Weird question.

[mega1268]

Ok so i have a pretty small room prolly about 10x9 with low ceiling. And my computer is on 24/7 and ofr the last year i noticed my Room is like 10 degrees hotter then the rest of the house. Even when the Ac is on. my door is always closed but window is always open.
My computer is on 24/7 And it feels like it pumping out alot of heat. But is this really the cause of my room being so hot. Has any1 else ever experience this?
I have a decently powered machine 500 watt powersupply overclocked e4300
8800gts
2 gigs of ram. Its on 24/7.

 

[mega1268]

And also. If it is. Is there anything ic an do?

 

[knowsitall]

And also. If it is. Is there anything ic an do?

sounds like you mite have a cheap powersupply. i know when i bought a cheap powersupply that thing ran hot as hell, also what temp is ur cpu running at in bios? maybe u should drop ur overclock down a little bit an buy ab etter psu.

 

[mega1268]

o yea i never noticed that. My psu is DUMPING out hot air. Way more then the CPU is. If i get a new psu will that chance anything?

 

[knowsitall]

o yea i never noticed that. My psu is DUMPING out hot air. Way more then the CPU is. If i get a new psu will that chance anything?

see told yah. of course it will. you should buy a nice powersupply anyways. those cheap powersupplies are like ticking time bombs waiting to fry out ur motherboard at any moment. but yah i think if u get a pc and power cooling branded psu or some other high quality powresupply you will notice some difference.

 

[Thunderfox]

Yes, computers heat up rooms, and no, short of using a less powerful PC or adding an air conditioner, there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. I have the same problem as you - hottest room in the house.

If you have a CRT monitor, that will put out quite a bit of heat by itself. An LCD would put out less.

One thing you can do is replace the incandescent light bulb in the room with a CFL. A standard light bulb wastes most of its energy as heat. Replacing mine has made a very noticeable difference in my room.

Also, since you have a window in the room, add blinds to it to block out some of the sunlight, as this also adds heat to the room. And close it during the summer, obviously.

 

[mega1268]

yea cause i have a decent powersupply. And even if my lights are off and i come home at night. When its cool outside and in the rest of the house. my rooms REAL hot. I do have an LCD monitor. So better power supply wont make much of a diffrence then eh? My room is easilly noticeble 5-10 degrees hotter with no exaggeration i think. EVen with the ac on.

 

[Thunderfox]

If the power supply is an issue at all, I can only imagine it would apply to absolute junk PSU's. I suppose if the thing were extremely inefficient it could waste some extra power as heat, but the difference the second poster experienced might have more to do with the nature of PSU cooling.

A cheap PSU probably has smaller heatsinks, and relies on a fast fan to move heat out as quickly as possible to keep from cooking itself. A better unit will have larger heatsinks, and can thus use a slower fan in order to reduce fan noise.

Just my theory, anyway.