NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards
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Mist
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This is the forbidden topic in this thread. Well, not forbidden, just the one everyone always makes fun of me for mentioning.
Aazrael
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I have my Bearded Dragon in the same room as my computer and his heat lamps combined with the 3080 and summer makes naked gaming possible/necessary.
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Fucker
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Lambourne
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I stuck to a 65w i5 CPU for my last build, not that the heat is a real problem in my room but the less heat you need to get rid of, the quieter the PC can be. With full SSDs for storage a PC can be built to be quiet enough that it's hard to tell it's powered on.
Cybsled
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They shouldn’t give them a dime for that burned out trash. It’s like the assholes who intentionally bought up all the toilet paper in 2020 in order to resell it at a premium
Daidraco
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Ever since I put my PC and my g/f's PC in the same room - I started thinking about ways to pipe that heat outside or something. When we were both playing new world, you can imagine what a 3090 and a 2070 Super can do to a room when that game wasnt coded worth a fuck and we had to manually throttle.
I'd consider the over kill solution that server rooms use to get rid of heat, but I just laugh at myself for even thinking about it.
I'd consider the over kill solution that server rooms use to get rid of heat, but I just laugh at myself for even thinking about it.
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I could imagine making something with that flexible 5" 6" dryer hose they have with a squirrel cage fan blowing through both compters and out with another piece going outside. Im sure something could be made to push a big volume of air in and out of the computers.
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I've had a wall AC unit in every room with my gaming rig for decades. It more than pays for it by not having to super cool the rest of the house. I have a 3950x & a 3080ti in my current rig in the middle of the desert and it's nice and cool.
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Mini split. I knew a guy who poked holes in his wall and kept the computers in the other room.
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Big Phoenix
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Ive thought about that. Is it pointless if you dont keep the door to the room shut though?
Tuco
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Depends. If you've got enough airflow for it to be pointless, you probably don't need the AC unit.
Other option, for those with basements, is to move the rig there. Bonus points if you move the rig but keep the monitor and keyboard upstairs.
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Daidraco
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As in placing the PC's right at the roof of the basement and running the wires within a couple meters? Or doing that long distance HDMI and USB type of shit? I thought about putting the desktops into the stair well and doing an HD Wireless signal and a wireless USB system, but not only are the good ones expensive - but they apparently still have some type of latency issues. Spending that much money and then finding out that always made me hesitant to pull the trigger.
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Vornado makes some pretty good fans if you don't have a fan already. They move a lot of air on low settings without being loud.
Mini split still the best long term solution. Stand alone AC units are loud.
Tmac
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Can't you cut a hole in the wall and use some duct work to channel it outside? Like a dryer.
That's wild.
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I bought one of these mofos
8,000 BTU U-shaped Air Conditioner
Introducing the first-ever U-shaped Inverter Window Air Conditioner that allows you to open or close your window while the unit is installed. The innovative design makes installation very easy, and the ability to close the window isolates the noise outside, making it ultra-quiet.
www.midea.com
It's on right now. My PC is louder. Wide ass open it might sound like your neighbor across the street is cutting grass in his back yard... maybe. A minisplit would actually be louder with the fan noise.
Tuco
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HDMI/USB can go quite a ways without issues. I did this once to hook my gaming PC to my TV in a different room. I wouldn't do wireless for latency reasons.
Good thing about moving it to your basement is more heat will sink into the earth instead of being displaced by your AC. But it's probably a modest change to your total electricity bill.
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