My latest cooling upgrade!!

**drew and not u** · July 13th, 2006

Well my computer spits out alot of hot air (obviously), and with my 780 watt reciever toasting away my room gets HOT. Which just makes the computer and reciever hotter. It's a vicious cycle. And the thermostat for the central air is a few rooms away and does not care about me. So I bought this:

It's a 6000 BTU unit with digital temperature control, sleep timer, etc. It's even got a remote! I set it to 60 and just leave it on. My CPU temp has already dropped a couple degrees C in the last 20 minutes!

**gvblake22** · July 13th, 2006

Oh wow, I think I can hear your electrical meter spinning out of control from here!

polobunny · July 13th, 2006

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Originally Posted by drew and not u

Well my computer spits out alot of hot air (obviously), and with my 780 watt reciever toasting away my room gets HOT. Which just makes the computer and reciever hotter. It's a vicious cycle. And the thermostat for the central air is a few rooms away and does not care about me. So I bought this:

It's a 6000 BTU unit with digital temperature control, sleep timer, etc. It's even got a remote! I set it to 60 and just leave it on. My CPU temp has already dropped a couple degrees C in the last 20 minutes!

I need one of those.
No wait, i'm getting one of those SATURDAY. I'm going for the big ones, something like 8000BTU should be enough for my small room. Hello 64F! :P

**simple_inhibition** · July 13th, 2006

lol did you get that at walmart drew?

i got mine there, an 8,000 BTU jobie that i set to 60c and after running like that for a week it was frozen solid on the inside :P i now leave it at 65 - 68 and the cool thing is i dont have to foot the bill

**drew and not u** · July 13th, 2006

haha yeah man. I've been surprised. My room is relatively small, and so far this unit has been able to keep the ambient room temp at about 62! :)
I actually got this at Lowes. I hope it doesn't freeze over!!! =(
And as far as the energy, the Energy Guide said it would only cost $33 a month, so no worries leaving it on all the time!

Captain Crunch · July 14th, 2006

Nice now you'll be nice and chilly but those things can kill your electric bill so use it sparingly..........

July 13th, 2006	#1
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 1,994	My latest cooling upgrade!! Well my computer spits out alot of hot air (obviously), and with my 780 watt reciever toasting away my room gets HOT. Which just makes the computer and reciever hotter. It's a vicious cycle. And the thermostat for the central air is a few rooms away and does not care about me. So I bought this: It's a 6000 BTU unit with digital temperature control, sleep timer, etc. It's even got a remote! I set it to 60 and just leave it on. My CPU temp has already dropped a couple degrees C in the last 20 minutes!

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Captain Crunch Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Right side of middle Earth Posts: 674	Nice now you'll be nice and chilly but those things can kill your electric bill so use it sparingly..........