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Originally Posted by Guysmiley
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Originally Posted by aaronblood
After installing GWX and trying to run SH4, my poor cabinet confined PC is gasping for additional cooling...
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Unless I misunderstand, your computer is in an enclosed cabinet and is overheating, yes?
Water cooling will not solve the problem unless you mount the radiator externally, outside the cabinet. If not, you're still trying to cool your computer case with hot air. No matter how big a radiator or high volume a pump you use, you'll never get it cooler than the cabinet interior.
I would propose instead you actively cool the cabinet with fans or better yet don't keep your gaming PC in an enclosed space.
Water cooling can be very effective in certain circumstances, this does not sound like one of them. |
I've positioned my cabinet such that it backs up to one of the A/C intakes for my house. There's plenty of airflow through the cabinet.
My problem I think is that:
1) still using the stock heatsinks that came with the GPU's
2) with 2 GPU's and all cabling it makes for a cramped case (hindering airflow)
Right now, I've got the side cover off the case and when the A/C is running there's lot's of airflow thru the cabinet... but the 2 GPU heatsinks are still getting really hot (probably like 120° to 130°-ish range).
The water-cooling option is pricey, no doubt. I'm estimating around $600 at the moment for a good integrated system.
An external system I could do for maybe half the price... but for the dual GPU's I dunno... I might need 1000w cooling.
Yeah I'm thinking in the end I may have to go external so the heat exchanger could sit outside and on top of the cabinet. I'm almost at the point where I'm ready to buy a small refrigerator and convert it to a PC case.
Whadya think, should I first just try for a couple good aftermarket sinks for the GPU's? :hmm: