Alternative cooling options

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:07 am

Now that summer is here, and the hot weather is setting in, does anyone know of any good PC cooling alternatives?

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:09 am

My brother made the ghetto-est one I've ever seen. Well technically he made his during the winter. But his computer was still always overheating. So he took a cardboard tube, attached it from his window to the inside of his tower, and the computer went down more than 20 degrees. Try that.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:49 am

Get a refrigerator......no actually I saw something cool ones.IF you have an old computer the cut of the side panel attached it to the new computer had a long tube and at the end a big fan

wes · Post by **wes** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:30 pm

stick your tower IN a refrigerator

BEEF!!! · Post by **BEEF!!!** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:45 pm

I just pull off the side of my tower and stick a desk fan in there =P
It's also important that every couple of weeks that you go in and vaccum out any dust. This really helps keep your computer cool.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:00 pm

youre right about the dust thing. I had to finnally vacuum it out after a layer of dust started to impede the processor fan

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:02 am

yeah, you could get a big box fan and put that where the side panel usually goes. just turn off or pull out the fans that are already in the pc, wouldn't want the air coming from the big fan overpowering (and shorting) the little fans.

or maybe you should look into water cooling. but if you go with a liquid-cooled solution, be VERY VERY VERY careful, and know that you'll need to invest a nice bit of time and money in it. although it works like a dream

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:09 pm

http://www.thecoolingshop.com/

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:25 pm

ooo, nice link.