- May 3, 2011
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Hey all,
I recently picked-up a new case, switching from a full tower to a mini-ATX Aero Cool Dead Silent. I love the new case and I love the fact that I can actually have it sitting on my desk, instead of the floor, making everything much easier to access. However, I've noticed one thing: It's damn hot. I'm sure it's no hotter than it's ever been, but now that it's easier to put my hand up to the exhaust and feel just how hot it gets under load, it's a little concerning.
I run my hardware at stock clocks, but I'm wondering if there's any solution out there that might bring my overall ambient temp down just to make it a little cooler in my office. At the time of this writing, I'm sitting here with the window open and fan blowing on me while I sweat my ass off. I gran that there's only so much I can do with two full on gaming PC's in one room, with four total monitors, but I'd love if there was some solution to bring down the overall heat level.
I was looking at water cooling solutions, wondering if that option would bring my overall case temps down and allow me to actually hang out in my office during the summer and not be drenched in sweat.
Current specs are the following:
i5-2500k
16GB Ram
Radeon 6950 1GB
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm melting!
I recently picked-up a new case, switching from a full tower to a mini-ATX Aero Cool Dead Silent. I love the new case and I love the fact that I can actually have it sitting on my desk, instead of the floor, making everything much easier to access. However, I've noticed one thing: It's damn hot. I'm sure it's no hotter than it's ever been, but now that it's easier to put my hand up to the exhaust and feel just how hot it gets under load, it's a little concerning.
I run my hardware at stock clocks, but I'm wondering if there's any solution out there that might bring my overall ambient temp down just to make it a little cooler in my office. At the time of this writing, I'm sitting here with the window open and fan blowing on me while I sweat my ass off. I gran that there's only so much I can do with two full on gaming PC's in one room, with four total monitors, but I'd love if there was some solution to bring down the overall heat level.
I was looking at water cooling solutions, wondering if that option would bring my overall case temps down and allow me to actually hang out in my office during the summer and not be drenched in sweat.
Current specs are the following:
i5-2500k
16GB Ram
Radeon 6950 1GB
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm melting!