so why not utilize the cold weather?

[stant093]

i just fired up sisoft sandra and got some temp readings from my comp, pretty warm, so i rigged up a fan with a air deflector to suck air in from outside the window, my pc is right next to a window, so i figured why not. but im thinking it might not be a good idea when it gets -30F here, but for now itll work...what do you guys think?

[VHockey86]

Mide as well utilize the cool air outside, however there could be a few downsides. You'd definately need a filter, especially when sucking outside air into the case. A big fan pumping air into a case is going to cause severe dust buildup and possibly conductive particles might get in there. Also, without "standard" airflow through a case there tends to be hotspots around thigns like PCI slots and drive bays, however if the volume of air coming in is significant thats not really a problem
I keep my window open to counteract the heat my comp pumps out in my tiny room. The 25-30F fall temps do that fairly efficiently.

[stant093]

what sort of filter are you talking about...im interested, it seems to have cooled the whole tower down immensily...
im not worried about hot spots, i have 1 other fan blowing up from the bottom onto the undersides of the harddrives, and no case cover, im in there way too often to leave it on...so dust has been a problem in general, but i clean her out every now and then...

[gerald_weigel]

A standard air cleaner filter ought to work.

Just rig something up to the side of your case so that it pipes into the filter before it gets inside your case. I think for this one you ought to keep the side of your case on...too much could go wrong if something blows in there.

[Gomer]

why don't you make a flowerbox mod and put the whole system outside =) little passthrough in the walls to get the cables through. Neato!

[stant093]

Originally posted by Gomer
why don't you make a flowerbox mod and put the whole system outside =) little passthrough in the walls to get the cables through. Neato!

lol...brilliant

[XxCowOfChaosxX]

dude, to compensate for the -30 degree weather, just OC ur proc and vid card like mad, this way your computer can act as a heater

[stant093]

wish i could, my mobo wont go above 133mhz fsb...brand new and no over clocking features :/

[cMoAyRoItOe]

i never heard of a computer die off too cold temps, i mean just look at prometia and its -30 C CPU temps, shouldned matter.

Yote

[Incognitotj]

Seems to me that I've heard of this b4, and there was a problem. The outside air has humidity. This forms condensation (like when the water droplets form on the inside of your window). Condensation drips down from the heatsink onto AGP / PCI cards. This hurts computer - lol. Kinda simplistic but that was the problem described where-ever I read it. Just a thought and not from my personal experience.

Incog