supply it directly to the CPU fan. Materials: cardboard, two 1-litre ice-cream tubs (for hose adapters), a cardboard box to fit in the window, one poster tube, 8 feet of 4" dryer hose and lots of duct tape.
My window is the 4-pane type you can slide open from either side. I opened the inside pane on one side and duct-taped in the box, which has a hole on the outside for intake and an ice-cream tub on the inside for exhaust (bottom cut out of course!). Then open the opposite, outside window about 1/8". This way the intake isn't exposed to the outside and won't fill up with snow!
Next I made an adapter out of the other ice-cream tub and cardboard. This fits into an empty 3-1/2 drive bay. Inside the machine is a duct (leading from the drive bay) made from a section of poster tube and more cardboard that forms a shroud over the CPU fan. (Oh, I used packing tape inside the machine instead of duct tape).
I figure I've got at least 2 months before having to come up with the warm-weather solution!
The max temp is measured with CPUBurn running for 40 minutes.
Last night after the 6th or 7th trip between the computer and the wood stove, trying to keep one cool and the other hot, I figured there's gotta to be better way....
So I built an air duct to bring in outside air (right now at -18C) and supply it directly to the CPU fan. Materials: cardboard, two 1-litre ice-cream tubs (for hose adapters), a cardboard box to fit in the window, one poster tube, 8 feet of 4" dryer hose and lots of duct tape.
My window is the 4-pane type you can slide open from either side. I opened the inside pane on one side and duct-taped in the box, which has a hole on the outside for intake and an ice-cream tub on the inside for exhaust (bottom cut out of course!). Then open the opposite, outside window about 1/8". This way the intake isn't exposed to the outside and won't fill up with snow!
Next I made an adapter out of the other ice-cream tub and cardboard. This fits into an empty 3-1/2 drive bay. Inside the machine is a duct (leading from the drive bay) made from a section of poster tube and more cardboard that forms a shroud over the CPU fan. (Oh, I used packing tape inside the machine instead of duct tape).
I figure I've got at least 2 months before having to come up with the warm-weather solution!
But the double-pane window trick protects it against any direct exposure to the elements. My one concern is that during blizzard conditions snow may be sucked in.
