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07-12-2006, 09:05 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Goshen NY but going to college in Pomona, NJ near Alantic City
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Best Way 2 Keep Cold
What is the best way to keep your computer from over heating?
Is this a good fan:
http://www.directron.com/uc001btc.html |
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07-12-2006, 09:08 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2006
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? Or do like I did and mount it under the seat where the AC blows directly on it. The End.
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07-12-2006, 09:20 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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about when the heater is on?
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07-12-2006, 09:41 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Quote: Originally Posted by djmickyg
about when the heater is on?
I relocate it to the trunk in the winter.. or I just plug up the vent that is cooling it right now. |
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07-12-2006, 09:45 AM
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Constant Bitrate
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Quote: Originally Posted by spade44
I've got the same fan going into the case I'm building.
It's a good one,but you either need to put the thermal sensor on something hot like a hard drive,or short the sensor out to get the fan to spin fast enough to move some air.
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07-12-2006, 10:21 AM
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FLAC
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Quote: Originally Posted by spade44
What is the best way to keep your computer from over heating?
dont turn it on?  |
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07-12-2006, 11:21 AM
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FLAC
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move to alaska
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07-12-2006, 12:03 PM
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It's not really that small...No, seriously.
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Just blow on it, like you do hot soup.
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07-12-2006, 12:52 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
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Quote: Originally Posted by strohj
move to alaska
Then they freeze... 
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07-12-2006, 12:54 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
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Location: Fairfax, VA
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Phase-change cooling would probably be the best way.
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07-12-2006, 01:03 PM
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Laptop, Tablets, UMPC Moderator
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the best way is to start with an efficent setup to begin with... a mobile processor will run alot cooler than say a p4...
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07-12-2006, 01:06 PM
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all this talk of heating....it's 100+ degrees here today, meaning 150+ in the car, started right up without an issue, just like it has for close to 3 years now....and mines back behind a body panel with minimal air flow
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07-12-2006, 01:13 PM
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Newbie
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Quote: Originally Posted by binary.h4x
Phase-change cooling would probably be the best way.
and how might you power a phase change setup? come on those are some power hungry beasts. |
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07-12-2006, 01:32 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
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Quote: Originally Posted by Giant_kyle
and how might you power a phase change setup? come on those are some power hungry beasts.
Regenerative braking? 
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07-12-2006, 03:51 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: May 2001
Location: USA
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Quote: Originally Posted by Red GTi VR6
all this talk of heating....it's 100+ degrees here today, meaning 150+ in the car, started right up without an issue, just like it has for close to 3 years now....and mines back behind a body panel with minimal air flow
This is almost like the "how should I mount my hard drive" question. For most people it's really a non-issue and any standard cooling setup will typically be fine.
In the 5+ years I've been building and using carputers I've never had any over-heating issues. Not even in LA summers. A decent place to keep the PC is in the trunk. It's usually cleaner than the cabin and natrually cooler. Depending on your setup (CPU, GPU, OC/UC, case size) you may not even need more than a CPU fan and a decent path for hot air to escape. My current setup has one 92mm fan blowing air in from the front/bottom of the case and another 92mm "blow hole" near the back of the case nearly on top of the CPU heat sink with speed pot (no actual fan on the HS, though). And really, even that may be a bit redundent for my senerio but I don't mind.
Last edited by ppgt94 : 07-12-2006 at 04:00 PM.
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