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Case suggestions for High Ambient Temperature (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am working on building a new server in my apartment that will have a reasonably beefy GPU and CPU so I can get PCIE pass-through working and get a gaming VM set up.

Trouble is, my apartment is in the attic in the south. With the AC on I had one or two really bad days last year that it got up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit inside with high humidity.

Any cooling suggestions for something like that? Is 90 degrees Fahrenheit still cool enough to reduce the temperature of my components? I would really like to avoid buying a phase change cooler, but that is the only thing I can think of if the ambient is too high.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Have you considered a water cooling setup?

Keep in mind that whatever cooling solution you use it's going to make that room even hotter.

Your best bet is getting a stronger air conditioner (that's kept far away from the computer) to cool that room. To deal with the computer heat you'll likely want to consider a unit with double or more BTU intended for the size of the room you're cooling and set to a lower temperature than what you desire during heavy use of the computer.

Even in offices with HVAC systems, the server room typically has its own air conditioner.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Thanks, it is an apartment so I can't upgrade the hvac. Does water cooling do anything other than get the CPU to ambient more efficient than air cooling? I just was afraid of leaks is the only reason I didn't want to look at that. Since I have never done it before.

Maybe what I need to do is build it and then see how it throttles on hot days in the summer and then address it then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nothing is going to get it lower than ambient aside from something with a condenser because physics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the laws of thermodynamics can be a cruel mistress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Room temperature super-conducting transistors when!?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Hey sorry, yes I understand that. I was just asking about water cooling I guess since I have never used it. I agree though the best I can do without phase change (or the fancy no moving part cooling thing that I never remember the name of) is ambient.

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