Cases, Cooling, and Overclocking Chat about custom mods, thermal issues, and power supplies.
May 22nd, 2003, 05:20 PM
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Move your PC into your basement. I dropped 4 degrees across the board, video card idled at 31+ now it's 27C. My CPU and mobo are 32C & 27C vs. 38C & 32C.
Cool setup aye?
To light my keyboard at night when the lights are off.
I also removed the Thermaltake SMART CASE2 fan (75 cfm) cause it's just way too loud (even for me). Especially since I'm not o/c my card anymore, there's no point. In the end it was a 1 degree sacrifice at idle, but it's so much more quiet.
Last edited by Tuxy; May 22nd, 2003 at 11:35 PM .
May 22nd, 2003, 06:08 PM
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nice desk, i wouldn't recommend playing any games that make you frustrated and bang the desk in anger
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May 22nd, 2003, 07:11 PM
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my computers in the basement
with a abient (sp?) temperature of about 23c usually
May 23rd, 2003, 05:27 AM
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pictures dont work.
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May 23rd, 2003, 10:38 AM
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pictures didn't work for me
May 23rd, 2003, 10:43 AM
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May 23rd, 2003, 10:48 AM
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I considered moving to the basement (about 65F) last summer, but figured the spiders might clog up the works. (SK7 HS @$25 might negate such a move, excepting personal comfort).
May 23rd, 2003, 12:47 PM
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Thanks for the pictures Toolbox
When I went back to this thread the pictures work
Just looked at tuxy's post and he must have edited the post so the pictures work
Last edited by ELF2000; May 23rd, 2003 at 12:50 PM .
May 23rd, 2003, 02:35 PM
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That's a really nice desk you have there. I wish I could find something like that for myself here.
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May 23rd, 2003, 03:02 PM
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I got it from Office Depot.
May 23rd, 2003, 03:18 PM
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yeah i like the desk also
May 23rd, 2003, 08:24 PM
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Mighty plush chair too
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