Okay I run GTX 480s in SLI ( I know the stories about heat) Didn't matter before as I was running them in a very open room. Now I have them in a smaller room, coupled with another computer running dual nvidia cheapie video cards (can't remember). My questions is as I've never looked into Video Card Coolers and I'm wondering If I purchase a Video card cooling system would it lower the room temperature or just cool the video card and sling the heat back into the room? Anyone have any experience or suggestions?

If you purchase a new video cooler it will only help the video card not the heat in the room. The video card is still producing the same amount of heat the new cooler would be dissipating that heat better.

 

I have the same issue you do and I was able to add a window air conditioning unit to that room. I do have central air but without the window unit it still got warm in that room. In the winter it does help with heating the upstairs.

Yeah, I added a window A/C, but was thinking of a way to not run it constantly. Right now, Its fine, but come the summer months I cant use my simroom due to the heat. Wondering if chunking the 480s and just grabbing a 680 would make a marked reduction in room temp.

Widar at FSN has his coolent pumped outside. http://flightsimulatornetwork.ning.com/profile/WidarThorstensen

One can drop the internal temps considerably in the Summer by simply taking off the side panel!!!

One can drop the internal temps considerably in the Summer by simply taking off the side panel!!!

 

Not the internals I'm worried about, I'm the one overheating.

I use insulated furnace ducting attached to the output of my gpus and have the other end attached to the screen on my window, after that i had no heat problems in my room and i don't even have central air cooling just a furnace for the winter

...I'm the one overheating.

 

leave the fridge door open

One can drop the internal temps considerably in the Summer by simply taking off the side panel!!!

 

If temps go down after removing the side panel you have a problem with your airflow.

Actually the side panel needs to be there so that you get that wind tunnel effect inside the case, in other words it should improve ventilation, not to mention how dust builts up without a side panel

I purposely leave the heating duct closed in my room so it stays cooler cause by the time I go to bed my room is very toasty. Yup, air conditioning is only option if its hot outside or setup all your PC stuff in the basement cellar.

 

Edit: Buy and using more efficient cpu/gpus does help quite bit btw.

My Downstairs sim room is usually 10-15 degrees warmer than the rest of the house... In the winter I usually need to open the window to this room while the heat is on in the rest of the house. In the summer I need to set the AC to 65 in the house so this room stays below 75. My whole house's overall temp is determined by my downstairs room! Granted I have 4 computers, 1 tablet, 1 58 inch TV and 6 monitors down here so the heat being given off is crazy... Love coming downstairs in the winter when the room is 63 degrees, turn on the systems and watching it rise to 70 in under an hour.

 

Would love to build a climate controlled sound proofed sim room one day...

Going to add a mini window ac to my room as my 12000 btu portable cooler keeps blowing the breaker and honestly it sux as an A/C. Saw on Amazon, the computer air duct method, but that would require another room remake and some serios cable extenders to reach the windows.

Water. I water cool my massively OC'd 680 and it maybe hits 50 at most in stress testing. FSX barely heats it up.

Water. I water cool my massively OC'd 680 and it maybe hits 50 at most in stress testing. FSX barely heats it up.

 

What system are u using?

Water still has to run through a radiator/fans which dissipate heat into the air... While effective at keeping the CPU/GPU cool they will still vent their heat into the room... While all my liquid cooling units have been great for OC'ing and keeping CPU/GPU temps down they have never done anything for my room temps...

If you REALLY want to cool the room you still need to find a way to vent the liquid cooling unit....