Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Mano on May 13, 2012, 12:01:29 AM
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Well, take the cover off ! Better yet, just put the motherboard on your desk and go from there.
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2uy29eu.jpg)
:D
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Dust?
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I never understood why people do this to their pc's. :rolleyes:
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I would think that doing that would make the cooling fans much less effective.
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If ye gonna do that, may as well go with a liquid cooling system. :aok
Dust isn't an issue if you dust it at a minimum of once a week. MY concern would be tripping with a drink, spilling drink and trying to drink with your air pipe. :bhead
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I would think that doing that would make the cooling fans much less effective.
It does. A well designed case and cooling fan system is the best you can get with air cooling.
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It looks like it is liquid cooled to me. At least that looks like a radiator and coolant pump in the pic.
What I want to know is where is the turbo and inter-cooler.
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That's not a desk, but a purpose built testing rig for computer hardware. It is indeed water cooled with a dual-fan radiator mounted on brackets on the right hand side.
Here's another typical testing rig:
(http://techreport.com/r.x/2012_2_22_A_look_at_TRs_new_GPU_test_rigs/front-top.jpg)
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The only part of my computer liquid cooled is the graphics card. Couldnt afford liquid on the rest but we put several other fans in there and have never had a problem with over heating.
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TD would never approve that wiring.
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TD would never approve that wiring.
Isn't that the truth. Rich is a wizard of wire routing!
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My ASUS lap top over heats when I play call of duty 4 on the lowest graphic setting, for 1,400 dollars this thing is a piece of crap
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Get one of these, or similar: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992805
And remember to clean you laptop's cooler(s) with compressed air/gas regularly.
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Get one of these, or similar: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992805
You can pick up a cheap one of those at your local Wal Mart.
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or for $1,400 he can build his own tower and get double, if not triple, the performance of his laptop with ease....
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... but not the mobility. I'm guessing he uses it for school as well.
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if he uses it for school as well, its a good point, but if its just an every day user that doesnt ever move a tower wouldnt be an issue.
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Occasionally I use it for school. Not often, don't trust my stuff anywhere not home. I'm going to actually build my own desk top this summer since i'll have a steady in come. Gonna go all out :D
Also I have a fan for it, it doesn't do much. I can play games on the highest graphic setting but it has to be propped up on my room fan
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Who needs cooling fans? Put an industrial fan next to the tower. :D
I actually keep my PC right next to a vent/radiator in the wall and close it during the winter when we have the heat on. With the AC on, my tower stays under 40C.
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I've stuck a thermometer by the fans while playing world of tanks on the highest graphics, before it shut down to prevent heat damage I clocked the temp at around 185 degrees which is insanely hot and I'm guessing harmful to electronics
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Biggest thing people often don't realise, especialy after cleaning out a few years of accumualted dust in one recently having overheating issues, a well designed rig utilises an enclosed case's design for airflow. Without the case, it surprises people when their harddrives or other oddball components on the board will start to fry. A good do-it-yourself computer person knows you need a case for protection and to have a effecient, effective and minimal system cooling (use a couple fans for really good circulation rather than like 12 all over the place and in each dirction because you're clueless).
Personaly where I live, dust is a fpita issue. Next rig I build I'm gonna have all my intakes go through a filter.
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Biggest thing people often don't realise, especialy after cleaning out a few years of accumualted dust in one recently having overheating issues, a well designed rig utilises an enclosed case's design for airflow. Without the case, it surprises people when their harddrives or other oddball components on the board will start to fry. A good do-it-yourself computer person knows you need a case for protection and to have a effecient, effective and minimal system cooling (use a couple fans for really good circulation rather than like 12 all over the place and in each dirction because you're clueless).
Personaly where I live, dust is a fpita issue. Next rig I build I'm gonna have all my intakes go through a filter.
The case also allows you to control airflow through the box and out.